CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer, the moderator of tonight’s presidential debate on foreign policy, should ask the candidates whether presidential campaigns should be required to verify the the addresses of contributors who donate online by credit card and then publicly report all contributions from foreign residents regardless of their amount, says Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI).

To read the complete CNS News article, click here.

 

On America Live this afternoon, Trace Gallagher reported on the stark difference between the Obama and Romney campaigns when it comes to collecting contributions with no zip code, or a false one, listed for the donor.

According to the Government Accountability Institute, a conservative group, the Obama campaign has collected more than $4.5 million, while the Romney campaign has brought in less than $300,000 in similar donations.

The Obama campaign, however, fiercely disputes the report, calling it partisan and misleading.

In a statement to Fox News, the Obama campaign said, “The data they are using to make their case is not correct or they are making incorrect assumptions about what it means.”

The report does not specifically say that any of the money came from foreign sources, which would be a violation of federal electoral law.

Watch the Fox News video report here.

“During calendar year 2012, the Obama campaign received at least $4,580,805.35 from donors who did not submit a ZIP code, or submitted one that does not exist,” the Government Accountability Institute announced in a report after reviewing FEC records. That figure is 16 times the amount that Mitt Romney has received in such contributions ($282,814), suggesting that Romney has tighter security controls for his online donations.

This study of Obama and Romney campaign records comes after GAI reported that almost half of federal campaigns fail to verify the location of donors. The New York Post followed up with its own report on the topic.

Read the full Washington Examiner report here.

 

A report published in early October by the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) said the Obama campaign web sites “do not ask donors to provide their three-digit card-verification value, or CVV, numbers to ensure they are the legitimate holders of the card,” the Post reported.

That report also said the campaign has solicited donations from several foreign countries, including China, Vietnam and Egypt.

Click here to read the complete Examiner article.

 

Three weeks ago, I brought you a story about President Obama’s illegal foreign campaign money loophole. As a refresher, President Obama’s campaign donation website does not have basic, industry standard security measures to prevent fraud and foreign donations according to a report done by the Government Accountability Institute [GAI].

Read the complete Townhall article here.

 

The Government Accountability Institute is pleased to announce the release of its new report, Campaign Funding Risks: An Analysis Of FEC Campaign Donations Listing Non-Existent ZIP Codes.

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A soon to be released report from the conservative Government Accountability Institute shows that President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has increasingly collected more electronic donations from non-existent ZIP codes throughout the 2012 campaign cycle.

From February through June this year the GAI findings reported that the Obama campaign collected $175,816.26 in electronic donations from non-existent ZIP codes. One month later, the campaign raised $411,369.55 through such donations and $197,464.59 in August.

By the end of September, the Obama campaign raked in $2,199,204.38 – thanks to donations from non-existent ZIP codes.

To read the complete Daily Caller article, click here.

 

FOX & Friends invited GAI’s Chairman and President to discuss the threat of foreign and fraudulent online campaign contributions.

Click here to watch.

The Obama re-election campaign has accepted at least one foreign donation in violation of the law — and does nothing to check on the provenance of millions of dollars in other contributions, a watchdog group alleges.

Chris Walker, a British citizen who lives outside London, told The Post he was able to make two $5 donations to President Obama’s campaign this month through its Web site while a similar attempt to give Mitt Romney cash was rejected. It is illegal to knowingly solicit or accept money from foreign citizens.

To read the complete NY Post exclusive, click here.

In September, the Obama campaign got 1.8 million donations from small contributors who did not break the $200 threshold requiring that their information be reported to the Federal Election Commission. They gave the campaign 98 percent of the $181 million it raised that month, a figure vastly higher than its take in any previous month.

Is the Obama campaign financing itself through foreign money funneled in through a website owned by a private businessman, living in China, that uses the name Obama.com?

To read The Hill’s complete article, click here.