FEC Commissioner On Trump-Stormy Daniels Case: “Not A Campaign Finance Violation…Not A Reporting Violation Of Any Kind”

FEC Commissioner James E. Trainor rejected the idea that there was a violation of federal election law in the Stormy Daniels case.

He said District Attorney Alvin Bragg “is really trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole.”

A key member of the Federal Election Commission today rejected the Manhattan district attorney’s indictment of former President Donald Trump as a violation of federal election laws.

“It’s not a campaign finance violation. It’s not a reporting violation of any kind,” said FEC Commissioner James E. “Trey” Trainor.

In trying to stretch the law to make it look like a violation, he added, District Attorney Alvin Bragg “is really trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole.”

“I don’t know how you get around the evidence that both the Department of Justice in their investigation of the federal campaign finance issues and the Federal Election Commission in their ultimate jurisdiction over campaign finance issues, neither of them found there to be any violations whatsoever, and I think the jury is going to see that and they’re going to have to rely upon the fact that both the law enforcement experts and the civil enforcement experts, as far as campaign finance are concerned, didn’t find any violation of the law here,” said Trainor.

he paid his attorney...he got a bill and paid it. if anyplace the purpose should be in cohen’s billing invoice. was he on a retainer??

22 posted on 04/06/2023 10:33:06 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )

its up to the lawyer to make/sign a retainer not the client also an exception if he previosly did similar work for the client...which i believe he did.

The illegal cartel that runs America will go after and try to destroy anybody that threatens their power just as they are going after Trump with false charges. Failure to stand and defend Trump will lead to perpetual cartel rule. We will never have any say in our own government again. We need to take a stand now.

And if they are not trying to jail you and destroy you then you are one of them, A la DeSantis. Sorry.

Correct. Retainers are simply a contractual matter. They are not exclusively used by attorneys either.

28 posted on 04/06/2023 10:44:32 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )

The next reasons were that the paperwork violation took place after 2016 which means it could not have been done to help with the 2016 election and that it isn’t obvious the payments were meant to influence the election.

TDS screw worms will be deeply saddened. That's a good thing.

If he was smart DeSantis...

HA! You made a funny.

Best I can tell he is out there campaigning for an office he isn't running for just for spite. I despise that eGOP weasel more every day.

So no one else can run except Trump.

If any of you eGOP types could rub two brain cells together that's exactly what should be going on. I'm giving y'all credit for having two brain cells. That looks to be more credit than deserved.

It’s shocking how far he has fallen. The GOP tried to pull another fast one. I liked him but I never completely trusted him, that he was actually real. I look at politics so differently now after all that has happened.

This whole thing reminds me of the scene from the movie Conan The Barbarian where the evil king (played by James Earl Jones) shows Conan how devoted his followers are by pointing to a man standing on the cliff and he dutifully jumps to his death.

Everyone on the left in high positions of power are ready to jump off the metaphorical cliff and sacrifice their integrity, reputation, and lifelong honor if called to do so for the party.

-PJ

34 posted on 04/06/2023 12:12:34 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))

Trump did so many good things as President. But he lost in 2020, 2022 and he’ll lose in 2024.

“ I despise DeSantis for trying to capitalize off of the communist attacks on Trump ”

In what way is he doing this?

Either that or they all have serious mental illness issues. Could be a combination of both. 🙂

The problem? The DOJ, FBI and 'intelligence' have been promoting people NOT FIT to do the jobs they're hired for... And once respectable schools are accepting into law school people BASED ON SEXUAL KINK, COLOR AND NEPO (who was your daddy

40 posted on 04/07/2023 11:07:39 AM PDT by GOPJ (Don't use their words. It's not 'gender affirming care' iIt's SEXUAL MUTILATION OF A YOUNG PERSON.)

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