1.0Center for Public Integrityhttps://publicintegrity.orgadminhttps://publicintegrity.org/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="t1bmkHL2Si"><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/federal-election-commission-finally-names-top-lawyer-sort-of/">Federal Election Commission finally names top lawyer — sort of</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/federal-election-commission-finally-names-top-lawyer-sort-of/embed/#?secret=t1bmkHL2Si" width="600" height="338" title="“Federal Election Commission finally names top lawyer — sort of” — Center for Public Integrity" data-secret="t1bmkHL2Si" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Headquarters for the Federal Election Commission in Washington, D.C. Sarah Whitmire/Center for Public Integrity Gridlocked elections watchdog goes two years without top lawyer By Dave Levinthal June 30, 2015 After 767 days without anyone leading its legal department, the Federal Election Commission has a new top lawyer. Sort of. Daniel A. Petalas, associate general counsel […]https://i0.wp.com/static-00-www.publicintegrity.org/files/styles/5col/public/img/fec_awning.jpg?ssl=1