GAI Response to Obama Campaign
For GAI’s response to the Obama campaign’s statement on our America The Vulnerable report, click here.
GAI Announces New Report on Digital Donations – “America The Vulnerable: Are Foreign and Fraudulent Online Campaign Contributions Influencing US Elections?
THE TRUTH ABOUT DIGITAL DONATIONS. Federal Election Commission (FEC) laws do not require federal candidates to use the same kinds of industry-standard, anti-fraud credit card security measures commonly used when purchasing things online. This oversight creates a dangerous pathway for illegal foreign and fraudulent online contributions to influence U.S. elections. In this report, GAI found……
The Illegal Donor Loophole
There has been no shortage of media attention paid to the role of money in the current presidential contest. Super PACs, bundlers, 527s, and mega-donors have attracted abundant notice. But there has been surprisingly little focus on perhaps the most secretive and influential financial force in politics today: the wide-open coffers of the Internet. With…
Daily Beast: JP Morgan’s Food Stamp Empire
An investigation by the Government Accountability Institute revealed that JP Morgan has made at least $560,492,596 since 2004 from processing Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards for the food stamp program. Click here to read GAI President Peter Schweizer’s feature article on the Daily Beast.
DAILY BEAST: GAI Uncovers 34 Of Mitt Romney’s Bundlers
Governor Mitt Romney has refused to reveal the names of his campaign bundlers. But an investigation by the Government Accountability Institute uncovered the names of 34 of Gov. Romney’s top fundraisers. Find out more by visiting the interactive feature on the Daily Beast.
GAI Report: Profits From Poverty: How Food Stamps Benefit Corporations
The Government Accountability Institute is proud to announce the publication of its new investigation, Profits From Poverty: How Food Stamps Benefit Corporations. To Download the Full Report, Click Here.
Daily Beast: Meet The Bundlers
The Government Accountability Institute investigates the top 50 bundlers for President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. Click here for the first installment.
Report: Presidential Daily Briefings: A Time-Based Analysis
The Government Accountability Institute conducted a time-based analysis of the Presidential Daily Briefings process. To Download the Full Report, Click Here.
Washington Post: President Misses Over Half Of His Daily Intelligence Briefings
The Government Accountability Institute examined President Obama’s schedule from the day he took office until mid-June 2012, to see how often he attended his Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) — the meeting at which he is briefed on the most critical intelligence threats to the country. During his first 1,225 days in office, Obama attended his…
Corzine, MF Global Will Face No Criminal Charges
After ten months of investigating Obama campaign bundler and former MF Global chief Jon Corzine’s role in the loss of $1.6 billion of customer funds, the New York Times is reporting that Eric Holder’s Department of Justice is unlikely to file any criminal charges against Corzine or top MF Global executives. Read the story here.…