Capital Crimes

How our current campaign finance system breeds political corruption

Not surprisingly, many from the ranks of BushÂ’s Pioneers and Rangers would end up on the wrong side of the law in the current bribery scandals. A year and a half after the presidentÂ’s second inauguration, at least nine of his fundraisers find themselves under investigation, indictment or convicted of state or federal crimes; five of them for offenses specifically related to their political activity or exploiting the access that came with it. Full Story »

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Lewyn Li
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by Lewyn Li - Oct. 1, 2008

An excellent piece on how current laws on campaign finance are by-passed by cunning and secretive lobbyists. The report on "bundlers" is particularly illuminating and disturbing. Some of the evidence in the piece could have been better sourced, and the piece is a little long. All in all, a good piece of journalism.

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