On February 17, 2025, Americans for Public Trust Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland testified before the Missouri Senate Committee on Local Government and Elections in support of Senate Bill 152, which would ban foreign nationals from directly or indirectly contributing to ballot measure campaigns.
On February 13, 2025, Americans for Public Trust Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland testified before the Utah House Government Operations Committee in support of HB 393, which bans foreign nationals from contributing to state ballot issue campaigns.
On February 4th, 2025, Americans for Public Trust Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland testified in front of the Kansas House Committee on Elections in support of HB 2106, which would prevent foreign nationals from influencing ballot issue campaigns.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on the pervasive threat of foreign interference in American elections. Lawmakers are right to focus on the challenge.
On Wednesday, December 18th, 2024, Americans for Public Trust Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland testified at a hearing on foreign interference in U.S. elections held by the Committee on House Administration.
A Swiss billionaire has exploited loopholes around foreign election interference to contribute more than $500 million towards progressive causes, according to a dark-money watchdog organization.
This week, Ohio voters rejected the foreign dark money backed Issue One, a ballot measure that would have codified gerrymandering through the creation of a new commission of unaccountable bureaucrats to redraw Congressional districts.
Today, Americans for Public Trust released a new version of its report detailing Sixteen Thirty Fund’s millions of dollars of spending in state ballot issue campaigns.
On Thursday, May 16, Americans for Public Trust Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland testified at a hearing on foreign interference in U.S. elections held by the U.S. Committee on House Administration. Caitlin’s testimony focused on the foreign influence loophole that currently allows foreign nationals to influence American politics by funneling hundreds of millions of dollars through a web of dark money organizations.
Today, Americans for Public Trust released a new report revealing Sixteen Thirty Fund, the top dark money group funded by…
