{"id":2353239,"date":"2024-10-10T14:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-and-trump-pressed-to-disclose-top-fundraisers\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T14:04:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:04:50","slug":"harris-and-trump-pressed-to-disclose-top-fundraisers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-and-trump-pressed-to-disclose-top-fundraisers\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris and Trump pressed to disclose top fundraisers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-and-trump-pressed-to-disclose-top-fundraisers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2353239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u200ccoalition \u2063of 13 watchdog\u2064 groups is urging former President\u2062 Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris to disclose information about their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-raises-56m-for-republican-party\/\" title=\"President Trump raises M for Republican Party\">top fundraisers<\/a>, known as &#8220;bundlers,&#8221; who typically solicit\u200d donations \u200bfor political campaigns. In letters sent to both campaigns, the watchdogs emphasize \u2063the need for transparency regarding who may \u2064influence the upcoming \u200d2024 elections. While federal law does not mandate the disclosure of bundlers unless they are federal lobbyists, both parties have \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-sues-over-lil-nas-x-satan-shoes\/\" title=\"Nike Sues Over Lil Nas X \u2018Satan\u2019 Shoes\">previously released<\/a> this information voluntarily to promote\u2062 accountability in campaign financing. The groups pointed out that former President Joe Biden shared details about his\u200c bundlers in the 2020 election and urged Harris and Trump to establish a system for regularly releasing this\u200d information, ideally aligning with \u2064Federal Election Commission reporting \u2063deadlines. This calls\u2064 for a continuation of a bipartisan tradition\u2064 of transparency in campaign fundraising.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris and Trump pressed by watchdogs to disclose top fundraisers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1792116\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> A coalition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/watchdog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>watchdog<\/a> groups is asking former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> to disclose their top &ldquo;bundler&rdquo; fundraisers, according to letters sent Thursday to the Harris and Trump campaigns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The 13 watchdogs said in the letters to Harris and Trump that releasing information on their bundlers, who are typically wealthy people who solicit donations for candidates, is important so voters can have better transparency about who may be influencing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 elections<\/a>. Candidates are not required under federal law to report their bundlers unless they are federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lobbying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lobbyists<\/a>, but campaigns have long done so willingly.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Government accountability depends on transparency in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-dark-money-networks-hid-millions-in-the-2020-elections\/\" title=\"Left-Wing \u2018Dark Money\u2019 Networks Hid Millions in the 2020 Elections\">campaign finance system<\/a>, and that includes transparency about presidential campaign bundlers,&rdquo; the watchdogs wrote in the letters, which were signed by Issue One, Campaign Legal Center, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Common Cause, OpenSecrets, National Legal and Policy Center, Public Citizen, and other groups.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is why we call on you today to implement a system to regularly and meaningfully release information about your campaign bundlers before Election Day,&rdquo; they said. &ldquo;Ideally, your campaign would release information about your bundlers in tandem with all upcoming campaign finance reporting deadlines with the Federal Election Commission.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In their letter to Harris, the transparency groups cited how previous candidate Joe Biden released information about his bundlers in 2020. Last year, an NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/biden-campaign-offers-perks-donors-rcna105149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a> indicated the then-Biden-Harris reelection ticket had at least four tiers of bundlers receiving special perks and access on the campaign trail as they fundraised for the Democrats.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This combination of photos shows former President Donald Trump, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;It has long been a bipartisan tradition for candidates to voluntarily release information about their elite campaign fundraisers, with Democrats and Republicans alike embracing the practice, including President Joe Biden, former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Senator John McCain, and you during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-going-on-minnesota-and-wisconsin-both-had-89-90-turnout-something-that-is-highly-unlikely\/\" title=\"What is Going On? Minnesota and Wisconsin BOTH had 89%-90% Turnout -- Something That Is Highly Unlikely\">2020 presidential election<\/a>,&rdquo; the letter to Harris noted.<\/p>\n<p>The watchdog coalition also includes Business for America, Democracy 21, the League of Women Voters of the United States, Michigan Campaign Finance Network, Project on Government Oversight, and RepresentUs. The letter to Trump cited multiple reports that the watchdogs said showed the former president has at least seven tiers of bundlers, including those raising at least $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>In the telling of Michael Beckel, the research director for Issue One, &ldquo;The public has the right to know who is trying to curry favor, access, and influence with the next president by raising significant sums of campaign cash.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s concerning to see the nominees of both major parties backsliding on this simple transparency measure that helps bolster trust in government,&rdquo; Beckel, a former journalist at the Center for Public Integrity and Center for Responsive Politics, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over the past 25 years, both Democrats and Republican presidential candidates have understood the value of voluntarily sharing information with the public about their campaign bundlers,&rdquo; Beckel said. &ldquo;Disclosing information about campaign bundlers is a good-government guardrail that should not be abandoned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Harris and Trump campaigns did not respond to requests for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1792116\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1792116\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watchdogs urge Harris and Trump to reveal top fundraisers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2353240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-harris-2024-election-polls-oct-8.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33926,16138,4021,42741,3634],"class_list":["post-2353239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign-finance","tag-fundraisers","tag-harris","tag-political-fundraising","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-harris-2024-election-polls-oct-8.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}