Federal Investigation

Sleaze City: Citizens' Revolt Launched to Ban Corporate Control of DC Elections

Art Levine | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Federal Investigation, Corruption, Sekou Biddle, Peter Shapiro, Vincent Orange, DC City Council, Vincent Gray, Washington Politics, Dc Local Politics, DC Politics, DC News
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The growing movement to undo the nefarious impact of the Citizens United decision allowing unlimited corporate campaign spending finds its counterpart in a citizens' revolt against corporate control of local Washington, D.C. elections.

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US Attorney To Investigate Comptroller Liu's Fundraising

Posted 11.15.2011

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Federal agents have begun an investigation into City Comptroller John Liu's campaign funds. The probe seeks to find irregularities in campaign financi...

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Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray's Campaign Under Vigorous Federal Scrutiny

The Washington Post | Nikita Stewart | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Lorraine Green, Federal Investigation, Bill Miller, Sulaimon Brown, Vincent Gray, District of Columbia, Adrian Fenty, Ronald C. Machen Jr., Howard Brooks, DC News

Federal investigators digging into irregularities in the campaign of Mayor Vincent C. Gray have interviewed several of his associates and election sta...

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Twitter Reportedly Under Federal Investigation

Business Insider | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Federal Investigation, Anti-Trust, Twitter, Ftc, Biz Stone, Developers, Feds, Tweetdeck, Investigation, Third Party Developers, Technology News

The Federal Trade Commission is actively investigating Twitter and the way it deals with the companies building applications and services for its plat...

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Lucia Graves

Monsanto Under Federal Investigation For Cash Incentives Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Federal Investigation, Roundup Ready, Biotechnology, Herbicide, Roundup, Security and Exchange Commission, Genetically Modified, Agriculture, Monsato Profits, Sec, Monsanto, Glyphosate, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Global agribusiness giant Monsanto is under federal investigation for using cash incentives to persuade distributors to use Roundup, the...

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Feds Scrutinizing Deal Between City And Mayor Daley's Nephew

Chicago Sun-Times | TIM NOVAK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Investigation, Daley Nephew, Chicago Pension Fund, Mayor Daley, Richard Daley, Chicago News

City pension officials have been hit with subpoenas from a federal grand jury trying to determine how they decided to invest $68 million with a start-...

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