Regarding the agreement for the RNC to pay TSF's legal bills . . . .

[no_hypocrisy]

Republican Donations Now Likely Paying Trump's Legal Bills
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143213618

This use of campaign donations is illegal.

Irrespective test per FEC (Federal Elections Commission).

Commission regulations provide a test, called the "irrespective test," to differentiate legitimate campaign and officeholder expenses from personal expenses. Under the "irrespective test," personal use is any use of funds in a campaign account of a candidate (or former candidate) to fulfill a commitment, obligation or expense of any person that would exist irrespective of the candidate’s campaign or responsibilities as a federal officeholder.

More simply, if the expense would exist even in the absence of the candidacy or even if the officeholder were not in office, then the personal use ban applies.

Conversely, any expense that results from campaign or officeholder activity falls outside the personal use ban.

EXAMPLE

A candidate may not make tuition payments with campaign funds, unless the costs are associated with training campaign staff.

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/making-disbursements/personal-use/

[Skittles]

1. since when do repukes give a fuck about anything being LEGAL

unless it is HUMAN FUCKING BEINGS

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Point taken. But the FEC may care.

[spanone]

3. Lock these fuckers up.....NOW

[malaise]

4. Mark my words

The ReTHUG civil war will escalate and soon

[Maeve]

5. Ah, but you see, he claims he wouldn't be facing the bills if he'd never run for office!!!!

Yeah, it's total BS, but WITCH HUNT!!!!! (the trumper equivalent of yelling SQUIRREL!)

Right now, I'm of a mind to let them empty their coffers down the black hole that is his legal bills....less money to run any kind of campaigns down-ballot

[Irish_Dem]

6. Who is going to stop him? Make him stop breaking the law.

No one has been successful so far.