Following Trump’s Comments, FEC Chair Clarifies Law on Foreign Contributions to Election Campaigns

https://www.newsweek.com ^ | June 13, 2019 | Chris Morran

[NKP_Vet]

Following President Donald Trump's comments earlier this week that he would be willing to accept information about his political opponents even if were provided to his campaign by a foreign government, the chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has publicly released a statement reminding everyone that doing so would be "illegal."

[NKP_Vet]

I don’t seem to recall this Deep State Obama stooge saying a word to Hillary Clinton for paying Russians to tell lies about Trump TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTION.

[originalbuckeye]

Nor was there ANY problem when Obama was asked to list his foreign contributions and he simply said ‘they were all under $200, so we don’t have to report them’.

Not kidding.

[Williams]

Total nonsense. Telling someone Hillary took a bribe in Russia is not a donation of “something of value”.

Otherwise every conversation, foreign or domestic, which helps your campaign would be an illegal campaign donation.

A phone call to give someone information is NOT a campaign donation.

[griswold3]

Christopher Steele was a registered foreign agent. Hillary got nuttin’, nada, zilch.
this law must only apply to Republicans

[catnipman]

what if the “dirt” was that the political opponent had been accepting “dirt” from a foreign government? would THAT “dirt” be illegal?

[Raycpa]

So if Trump pays for the information its it’s okay.

[Sarah Barracuda]

The Obama campaign took money from Hamas and those in the Gaza strip, I dont remember anyone throwing a temper tantrum about it

[Eagles6]

Or the Fugee’s rapper just getting charged for funneling $20,000,000+ of illegal foreign contributions to soetoro’s 2012 campaign or the hundreds of millions from the chicoms to bill, hillary and al for the 96 campaign.

[Pete Dovgan]

It’s all illegal if your not a democrat.....
Unequal application of law is tyranny
Our founding fathers knew it. I know it. It will destroy rule of law and this constitutional republic.

Start pointing out the dems broke all kinds of laws under Obama.....or stop bitching about Trump

[Fester Chugabrew]

Show me the statute.
Show me the code.
Show me the law.
Blow me a load.

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[DoughtyOne]

Total B.S.

If true this person should resign.

How long has he stood by and allowed a process to continue based on something that went through foreign hands to be tossed into the media to delegitimize Trump and advance an attempt at a coup.

We had a U. S. Senator that gobbled up a report and tried to use it to impugn Trump. Thank heaven he’s six feet under now.

[morphing libertarian]

Since Hillary took info from a British agent and Russia on trump and paid 6 mill for it, then according to democrats, SHE is guilty of treason.

[jospehm20]

So why hasn’t this douchebag arrested Hitlery yet?

[TLI]

Weintraub subsequently returned to private practice as counsel at Perkins Coie LLP, where she was a member of its Political Law Group. (yeah, that Perkins Coie)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_L._Weintraub

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“Perkins Coie is counsel of record for the Democratic National Committee, Democratic Leadership Council, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Other political clients include nearly all Democratic members of the United States Congress. It has also represented several presidential campaigns, including those of John Kerry,[2] Barack Obama,[3] and Hillary Clinton.[2] “

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_Coie

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[P-Marlowe]

Looks like the MSM has taken the bait. Lock her up!!!

[Long Jon No Silver]

And you never will. Laws don’t apply to democrats

[Candor7]

Hillary Clintoon, John Ferry and Obungo all broke the FEC laws and should be tried and put in jail.

[Revel]

My thoughts exactly.

[4Liberty]

“So, bottom line - we can’t talk to anyone globally?” was my take on today’s TDS spin. Stupid.