NEW YORK (AP) — Mozambique’s former finance minister, Manuel Chang, was convicted Thursday in a financial conspiracy case brought in a U.S. court stemming from his country’s “tuna bond” scandal. A federal jury in New York delivered its verdict. Chang was accused of accepting bribes to secretly frame his African country for large loans to … Read more
NEW YORK — Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang was convicted Thursday in a financial conspiracy case brought before a U.S. court stemming from his country’s “tuna bond” scandal. A federal jury in New York delivered its verdict. Chang was accused of accepting bribes to secretly frame his African country for large loans to government-controlled … Read more
President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 race offered the public a rare glimpse into the Byzantine world of campaign finance law. It’s not a pretty sight. This tangle of often incomprehensible rules underscores the need for a legal firewall to protect political speech—a “separation of campaign and state.” After Biden left office, … Read more