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Court:‘Hillary: The Movie’ group must disclose donors |
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By Sam Youngman
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Posted: 01/17/08 07:55 PM [ET] |
A U.S. District Court joined the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in a ruling Tuesday, finding that Citizens United, the group behind the productions of “Hillary: The Movie,” must disclose its donors.
Citizens United planned to promote the movie, which paints an unflattering portrait of presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), with paid advertising, which both the court and the FEC said violated the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.
The FEC said in a release Wednesday that Citizens United had pushed the court “to block the FEC from enforcing disclosure and other provisions of campaign finance law related to the film ‘Hillary: the Movie’ and advertising intended to promote it.”
The FEC found the movie to be “electioneering communications,” which falls under the BCRA language requiring donor disclosure.
“Hillary: The Movie” features commentary from a number of pundits and politicians including Ann Coulter, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Dick Morris, a former Clinton adviser and currently a columnist for The Hill.
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