It’s election season, so it’s time for Democrats in Congress to try to shut down donations to conservative nonprofits. The House Oversight Committee in late May accused Marathon Petroleum of “driving” the Trump Administration’s rollback of Barack Obama’s fuel-efficiency mandates. In addition to seeking communications between Marathon lobbyists and federal officials, the letter demanded years of communications and financial documents between Marathon and 23 free-market nonprofits, one oil-and-gas trade association, and Koch...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 28, 2020 21:56 UTC