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Jerry Nadler pockets campaign cash from big music companies with business before his Judiciary Committee nydailynews.com/news/politics/…
Congressman Jerrold Nadler received at least $65,000 in campaign donations “from the music industry and other intellectual property businesses that he oversees as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.”
Nadler also spent about $30K to host a Grammy Awards gala in LA in February during the Grammy Awards, so he could hobnob with Music executives and probably beg them for campaign money.
Well anyway, campaign money above and beyond the $5,000 a ticket they paid to go to the party he ran with fellow NY Democrat and Democratic chairman Hakeem Jeffries.
While not illegal, it reeks of influence peddling. At TechDirt, they called it soft corruption. “These are the kinds of practices that are most likely legal, and possibly even common among the political class, but which absolutely stink of corruption to the average American.
And that’s a huge problem, not just because of the general ethical questions raised by such soft corruption, but because it creates a cynical American public that does not trust politicians to adequately represent their interests.”
Among the better-known donors listed in Nadler’s campaign filing are the “PACs of corporate heavyweights such as Sony, BMI, Universal, and Warner. There are also donations from lesser-known publishers and rights owners who represent some of the biggest acts in music history.”
They love Nadler for pushing through the “Music Modernization Act, which among other things streamlines the payment of royalties and licensing fees by digital outlets such as Apple and Spotify.” Or did Nadler push through the Music Modernization Act because they show him love?
Nadler did nothing illegal, only immoral, and certainly sleazy. I guarantee you that if President Trump had done something like Nadler has done with the music industry Nadler would hold another hearing, and the mainstream media would be having a feeding frenzy.
