Marc Elias’s Firm Sues Kansas to Let Foreign Donors Influence Ballot Measures
20th May 2025
The law firm of Marc Elias, the Democratic campaign lawyer who played a key role in the Russiagate conspiracy theory, is suing the state of Kansas to allow wealthy foreign nationals to fund state ballot initiatives and constitutional referendums.
Elias Law Group is one of the firms representing Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, a pro-abortion group behind a 2022 Kansas ballot initiative that reaffirmed the state’s constitutional protections for abortion.
Kansans for Constitutional Freedom filed a federal lawsuit last week against Kansas officials to block HB 2106, which limits the campaign activities of organizations that take money from foreign donors or foreign corporations. The bill prohibits groups involved in ballot initiatives and constitutional referendums from taking large donations from foreign nationals and foreign corporations.
Democratic groups have a significant financial stake in maintaining access to wealthy foreign donors—the most prominent of which is Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss.