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Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos will plead guilty to multiple charges in the ongoing fraud case against him, sources said. 

Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chairman Sean Cooksey has announced that all donations made to Joe Biden for the November election “shall be either returned or refunded” or redesignated “as appropriate” following his departure from the presidential race.

An op-ed in the Wall Street Journal has thrown cold water on the idea that President Joe Biden will drop out of the presidential race before formally becoming his party’s nominee by the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would bar the FCC from making a rule regulating AI content in political ads.

Just over one-third, 35 percent, of individuals believe former President Donald Trump did something overtly “illegal.”

Erstwhile congressman George Santos announced Thursday night he is running again some three months after he was expelled from the House of Representatives.

Rep. George Santos said Thursday he would not seek re-election after the House Ethics Committee found evidence that he engaged in fraud.

Bragg is essentially using the same legal theory to potentially indict Trump that Hillary Clinton’s campaign was fined for, Tolman argued.

Disgraced former South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh and his family members have made hundreds of thousands of dollars of political contributions over the years, including top Democrats like Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden.

Cortney Merritts, Rep. Cori Bush’s (D-MO) now-husband after being quietly married last month, has collected $60,000 from the congresswoman’s campaign for security services despite reportedly not having a St. Louis security license.

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is set to launch a bid for the United States Senate, reportedly as soon as Monday, that would potentially challenge Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) filed campaign papers with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for the 2024 election cycle, noting her recent party change to allow her committee to continue fundraising.

After sending more than $1 million in campaign cash to her daughter since 2003, Rep. Maxine Waters’ reelection campaign sent another $8,000 to her daughter in September, according to a Fox News report. 

Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s (TX) campaign committee received a hefty fine from the Federal Election Commission after he failed to properly return hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions.

Unseat PAC, a political action committee founded by “Ruth Sent Us” organizers Vara Ramakrishnan and Sam Spiegel, was terminated in 2018 after the group failed to properly disclose its finances to the FEC.

Democrat Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT) has continuously used her campaign cash to pay family members tens of thousands of dollars since entering Congress, despite being caught in February, the Daily Caller reported.

Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock (GA) used his campaign cash to fund his legal expenses for a lawsuit relating to his time as a church minister, not as a Senate candidate, ultimately raising questions concerning the legality of spending campaign funds for personal use, a Politico report revealed.

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a non-partisan ethics watchdog, sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) asking for an investigation into Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) for allegedly using her taxpayer-funded resources for campaign purposes.

Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell’s congressional campaign reportedly continued his spending habits by racking up nearly $60,000 on travel expenses on trips to Miami Beach, Florida, and Paris, France.

California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell reportedly wants to use donations to his congressional campaign to afford babysitters for his three children while he is on foreign government-sponsored business trips for his taxpayer-funded job.

The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision cited First Amendment concerns when striking down a portion of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law in a case brought by Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) 2018 reelection campaign.

Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), who was previously caught paying her family members campaign cash, has continued to pay her children in the first fundraising quarter, including herself, with a $250 of “petty cash,” possibly breaking the law.

Arizona Republican U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters, looking to take on Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) if he makes it past the primary, raised over $1.16 million in the first three months of the year, outraising the top of the Republican field with individual contributions.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) has reportedly given multiple family members over $200,000 in campaign cash over the recent years.

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) outraised Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in total contributions in 2021 by nearly nine hundred thousand dollars, as the two Californians were the top two fundraisers in the House, fighting for control of the House of Representatives.

A campaign finance watchdog group hit Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) with a fundraising complaint this week alleging the Florida Democrat illegally raised money off of former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s (D) since-failed gubernatorial campaign.

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a non-partisan ethics watchdog organization, will file a complaint Friday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) seeking an immediate investigation into California state Rep. Rudy Salas (D) and his campaign for allegedly using state campaign resources for his federal congressional race.

Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) was outraised by Republican candidate and Army National Guard veteran Alek Skarlatos by nearly $200,000 in the third quarter, signaling a tough midterm battle ahead for the incumbent.

While Americans suffer through economic hardships generated by the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) paid her daughter over $74,000 in campaign funds so far this year.

Rep. Cori Bush has continued to call for defunding the police even as reports show she has spent almost $130,000 on personal security.

Sean Parnell, a Republican candidate for a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat and an Afghanistan war veteran who led the infamous “Outlaw Platoon,” raised over one million dollars in the third-quarter.

A non-partisan ethics watchdog sent a complaint to Lisa Stevenson, the acting General Counsel for the Federal Election Commission (FEC), calling for an investigation into the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and its chairman, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), allegedly violating the Federal Election Campaign Act.

Arizona Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Blake Masters raised over one million dollars in the third-quarter filing — his first quarter since announcing his candidacy — with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), he announced Monday.

The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in June reportedly spent $813 on an Air France flight weeks before chairman Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) posted pictures of his vacation.

Scandal-ridden Democrat Rep. Tom Malinowski (NJ) has claimed that “police officers should be honored, supported, and funded … regardless of politics,” but the Democrat went behind the back of law enforcement to take tens-of-thousands of dollars from and has been endorsed by multiple groups that want to “defund the police.”

Multiple anti-Trump lawmakers are spending campaign donations on various security services, amounts that have soared over the past several months since the election, according to their Federal Election Commission filings.