[EL] Candidate A in campaign finance case

[Adam Bonin]

Federal indictments don't tend to name-drop people who haven't been charged
with any wrongdoing.

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On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 3:54 PM Hess, Doug <HESSDOUG at grinnell.edu> wrote:

> 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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> Douglas R Hess
> Assistant Professor
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> Dept. of Political Science
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> Grinnell College
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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
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> 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> wrote:
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> 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?
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> "Ex-Fugees rapper charged in campaign finance conspiracy case"
> Posted on May 11, 2019 8:23 am by Rick Hasen
> AP:
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> 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.
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> 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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> Douglas R Hess
> Assistant Professor
> Dept. of Political Science
> Grinnell College
> 1115 8th Avenue
> Grinnell, IA 50112
> phone: 641-269-4383
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