FEC Chair Weintraub Issues Statement on Illegal Foreign Influence Scheme
June 21, 2019
June 21, 2019
WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following statement by Chairman Ellen L. Weintraub on illegal foreign influence scheme:
"The flow of lobbying money to K Street from foreign despots and kleptocrats is nothing new, if perennially distasteful. But every once in a while, the flow becomes so foul and murky that the government must step in to find out what's going on and to ensure none of the money made its way to congressional campaign accounts.
"The flow of lobbying money to K Street from foreign despots and kleptocrats is nothing new, if perennially distasteful. But every once in a while, the flow becomes so foul and murky that the government must step in to find out what's going on and to ensure none of the money made its way to congressional campaign accounts.