Former FEC Counsel Speaks Out on Big Money, Citizens United & Elon Musk's Illegal Moves to Help Trump
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6RZBR)
As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stirs up false claims of voter fraud ahead of Election Day, we look at the role of an increasingly partisan" Federal Election Commission with former FEC general counsel Larry Noble, who explains why voters of a lot of wealth have the ability to influence elections the way that the rest of us don't." As the influence of money in politics grows unchecked, he warns, it has the effect of silencing the voter." Noble also responds to multibillionaire Trump supporter Elon Musk's $1 million giveaways to Pennsylvania voters and discusses the lasting impact of the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision on campaign finance law.