Trevor Potter

Trevor Alexander McClurg Potter is an American lawyer who served as the former commissioner and chairman of the United States Federal Election Commission. He is the founder and president of the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit organization which works in the areas of campaign finance and elections, political communication and government ethics. A Republican, he was the general counsel to John McCain's two presidential campaigns. Potter is a vocal critic of unlimited corporate spending and dark money in politics allowed by the Supreme Court of the United States' Citizens United v. FEC ruling.