Posted on 04/14/2023 6:28:06 PM PDT by Libloather
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may have unlocked Donald Trump’s legal war chest by linking the former president’s 34-count felony indictment for falsifying business records to the 2016 election in charging documents.
Mr. Trump has cashed in on the headline-grabbing charges, raising $4 million in the first 24 hours after the indictment was first announced and an additional $8 million leading up to his arraignment in a New York City courtroom.
According to the Federal Election Commission, campaign funds can be used to pay up to 100% of legal expenses for cases related to campaign activity.
Campaign finance laws place strict caps on personal expenditures, but legal expenses often come down to a case-by-case judgment by the FEC as to whether they are considered “personal use.” That determination comes down to the specific legal case to which the fees are applied.
Columbia Law School professor Richard Briffault said while using campaign funds to pay legal fees can be “tricky,” Mr. Trump may be in luck when it comes to his case in Manhattan.
“The question is: Is this a campaign-related expense?” Mr. Briffault, who specializes in campaign finance regulation, told The Washington Times. “It’s a hard question. But I think if the extent of what he is being charged with - and we haven’t really gotten the full theory of the indictment - is some form of election misconduct, then I think he can use it.”
Mr. Bragg’s 16-page indictment lays out 34 separate felony counts against the former president for allegedly falsifying business records with the intent of covering up payments to his former fixer Michael Cohen to conceal Mr. Trump’s alleged relationship with adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
Mr. Trump has denied the allegations.
Falsifying business records is typically a misdemeanor...
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The fact that it happened in 2017, long after the campaign was over is irrelevant because shut up.
The question is: Are the funds spent by Bragg to keep Trump from running for President a campaign expense on behalf of Democrats? If so, will he need to report this expenses to the FEC?
Even better Trump should sue once charges are thrown out. And make NY state reimburse his campaign funds used to pay for the defense.
2 weeks after arresting the former President of the United States and they’re still trying to figure out what Bragg has on him. Says it all
Bragg’s indictment is clearly election interference conducted under the color of law so Trump can spend all the campaign cash he wants to bury, er, I mean defeat the fat clown.
Moron....
I don’t believe he is using his campaign funds. Besides this article is from exactly 2 months ago.
The actual date of the article is April 14, 2023.
Bkmk
” haven’t really gotten the full theory of the indictment”
This is key...an indictment isn’t supposed to be “theory”. It’s supposed to be a succinct composition of the exact charges, and the exact crimes committed.
Bragg failed to complete this task, and this entire matter should have been thrown back in his face, in about 5 minutes.
Before Trump ran for office, the news would be all over that fact and Bragg would risk disbarment. Now the courts don't care and the press covers it up by selectively ignoring it.
The Indictment is clearly a political event, not a personal or business event. Thus logic would say money raised due to the political event can be used for politics.
(I’m undecided on 2024. DeSantis getting close to corrupt The Hood of IL indicates that his advisors are not very sharp. That is something that matters to me.
I was wondering why he was posting a 2 month old article.
I broke the rules and went to see the source. FWIW I didn’t read the article. :)
I was suspicious of the date since Feb. was long before the indictment happened.
Since I thought it was 2 months ago, I didn't bother to go to the site.
Time is blur when you are retired and time becomes irrelevant in so many ways. 🤣🤣🤣
Alvin Bragg is certainlly not the one coming up with all these legal strategies. He is too stupid. It is the lawfare people.
True!
That Deep State is cool with egregious Brady material violations is not a shocker, though.
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