United States v. Danielczyk

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES C. CACHERIS, District Judge.

This case involves an alleged scheme of recruiting donors and reimbursing their contributions to Hillary Clinton’s 2006 and 2008 Senate and Presidential Campaigns. Defendants’ motions to dismiss raise significant questions of statutory construction, mens rea, and Congress’s ability to ban direct corporate contributions in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, — U.S. —, 130 S.Ct. 876, 175 L.Ed.2d 753 (2010). For the following reasons, the Court will grant in part and deny in part Defendants’ motions.

I. Background

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