BREAKING: Donald Trump Campaign Floored By Launch Of Immediate FEC Investigation (DETAILS)

[EricMaundry]

Donald Trump has been hit with a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission over his requests for campaign contributions from foreign nationals, including individuals in the United Kingdom, Iceland, and Australia.

The complaint was filed by two campaign watchdog groups, the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21.

The Deputy Executive Director of the Campaign Legal Center, Paul S. Ryan, said that Trump “should have known better” when it comes to his across-the-seas solicitations.

In the case of the UK, the requests for money became so extreme that the Parliament has moved to officially block the Trump campaign from access to its members.

In the case of Iceland, leaders said the letter sent to them via email from the Trump campaign left them “speechless.”

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/29/breaking-donald-trump-campaign-floored-by-launch-of-immediate-fec-investigation-details/

[uponit7771]

1. Good, he should also disclose the payback from contributions too in his June FEC filings

[Motley13]

2. Not only is dementia don a moron

he has bred at least one moron, Donald Jr.

[Renew Deal]

3. This whole thing seems exagerated to me

From what I understand, they were basically spamming people. It was not a direct request from a person in the campaign to a foreign entity. It was junk mail

[WhiteTara]

6. It's still soliciting foreign nationals to contribute

to his campaign. It may have been poorly done, but it was still done.

[jberryhill]

9. Was the content of the emails somehow customized to foreign legislators?

I have a feeling someone had some fun with the "put me on your mailing list" feature of the Trump campaign website.

[politicaljunkie41910]

17. Rachal Maddow discussed it on her show last evening. The solicitations were directed to

specific persons.

[jberryhill]

21. Is there an example?

I don't know what you mean by "specific persons". Yes, it was sent to those email addresses, and yes, it probably included "Dear (name)".

What I am asking is whether there was something in the text of the email itself which suggested it was intended to be sent to a foreign legislator, as opposed to having been sent to a name and address submitted via web form to the Trump website by a prankster.

[politicaljunkie41910]

25. I believe it was sent to a specific member of Parliament. I know it was a woman and she responded

with a snarky response. I believe she had copies of at least two different letters. That's all I can recall. But you can probably check it out on the MSNBC website under Rachal's show. I believe it was signed by Donald Trump Jr. Rachal stated that most people who'd seen the letters didn't think that the Trumps could be that stupid. They theorized that either it was someone pranking the Donald or that Donald and Company were making use of someone's email listing that they had got a hold of, and had no bothered to go through it and verify the names on it before dumping it into the hopper (as she described it). I thought it was likely the latter because I know that people charge money for the use of mailing lists on a per name basis, and I know that the Donald is cheap and doesn't want to spend any of HIS money and since we know his campaign funds are low, it didn't seem beyond reality that he may have "borrowed" or "come by" a mailing list by some nefarious means and used it without scrubbing it for foreign nationals. They then sent out a lot of emails to the people on the list without checking first.

[jberryhill]

27. A mass email is not sent to "a specific member"

There are like ten countries whose legislators report receiving "an email". I don't know what you mean by "it was sent to a specific member". If you have a web form where people can input names and email addresses in order to get on a mailing list, then emails are going to go to whatever names and email addresses someone inputs to the website.

What I'm trying to find out is whether the content of the email itself suggested that it was knowingly sent to a member of a foreign legislature. That would be language like, "As a member of the Icelandic Parliament, we know you rely on a strong US..." or something to that effect.

If it was the same email that ANYONE gets, then it seems to be unlikely that Donald Trump Jr. was off on his own collecting email addresses of foreign legislators, but sound exactly like a project that would be taken on by someone having some fun.

[Cosmocat]

11. This is very clear and prohibited

And any D who solicited campaign funds from foreign government officials, in any form would be evicerated.

That said, its been reported his idiot son has personally contacted at least one of these people.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

4. As a Sanders supporter that remembers the lies David Brock peddled...

with regards to alleged FEC violations of the Sanders campaign, I am going to withhold judgement until this progresses further. David Brock has been and always will be a slimeball in my eyes regardless if he is now a Dem.

[rateyes]

5. +1000 from another Georgian.

[Renew Deal]

7. They were not lies

There were lists of people with excessive donations.

