ACLU hit with foreign money complaint as new election law faces major test

A conservative watchdog group filed a complaint against the ACLU Foundation and Stop the Ban in Missouri, alleging violations of a 2025 foreign-influence ballot-measure law. The ACLU received a $2 million grant from the Swiss-based Oak Foundation, later donating $500,000 to Stop the Ban, which opposes a state abortion ban. Missouri’s law, part of GOP-led efforts to block foreign funds in politics, was inspired by reports of Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss’s money influencing Democratic-aligned groups.