{"id":57127,"date":"2020-07-30T16:53:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T16:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/30\/new-report-highlights-shell-company-loophole-that-could-be-abused-by-foreigners-who-want-to-interfere-in-u-s-elections\/"},"modified":"2020-07-30T16:53:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T16:53:59","slug":"new-report-highlights-shell-company-loophole-that-could-be-abused-by-foreigners-who-want-to-interfere-in-u-s-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/30\/new-report-highlights-shell-company-loophole-that-could-be-abused-by-foreigners-who-want-to-interfere-in-u-s-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNew report highlights shell company loophole that could be abused by foreigners who want to interfere in U.S. elections\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4221-imgpsh_fullsize_anim.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The organization Issue One has issued this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.issueone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mystery-Money-Report-Tipsheet.pdf\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&ldquo;Secretive shell companies provide ideal cover for foreigners wishing to evade the existing prohibition on their involvement in U.S. elections,&rdquo; said Issue One Founder and CEO Nick Penniman. &ldquo;The Justice Department says foreigners have already used shell companies to illegally funnel money into U.S. elections at least twice in recent years. It&rsquo;s only a matter of time before this glaring loophole in our campaign finance system is more systematically abused by malicious foreign actors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Added Issue One Executive Director Meredith McGehee: &ldquo;Money laundering schemes to illegally funnel foreign money into super PACs through shell companies threaten the integrity of our political system. It is bad public policy to simply rely on a super PAC&rsquo;s word that the funds they receive &mdash; especially money from mysterious donors &mdash; are not from foreign nationals. Congress needs to strengthen the law, and the Federal Election Commission needs to enhance existing transparency rules to help give the public more confidence that the law is being followed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/?p=113539\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/?p=113539<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Richard Pildes<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Richard Pildes<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4221-imgpsh_fullsize_anim.png\" alt=\"\">The organization Issue One has issued this&nbsp;report. &ldquo;Secretive shell companies provide ideal cover for foreigners wishing to evade the existing prohibition on their involvement in U.S. elections,&rdquo; said Issue One Founder and CEO Nick Penniman. &ldquo;The Justice Department says foreigners have already used shell companies to illegally funnel money into U.S. elections at least twice &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/30\/new-report-highlights-shell-company-loophole-that-could-be-abused-by-foreigners-who-want-to-interfere-in-u-s-elections\/\">Continue reading <span>&ldquo;New report highlights shell company loophole that could be abused by foreigners who want to interfere in U.S. elections&rdquo;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/30\/new-report-highlights-shell-company-loophole-that-could-be-abused-by-foreigners-who-want-to-interfere-in-u-s-elections\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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