I'm sure you don't know the difference between an FEC charge over a violation meant to protect against foreign interference with an election, and a violation that protects against non-election privately funded good time.
And that, in a nutshell, is what is wrong with the Trump lynch mob.
Why do you think people contributed huge sums to the inauguration if not to (hopefully) buy influence? The motives are exactly the same, just different vehicles for doing it. It's why we have laws against foreigners contributing to them.
Have you read anything about the inauguration committee? Here's a decent overview:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/14/tru...ee-fundraising-was-a-mess-from-the-start.html
Some highlights:
- Trump for the first time allowed for
unlimited individual and corporate donors. Obama had limited them to $50,000, and Bush II to $100k. That's how he began his "drain the swamp" efforts, by inviting all the swamp dwellers to donate unlimited amounts to his inauguration. Should have been a good sign of what was to come.
- Trump raised double what Obama did (over $100 million), had far fewer parties (3 official parties versus Obama's 10), a far shorter parade, and somehow spent double what Obama's first inauguration spent.
- The required disclosure of donors was completely riddled with errors, including many big donors with non-existent addresses, made up addresses, wrong names, etc. Two years later they're still not fixed.
- The accounting for where the money went - again, double what Obama spent - is similarly a mess. At least $40 million is a big old ??????
So, yeah, unlimited amounts, donor lists riddled with errors, and a bunch of huge question marks on how in the hell they possibly spent all that money and that they won't disclose, are all pretty good places to look for political corruption.
