Obama’s comments were about the then-recent decision in Citizens United, in which the court de-fanged an already rickety campaign finance regulation system. And, of course, the fact that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s team is prosecuting people for the Russian influence scheme shows that such efforts remain illegal. So was Obama wrong when he said that Citizens United had opened “the floodgates” for foreign entities to influence our elections? It won’t fix everything — or even most — of what Obama worried about in the wake of Citizens United, but it is a step in the right direction. And Justice Alito: President Obama is too polite to ask, but you can direct your apology note to Barack Obama, Obama Foundation, Chicago, Ill.Read more:Robby Mook: The sad truth about Russian election interferenceElizabeth Bruenig: American elections were unfair long before Russian interferenceGreg Sargent: Russia ran a disinformation campaign against Mueller.

Source: Washington Post December 21, 2018 13:41 UTC