[leftofcool]

8. They were not lies. You can find all the info at the FEC website.

[Her Sister]

13. Yes, see my post below with FEC page 1/15

[demwing]

10. Brock is no Democrat, he's an opportunist

Just because the Dems lured Brock away, doesn't mean he's loyal. Remember - that which can be stolen by you, can also be stolen from you.

[Her Sister]

12. Names: A Whopping 674 Foreign Nationals Illegally Donated to Bernie Sanders in March 2016

A Whopping 674 Foreign Nationals Illegally Donated to Bernie Sanders in March 2016
Posted on June 18, 2016 by Grace Laine
https://gobling.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/a-whopping-674-foreign-nationals-illegally-donated-to-bernie-sanders-in-march-2016/


http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/521/201606149017580521/201606149017580521.pdf

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Form 999 - Part VII
The Committee did not receive confirmation of citizenship or residence status and therefore issued refunds earlier this
month to the following donors. These refunds will be reflected in the Committee?s June Monthly Report.
Abovyan,Minas
Albrecht,John
Alioto,Anthony
Allen,Gwendolyn
Allen,John
Allin,Drusilla
Arbel,Omer
Aybar,Rodrigo
Azmayesh-Fard,Seyed
Barber,Alexander
Barkley,Michael
Barrett,Joan
Beauchesne,Ryan
Beaudin,Adam
Bennett,Robert
Bergmann,Barbara
Berland,Jody
Bidtnes,Imre
Bjornsson,Edvard
Blaison,Julia
Bloom,Peter
bodin,baltsar
Booth di GiovanniHeather
Braun,Lin
Brink,Jason
Broderick,Eli
Brown,Richard
Browne,Craig
Bucholz,Laurel
Buck,Douglas
Burleigh,Tyler
Carter,Luke
Carter,Michael
Cemper,Ron
Champagne,Jean-Marc
Claster,William
Claude,Xavier
Clausen,Malte
Cohen,Mark
Cooper,Daniel
Cordero Resperger,Lourdes
Cornland,Deborah
Costanza,Michael
Crandall,Mark
Crichton,Michael
Crispin,Malinda
06/

http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/521/201606149017580521/201606149017580521.pdf

[Andy823]

16. No reply

From the peanut gallery I see. Guess those darn facts are hard to address.

[tonedevil]

22. Were those donations...

solicited by Senator Sanders campaign? Is that a list of donations returned by Senator Sanders campaign as required by the FEC? Do you think this is in any way comparable to the violations alleged to have been committed by the Donald Trump campaign?

[Her Sister]

23. You can study that FEC filing yourself if you'd like!

Go, go on...

BTW I was answering the posts above. Context context...

[tonedevil]

24. The reason you know about...

those 674 foreign donations is Senator Sanders campaign reported them. I did read the FEC filling that's how I knew you were being deceptive.

[Her Sister]

26. That's not what I was answering. Stop your rudeness in your tracks in 3, 2 !

Of course it's obvious I posted the freaking FEC page with FEC freaking link and invited you to look at the freaking FEC page/link yourself.

Geeeeessh!

Please shooo shooo !

[KingFlorez]

20. Several British politicians have reported receiving fundraising emails

Trump is no victim of David Brock.

[jberryhill]

30. And the reason why we know...

...that this was intentionally done by the Trump campaign instead of someone using the "put me on your list" form at the Trump website is, what?

[Rex]

14. Hmmm....welllll

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[randome]

15. NRFPT

Not ready for prime time -to say the least. smh

[Sheepshank]

18. So according to him, he will now be answereable to foreign nationals shaping US policy

I'm hoping that Trump can explain how that makes American Great Again.

[eppur_se_muova]

19. The ultimate fool -- he know not, and knows not that he knows not. nt

[PJMcK]

28. Most likely, his sons are under The Donald's thumb and were told to do this

I doubt that a control freak like Donald Trump would give much freedom to his kids to run his businesses and campaign. He micro-manages everything so I'm fairly certain that he directed that these requests be sent. Actually, I really don't care because they wouldn't be effective. As we've seen from the responses, Mr. Trump has just made an ass of himself on the world stage. His kids must be so proud.

In the linked article is this gem: "The Deputy Executive Director of the Campaign Legal Center, Paul S. Ryan." He's the official looking into Mr. Trump's solicitations. I feel badly for the guy to be stuck with that name.

[Zambero]

29. Crooked Crooked Donald

"Make America great again, by way of illegal foreign campaign solicitations".