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Campaign Finance Laws

Campaign donations are subject to statutory caps, prohibitions on corporate contributions to candidate committees in many contexts

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Jan 15, 2026
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Was trump campaign paying people to attend rally

The clearest, best-documented instance of people being paid to appear at a Trump event was the 2015/2016 campaign-launch at Trump Tower, where multiple outlets reported extras were offered about $50 e...

Feb 1, 2026
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How much taxpayer money did Trump use for his 2024 campaign?

Available public filings and mainstream reporting show no documented line-item of federal “taxpayer money” being spent by ’s itself; presidential campaigns are normally financed through private contri...

Jan 15, 2026
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How do laws and regulations in the U.S. address paid protestors and astroturfing in political events?

U.S. law treats astroturfing and paid protesting as a tangle of consumer-protection rules, campaign and lobbying disclosure regimes, state-level protest restrictions, and First Amendment limits rather...

Jan 13, 2026

How do Trump's 2024 campaign legal expenses compare to previous presidential candidates' legal spending?

Donald Trump’s 2024 political operation routed unusually large sums to lawyers and courtroom fights—reporting documents more than $100 million taken from campaign‑linked accounts and roughly $30–50 mi...

Feb 5, 2026

Which companies donated to Trump’s 2025 inauguration fund, and how does that differ from campaign donations?

Record numbers of major corporations and crypto firms funneled millions into ’s — companies named in reporting include tech and retail giants such as , , , , , , and as well as crypto firms like , , ,...

Jan 18, 2026

How do watchdog groups like CREW build campaign finance complaints that lead to FEC fines?

Watchdog groups such as Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) build FEC complaints by identifying apparent statutory or regulatory failures, assembling documentary evidence and l...

Jan 8, 2026

How has Turning Point Action been used in political campaigns and what rules govern 501(c)(3) vs 501(c)(4) activities?

Turning Point Action is the politically active sister organization to Turning Point USA that operates as a 501(c) and has been deployed to run voter-facing, partisan campaigns and rallies on behalf of...

Jan 5, 2026

What allegations involved payoffs, hush money, or campaign finance violations tied to Donald J. Trump (2016–2023)?

From 2016 through 2023 the dominant allegations tied to payoffs and potential campaign-finance misconduct around Donald J. Trump centered on a cluster of payments made in the run-up to the 2016 electi...