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Judicial Watch Calls Upon Obama to Release Donor Names
| Source: Judicial Watch
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - October 10, 2008) - Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton issued
the following statement regarding the Obama campaign's failure to release
the names of donors who have contributed less than $200. These donors have
given Obama approximately half of his campaign's $426.9 million in total
contributions. The McCain campaign, by contrast, has made its entire donor
database available online. In addition, press reports allege Barack
Obama's presidential campaign has accepted illegal online campaign
contributions from this category of donors, which include funds allegedly
donated by foreign nationals.
"The Obama campaign appears to be playing fast and loose with campaign
finance laws and it has to stop. It is especially disturbing that foreign
campaign contributions made to the Obama campaign may be corrupting this
presidential election. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) should
immediately investigate these allegations. In the interest of transparency
the Obama campaign should publicly list the source of every single campaign
contribution. The American people deserve to know for certain that all
campaign finance laws are being followed. Frankly, it is suspicious that
these names have not been made public."
Judicial Watch has pending FEC complaints concerning both Senator McCain
and Senator Obama.
For more information on Judicial Watch's battle against government
corruption, please visit www.judicialwatch.org.