FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein Discusses Our Lawsuit Against the FEC For Failing to Investigate Coordination Between the Russian Government and President Trump’s 2016 Campaign on The BradBlog. Posted on December 16, 2021 Challenging Corruption FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein recently appeared on The BradBlog to discuss our lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Election Commission for failing to investigate coordination between the Russian government and President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. “This lawsuit that we’ve filed is to compel them to issue a decision. Now depending on the decision that theyRead More
Our Comment on the Federal Election Commission’s Draft Opinion Rejecting a Special Cryptocurrency Loophole Posted on December 11, 2018 (December 11, 2018) Today, we submitted a comment on the Federal Election Commission’s draft opinion rejecting a proposal by a company called OsiaNetwork LLC that would allow unlimited campaign contributions in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency on the theory that automated cryptocurrency mining is a form of “volunteering.” We believe the draft opinion is correct in its rejection of the “volunteering” exception, butRead More
FSFP to Federal Election Commission: Don’t Allow Unlimited Bitcoin Contributions Posted on October 5, 2018 Today, Free Speech For People asked the Federal Election Commission to reject a request for an advisory opinion from a company called OsiaNetwork LLC that would allow unlimited campaign contributions in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. OsiaNetwork is proposing that donors could lend unlimited amounts of computer processing power to the company for “mining” cryptocurrency, which could thenRead More
Watch the St. Petersburg City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting Posted on November 4, 2016 (November 17, 2016) On October 27, 2016, the St. Petersburg City Council convened for a Committee of the Whole meeting to consider our proposed ordinance to abolish super PACs and ban foreign corporate money in local elections. Free Speech For People, American Promise-Tampa Bay, the League of Women Voters of St. Petersburg, and other allies played a criticalRead More
The Intercept: FEC Republicans Kill Attempt to Block Foreign Money in U.S. Elections Posted on September 16, 2016 (October 2, 2018) The Intercept published news on the latest FEC attempt to block foreign money from U.S. elections. Spoiler Alert: The commission’s Republicans killed it. Read More