Six years ago, President Obama warned the nation that foreign corporations could soon pour money into the U.S. election system thanks to the Supreme Court Citizens United decision. Now, direct evidence has emerged for the first time showing a foreign company has indeed donated money to a federal campaign. Documentation obtained by The Intercept shows a company owned by Chinese nationals donated $1.3 million to Jeb Bush’s super PAC after receiving advice from a prominent Republican lawyer. To talk more about the exposé, we are joined by The Intercept’s Lee Fong, who co-wrote the multi-part series “Foreign Influence.”
Continue reading: First Evidence Surfaces of Foreign Money Pouring into U.S. Elections After Citizens United
Further reading: Lee Fang on How Citizens United Opened Floodgates for Foreign Corporate Money in U.S. Elections
I hope he returned the money…
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Wishful thinking.
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Sad. I wonder when people will get upset over all the shadow playing the wealthiest are doing in American politics. Do the rebel rednecks in Texas know their beloved Bush family is taking foreign money. Hugs
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The rebel rednecks in Texas are typically Tea Party/Trump supporters who despise the corrupt Bush family. Establishment Republicans, on the other hand, love the Citizens United decision and the boatloads of dark money it delivered into the political system.
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I had thought the Texans loved their fellow Texas Bush family. Hugs
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The wealthy establishment Republicans do, but they’re not the Tea Party.
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From the title, I expected the evidence to implicate Hillary, not Jeb. She gets a pass… this time.
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A temporary reprieve, I think.
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