Johnny Garrett For Congress fundraising email from the Archive of Political Emails
If you’ve ever angrily deleted a fundraising email or text message, this episode is for you. Jaci and Charlie are both experts in campaign finance, and even they can barely believe the level of desperation, cringe and downright dishonesty they’ve seen in recent campaign fundraising asks. This week on Scandalized, we tackle the campaign finance system that got us here, and the increasingly embarrassing lengths politicians will go to separate you from your money.
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EPISODE NOTES:
Some key sources used in researching and writing this episode:
The New York Times - “How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100 Million in Legal Bills”, March 2024
Brennan Center for Justice - “Trump’s Use of Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills”, May 2024
The New York Times - “How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations”, April 2021
The New York Times - “How Deceptive Campaign Fundraising Ensures Older People”, June 2021
The New York Times - “How a Record Cash Haul Vanished for Senate Republicans”, September 2022
Adam Bonica’s On Data and Democracy - “The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine”, August 2025
Adam Bonica’s On Data and Democracy - “Hook and Squeeze”, August 2026
