Mike Lee co-sponsors bill to keep foreign money out of American elections

Utah Sen. Mike Lee has joined seven other Republicans in sponsoring the Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act to keep foreign donors out of U.S. elections.

The bill would bar foreign nationals from donating to conduits that use the money for propping up candidates or parties in American elections.

Although it’s currently illegal for foreign nationals to contribute to American political campaigns, there are still ways to push money through. This bill hopes to plug those holes.

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., introduced the bill last year as well, hoping it would keep foreign nationals away specifically from get-out-the-vote activities, ballot harvesting and state ballot initiatives.

Hagerty told the New York Post , “After years of hysteria over Russiagate and alleged f