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How a Top GOP Lawyer Guided a Chinese-Owned Company Into U.S. Presidential Politics

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[FONT=TIActuBetaMono-ExBold_web]S[/FONT][FONT=TIActuBeta-ExBold_web]IX DAYS AFTER the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on corporate money in U.S. elections with its January 21, 2010, ruling in Citizens United, President Obama warned in his State of the Union address that it would “open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections.”[/FONT]
But as unlimited contributions have coursed through the election system, no one has been able to point to a specific example of foreign money flowing into U.S. presidential politics as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision.
Until now.
The Intercept has determined that a corporation owned by a Chinese couple made a major donation to Jeb Bush’s Super PAC Right to Rise USA — and it did so after receiving detailed advice from Charlie Spies, arguably the most important Republican campaign finance lawyer in American politics.
As Robert Weissman, president of the nonprofit advocacy organization Public Citizen, said, “We know that Citizens United opened the door for foreign money to influence U.S. elections. This case appears to be the first instance in federal elections where the money trail is clear and documentable from publicly available records.”
Spies presented his advice in a memo, obtained by The Intercept, which he prepared for Right to Rise USA, where he served as treasurer and general counsel. “We conclude,” he wrote, “that a domestic subsidiary corporation may now directly contribute to a Super PAC in connection with a federal election.”


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The floodgates have been opened. Now foreign nationals through their corporations can legally donate and influence US elections. We are living with the consequences of the citizens united decision.
 
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The floodgates have been opened. Now foreign nationals through their US corporations can legally donate and influence US elections. We are living with the consequences of the citizens united decision. [/FONT][/COLOR]

I added an important word (bolded above) to your post. This is wrong because the US firmly supports taxation without hope of any influence over representation. ;)

CU vs. FEC was about when political speech could be limited not (only) by who.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
 
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The floodgates have been opened. Now foreign nationals through their corporations can legally donate and influence US elections. We are living with the consequences of the citizens united decision. [/FONT][/COLOR]

Citizens United does not have a THING to do with corporate donations, and definitely has nothing to do with corporations donating to PACs.

The writer of this article is either ignorant or dishonest.
 
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Citizens United does not have a THING to do with corporate donations, and definitely has nothing to do with corporations donating to PACs.

The writer of this article is either ignorant or dishonest.

Really? From the Republican finance lawyer, Charles Spies:
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https://theintercept.com/document/2...gn-owned-corporations-donating-to-super-pacs/

Looks like Citizens United in-fact had a lot do with corporate donations to PACs.....
 
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Really? From the Republican finance lawyer, Charles Spies:
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https://theintercept.com/document/2...gn-owned-corporations-donating-to-super-pacs/

Looks like Citizens United in-fact had a lot do with corporate donations to PACs.....

This is lawyer writing a memo attempting to twist a decision into allowing something that his client wants to do. You note his language: "we conclude that . . . " This is not evidence that the decision did what you say.

Citizens United was not about corporate donations to PACs. It. Was. Not.
 
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This is lawyer writing a memo attempting to twist a decision into allowing something that his client wants to do. You note his language: "we conclude that . . . " This is not evidence that the decision did what you say.

Citizens United was not about corporate donations to PACs. It. Was. Not.

A lawyer writing a brief memo is not evidence.... Hmmm.... Instead I should just believe you who has only offered "nauh! Nothing to do with citizens united!"
 
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The floodgates have been opened. Now foreign nationals through their corporations can legally donate and influence US elections. We are living with the consequences of the citizens united decision. [/FONT][/COLOR]

Clinton's entire campaign is funded by companies benefiting from CU. How does it feel to be a hypocrite???
 
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A lawyer writing a brief memo is not evidence....

It's not a brief. It's an internal memo. There is a massive difference.

And a brief isn't evidence anyway; it's just an opinion of that lawyer or law firm, generally interested in influencing the outcome of a court case.

Hmmm.... Instead I should just believe you who has only offered "nauh! Nothing to do with citizens united!"

I give you the Citizens United syllabus:

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/558/08-205/
 
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