FEC let Trump off the hook for allegedly using $2.8 million in charitable donations to veterans...

[Nevilledog]

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bryan metzger
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NEW: The @FEC's legal counsel found reason to believe that former President Trump violated federal campaign finance laws in 2016.

But the 3 Republican commissioners voted against pursuing an investigation, letting Trump off the hook.

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The Federal Election Commission let Trump off the hook for allegedly using $2.8 million in charit...
Two Democratic commissioners are accusing their Republican colleagues of refusing to enforce the law by blocking enforcement of the matter.
2:45 PM · Feb 24, 2022

The Federal Election Commission let Trump off the hook for allegedly using $2.8 million in charitable donations to veterans for political purposes

https://www.businessinsider.com/fec-trump-2016-iowa-veterans-campaign-finance-violations-soft-money-2022-2


The Federal Election Commission let former President Donald Trump off the hook even after the body's legal counsel said he violated federal campaign finance laws with a fundraiser for Iowa veterans in 2016, according to documents made public this week.

At stake was whether Trump violated laws prohibiting "soft money" spending — using unregulated, non-campaign funds for political purposes — in connection with his 2016 presidential campaign. Specifically, Trump funneled roughly half of the $5.8 million he raised at the Des Moines veterans event on January 28, 2016 to his now-defunct Donald J. Trump Foundation. The Trump campaign then steered how the foundation, a separate entity, spent $2.8 million in charitable funds just ahead of the Iowa Republican caucuses.

Last month, the FEC voted along partisan lines to close the case. The Campaign Legal Center, an ethics and government watchdog, slammed the commission in a statement to Insider.

"The FEC failing to enforce campaign finance laws is nothing new, but the latest deadlock may be a new low," said Erin Chlopak, senior director for campaign finance at Campaign Legal Center. "The Commission's non-partisan, career attorneys found reason to believe the Foundation was illegally used to benefit Trump's presidential campaign. The Republican Commissioners voted not to pursue the matter. It is time for the FEC to do its job."

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[dem4decades]

1. I'm sure DOJ is on it. LOL

[SoCalDavidS]

6. Double Top Secret Investigation.....LOL!! nt

[hamsterjill]

10. Any minute now.

Don’t you know these things take time, you ill informed idiot!!!! LOL

[dchill]

2. Those commissioners should be permanently unemployable.

[uponit7771]

3. Can't the DOJ prosecute him for this? tia

[SoCalDavidS]

7. I'm Sure They'll Spend A Couple Of Minutes On It nt

[riversedge]

4. omg! what next!!

[hippywife]

5. Whenever I hear any of this shit...

involving money, I can't help but think of people like Dan Rostenkowski. He was investigated, caught, voted out of office and spent time in prison for much less than goes on these days with barely the batting of eyelashes.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2011-07-01-ct-met-rosty-fbi-files-20110701-story.html

[SoCalDavidS]

8. Yeah, But He Was A Democrat

Different rules.

[hippywife]

11. That was sorta my point. nt

[Samrob]

9. More vets should be told about this, like on Hannity and Carlson. nt

[hippywife]

12. Totally agree...

but we both know that's not gonna happen.