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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

campaign finance

Head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at an election event in the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood of Jerusalem, September 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 3, 2022, 4:51 pm
Likud legal adviser tells Netanyahu he can’t use party funds to promote his new book
Autobiography can be referred to as part of election campaign but without financing from faction; report notes book features on opposition chief’s party-funded social media pages
By ToI Staff
Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, arrives at the federal courthouse with his wife Svetlana Parnas in New York, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
June 29, 2022, 10:27 pm
Giuliani associate Lev Parnas receives 20-month sentence for campaign finance crimes
Parnas, a prominent Jewish philanthropist, helped Trump officials connect with Ukrainian figures as part of a campaign to dig up dirt on Biden’s son
By Larry Neumeister
Likud MK Nir Barkat speaks during the funeral of Yehuda Dimentman, in Homesh, in the West Bank, on December 17, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
December 29, 2021, 11:37 pm
‘Barkat Law’ limiting campaign self-finance passes preliminary Knesset reading
Bill is seen as targeting Nir Barkat, the Knesset’s richest member and a potential successor to Netanyahu as Likud leader
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Nir Barkat speaks to the Knesset plenum on December 27, 2021. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)
December 28, 2021, 2:58 pm
Bill to limit campaign self-financing advances through ministerial committee
Legislation pushed by Likud MK Amsalem has been nicknamed ‘Barkat Law,’ as it is said to target party’s multimillionaire MK Nir Barkat, a potential Netanyahu rival
By ToI Staff
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March 17, 2021, 2:27 pm
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By ToI Staff
File: An election campaign billboard for Israel's Blue and White opposition party led by Benny Gantz, right, depicting him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party, hangs in the city of Bnei Brak, on March 14, 2021, ahead of the March 23 general election. The writing in Hebrew reads 'Benny to the Knesset or Bibi forever.' (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 16, 2021, 9:59 pm
Blue and White and in the red, Gantz may be hanging in race to pay off debt
By squeaking into Knesset, party would get retroactive state funds to cover 60% of the millions of shekels it has borrowed for its faltering campaign, and it’s not alone
By Haviv Rettig Gur and Omer Sharvit
This combination of file pictures shows US President Donald Trump speaking at a White House forum on March 22, 2018, in Washington, DC, and actress Stephanie Clifford, who uses the stage name Stormy Daniels, arriving to perform at the Solid Gold Fort Lauderdale strip club on March 9, 2018 in Pompano Beach, Florida. (MANDEL NGAN and JOE RAEDLE / various sources / AFP)
February 6, 2021, 9:44 am
Federal probe of hush money to cover up Trump affairs believed ‘dead’
Several people involved in campaign finance violations case say US attorney’s office unlikely to reopen the matter, despite Trump losing presidency’s protections
By Jim Mustian and Larry Neumeister
Democratic presidential candidates Mike Bloomberg at the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Gaillard Center, February 25, 2020, in Charleston, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
November 6, 2020, 12:13 am
Polarized anger in US fuels record $14 billion in spending on 2020 campaigns
Enormous expenditures on presidential and legislative elections nearly double total of 2016 races, and more than triple those of 2000, research group finds
By Catherine TRIOMPHE
Labor party members celebrate after the release of the results in the party primaries in Tel Aviv on February 11, 2019 (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
July 2, 2019, 3:25 pm
Give credit to the most democratic party in Israel
Long ridiculed, Labor is one of the few parties that meet stringent standards on campaign finance and transparency
By Gideon Rahat and Ofer Kenig
In this March 6, 2019, file photo, US Rep. Ilhan Omar sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
June 9, 2019, 6:09 am
Ilhan Omar violated Minnesota campaign finance rules, state officials say
Board tells congresswoman to pay back nearly $3,500 for expenses including personal out-of-state travel and help on her tax returns
By AP and ToI Staff
Campaign posters for the upcoming municipality elections in Tel Aviv, on October 9, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
October 28, 2018, 1:00 pm
Legal loophole allows secret loans to candidates in local elections
Current rules could facilitate ‘laundering of loans into donations,’ clean government watchdog warns; it could also buy criminals or the wealthy influence on municipal politicians
By Sue Surkes
Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Donald Trump, departs following his appearance in Federal Court on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, in New York. (AP/Kevin Hagen)
August 26, 2018, 1:36 am
For Trump and Cohen, a bond defined — and soured — by money and loyalty
The man who once said he would ‘take a bullet’ for the president found himself increasingly abandoned by Trump and beset by legal troubles before deciding to cop a plea
By Jonathan Lemire
Michael Cohen, former lawyer to US President Donald Trump, exits the Federal Courthouse on August 21, 2018 in New York City. (Yana Paskova/Getty Images/AFP)
August 23, 2018, 8:29 am
Cohen flipped after dad said didn’t survive Holocaust for Trump to ‘sully’ name
Wall Street Journal reports conversation with attorney’s father was turning point, frustration began after Trump family stopped paying his legal fees
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump arrives for a political rally at Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia, on August 21, 2018. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
August 22, 2018, 10:04 pm
Trump says ex-lawyer’s hush payments ‘not even a campaign violation’
US president tells ‘Fox and Friends’ funds ‘didn’t come out of the campaign, they came from me and I tweeted about it’
By AFP
In this photo from August 21, 2018, US President Donald Trump speaks to the press upon arrival at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
August 22, 2018, 6:49 pm
Trump accuses ex-lawyer Cohen of making up ‘stories’ to get plea deal
In first comment, US president lays into his former attorney on Twitter, says campaign finance violations involving hush payments are ‘not a crime’
By AFP
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