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President Trump's Air Force One video trashing Mayor Bill de Blasio may have violated law [View all]
Source: New York Daily News
President Trump’s Air Force One video trashing Mayor Bill de Blasio may have violated law
By DAVE GOLDINER
| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
MAY 17, 2019 | 2:34 PM
President Trump tried to give his latest attack on Mayor Bill de Blasio an aura of authority — but he may just have broken the law in the process.
While jetting on Air Force One to a political fundraising event, Trump tried to look presidential by sitting behind a desk as he blasted de Blasio as soft on crime and quick on taxes.
But look a bit closer and an ethics watchdog spots a big problem for Trump in the video. Over Trump’s left shoulder, affixed above a window, is the presidential seal.
That’s a big no-no, according to Virginia Canter, an ethics lawyer with Citizens Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-partisan watchdog group.
“It’s not appropriate to use the seal in this way,” said Canter, a former assistant White House counsel. “It sends the message that this is the official view of the U.S. government .... not a political (attack).”
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By DAVE GOLDINER
| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
MAY 17, 2019 | 2:34 PM
President Trump tried to give his latest attack on Mayor Bill de Blasio an aura of authority — but he may just have broken the law in the process.
While jetting on Air Force One to a political fundraising event, Trump tried to look presidential by sitting behind a desk as he blasted de Blasio as soft on crime and quick on taxes.
But look a bit closer and an ethics watchdog spots a big problem for Trump in the video. Over Trump’s left shoulder, affixed above a window, is the presidential seal.
Link to tweet
That’s a big no-no, according to Virginia Canter, an ethics lawyer with Citizens Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-partisan watchdog group.
“It’s not appropriate to use the seal in this way,” said Canter, a former assistant White House counsel. “It sends the message that this is the official view of the U.S. government .... not a political (attack).”
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Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-presidential-seal-federal-election-commission-deblasio-political-20190517-4vhkqxh27fealg54yvmfnemqzi-story.html
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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