Steve Garvey’s U.S. Senate campaign has paid Ryan Garvey $32,500 since December to serve as a campaign consultant, according to a campaign report filed with the Federal Election Commission. Garvey, the Republican nominee for a California U.S. Senate seat, has also reported being reimbursed $15,954 by his campaign this year, the report showed. The report […]
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Trump’s defense used a jury consultant to research and help them select jurors
The New Yorkers who could decide Donald Trump’s fate were vetted in real time on Friday by the former president’s defense team. As the potential alternate jurors were being questioned by prosecutors seeking to convict Trump of illegally paying hush money to a porn star, and by defense attorneys trying to keep him out of […]
Foreign consultant updates filings after News exposes undisclosed City Hall meeting
The consultant who failed to report a City Hall meeting he attended last year with top officials in Mayor Adams’ administration and Azerbaijan’s deputy foreign minister — as required under federal law — “immediately filed an amendment” with the feds, according to a statement issued by the firm’s attorney. Ezra Friedlander met with Azerbaijan’s deputy […]
Longtime SC political consultant Richard Quinn Sr. dies
Richard Quinn Sr., a top South Carolina political consultant whose web of influence was known as the “Quinndom” and whose firm was found to have made secret payments to influential lawmakers, has died. The death was confirmed Thursday morning by Bill Stern, longtime Quinn friend and political fund-raiser. “A man is measured by his lifetime […]
Fashion consultant hanged herself ‘after tycoon husband’s campaign of coercive control’
A fashion consultant, whose property tycoon husband was accused of spying on her with CCTV cameras during their £6.9 million divorce battle, was found hanged at her home three days before Christmas, an inquest heard. Tracey Ratcliffe, 53, was found dead at her £450,000 semi-detached house in Sale, Greater Manchester, on December 22 last year, […]
Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls says he was trying to highlight a need for AI rules
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The political consultant behind a robocall that mimicked President Joe Biden’s voice said Monday he was trying to send a wake-up call about the potential malign uses of artificial intelligence, not influence the outcome of last month’s New Hampshire primary. Steve Kramer, in an interview days after he was publicly identified […]
Magician says political consultant hired him to create AI robocall ahead of New Hampshire primary
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Orleans magician said Friday that a Democratic consultant who worked for Dean Phillips’ presidential campaign hired him to create the audio for what authorities have said may be the first known attempt to use artificial intelligence to interfere with a U.S. election. Paul Carpenter told The Associated Press he […]
Political consultant sentenced for sending false texts in 2022 Polk School Board race
A campaign consultant for a 2022 Polk County School Board race has been sentenced to 11 months of probation for sending false texts that claimed an incumbent School Board member and her husband were under criminal investigation. James Earl Dunn Jr. was sentenced Thursday in Bartow after pleading guilty to seven counts of violating election […]
Aviation consultant on Boeing’s next steps after door blew off 737-9 MAX
More issues have arisen for Boeing after a whistleblower told the Seattle Times that the company failed to properly reinstall the fuselage panel that blew off Alaska Airlines flight 1282. Boeing has ordered a quality stand down for its employees at its Renton factory where the 737-9 MAX is made. On Thursday, all employees will […]