Trump solicitor general nominee: Ignoring courts conceivable in 'extreme cases'
President Trump's candidate for Attorney General said at a confirmation hearing Wednesday there were “extreme cases” in which elected officials could be able to defy court orders. “In general, if there is a direct court order binding federal or state officials, they should follow that,” D. John Sawer told Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), a ranking […]
Court rebukes FEC for failing to investigate 'extreme example' of coordination
A federal appeals court last week remanded a long-running lawsuit to the U.S. Campaign Finance Office over its failure to investigate an unusual deal between Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the liberal group Correct the Record during the 2016 presidential election. The decision was significant, campaign finance experts told The Hill, but it received little attention […]