[EL] Candidate A in campaign finance case

[Hess, Doug]

To be clear, I wasn’t asking who Candidate A was; I was wondering why the indictment would not simply say so. True, it wouldn’t be hard to sleuth out the answer in this case, but one can imagine situations where it would be harder to do so.

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From: Steve Klein <stephen.klein.esq at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 10:41 AM
To: Hess, Doug <HESSDOUG at Grinnell.EDU>; law-election at UCI.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] Candidate A in campaign finance case

I recognize there will never, ever be enough disclosure for many. But I daresay requiring an inferential step or two by the citizens does not threaten our democracy. Heck, inference, no matter how zany, is the lifeblood of campaign finance disclosure.

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On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 11:30 AM Hess, Doug <HESSDOUG at grinnell.edu<mailto:HESSDOUG at grinnell.edu>> wrote:
I wondering why the name of the candidate is not listed in the indictment. I realize that the candidate may be innocent or not the subject of the investigation, but isn't it still in the public interest to know?


"Ex-Fugees rapper charged in campaign finance conspiracy case"
Posted on May 11, 2019 8:23 am by Rick Hasen
AP:

One of the founding members of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees has been charged in a campaign finance conspiracy that took place during the 2012 presidential election, the Justice Department said Friday.


A four-count indictment accuses Prakazrel "Pras" Michel of conspiring with fugitive Malaysian financer Low Taek Jho, usually known as Jho Low, to make and conceal foreign campaign contributions. He is alleged to have used straw donors to give campaign contributions to a U.S. presidential candidate, who is identified in the indictment only as Candidate A.

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