Jim Moran, former Democratic representative from Virginia.
Former members of Congress are using the leftover money in their old campaign committees to funnel campaign donations to lawmakers they lobby on behalf of foreign clients.
At least 17 former members of Congress who are registered as agents of foreign governments have kept their campaign committees active since leaving Capitol Hill. At least nine of them have used those committees to funnel their supporters’ contributions to lawmakers whom they have lobbied on behalf of foreign governments, according to an investigation by the Campaign Legal Center, the Center for Responsive Politics and The Daily Beast.
Moran convinced Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., to send a letter to the Saudi ambassador about the issue. Crist obliged, including portions of […]
I used to say that Mexico has every resource that this country has, but its problem was that the Mexican people were never able to eliminate the corruption of their governments. Corruption means that resources that should be made for the betterment of the whole are diverted to the dishonest use of a very few parasites that are then able to suck the vitality and wealth of a nation away. I am saddened to say that under trump we are now just as corrupt as any banana republic with a tin can dictator. And in my less ptimistic moments, reading how 40% of Americans still support Trump, and no few think he’s some kind of messaih……………in those moment, I think we are utterly doomed.