Though his banknotes were drawn by hand, bearing his own signature as chief cashier, the British government pressed charges under Section 18 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act, threatening to end his career with a forty-year prison sentence.
But shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper pressed the government to produce an "assessment of the impact of Section 5 of the Public Order Act on different groups, particularly on minority groups".
Democrats, raising an issue they have pressed for years, asked if part of the problem was because groups organizing under section 501(c)(4) of the tax code have operated under unclear rules since the Supreme Court in 2010 opened the door for corporations and other groups to spend unlimited amounts to influence campaigns.