Thursday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Campaign Finance

National: “Trump to Pardon Ex-Puerto Rico Governor Vázquez in Campaign Finance Case, Official Says” by Darlene Superville (Associated Press) for MSN

Illinois: “New Melissa Conyears-Ervin Ad in Illinois’ 7th District Race Highlights Federal Campaign Spending Loophole” by Rick Pearson (Chicago Tribune) for Yahoo News

Minnesota: “Exclusive: Justice Department leadership pushed FBI to investigate campaign contributions to Minnesota officials” by Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, and David Wright (CNN) for MSN

Elections

National: “Trump Administration Concedes DOGE Team May Have Misused Social Security Data” by Kyle Cheney (Politico) for MSN

Ethics

California: “Feds Argue Corruption Case Against Sheng Thao Built on ‘Significant’ Evidence” by Eli Wolfe for Oaklandside

National: “Supreme Court Appears Likely to Allow Lisa Cook to Remain on Fed Board” by Justin Jouvenal and Andrew Ackerman (Washington Post) for MSN

Hawaii: “Hawai’I Attorney General to Investigate $35K Bribery Case After All” by Christina Jedra for Honolulu Civil Beat

Virginia: “Lindsey Halligan Out as U.S. Attorney Following Pressure from Judges” by Steve Thompson, Salvador Rizzo, and Jeremy Roebuck (Washington Post) for MSN