Straw-man donations are used to avoid detection of large giving hidden by repeated small donations
A conservative watchdog is planning to send all 2016 presidential candidates a letter warning about the liability associated with accepting small-dollar donations online – mainly how foreign individuals can set up straw-man accounts to funnel money to candidates illegally. On Friday, Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont was flagged by the Federal Elections Commission for problems in…
SteveC says
I can’t tell if the picture misspells “donor” as a joke or not.
Since “straw man” already has a meaning, maybe “sock-puppet donors” would be a better term?
Adrian Tawfik says
haha good point. i made that and regrettably was no joke. whoops!