nothing will happen unless we shove it down their throats.
Nothing will happen.
If a Republican were accused of this kind of egregious violation of the law, the screams from activists, journalists, and politicians would dominate the 24/7 news cycle for a week in a coordinated public relations effort to force the alleged offender to resign. GOP officials and leaders would express “great concern” to the press and behind the scenes be encouraging the Republican to resign.
In this case we’ll see a couple of stories in the mainstream press, Republican politicians will be silent, conservative internet forums will carry the story for a week and most voters will hear nothing about it. The Democrat political machine will block the FEC investigation. Even if it is investigated the most that will happen is a small fine and promise not to do it again.
As to the FEC its commissioners are appointed by the president. Two of its six seats are empty. The terms of the other four commissioners have expired and are being filled by the incumbents until new commissioners are appointed. Those terms expired between 2009 and 2011. It is a big miss by Trump and the GOP Senate not to fill those seats while the Republicans have a majority in the Senate.