Campaign Finance

National: “Trump Donor Charged with Obstructing Inauguration Inquiry” by Jim Mustian and Alan Suderman for AP News

National: “Shadow Group Provides Sanders Super PAC Support He Scorns” by Bruian Slodysko for AP News

Washington: “Seattle Council Advances Ban on Most Political Spending By ‘Foreign-Influenced’ Companies” by Daniel Beekman for Seattle Times

Ethics

National: “Duncan Hunter Resigns from Congress” by Chris Marquette for Roll Call

Georgia: “Ex-Atlanta Official Gets 2-Year Sentence in Corruption Probe” by Kate Brumbeck for AP News

Maryland: “Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Announces Ethics Reform Legislation, Fends Off Questions About His Firm” by Luke Braodwater and Pamela Wood for Baltimore Sun

Vermont: “Some Legislators’ Financial Disclosures Were Late, Report Says” by Colin Flanders for Seven Days

Lobbying

National: “Ex-Tea Party Lawmakers Turn Heads on K Street” by Alex Gangitano for The Hill

Missouri: “Town and Country Mayor, Who Is a Registered Lobbyist, Tripped Up by Recent Ethics Law Change” by Jack Suntrup for St. Louis Post-Dispatch