Sessions Used Political Funds for Republican Convention Expenses

Wall Street Journal ^

[numberonepal]

Not sure about WSJ posting. In a nutshell they are sayin Sessions used CAMPAIGN FUNDS for expenses on Cleveland trip when he met Russian envoy.

[heights]

Read Trump’s afternoon statement on Sessions, it was weasly, backstabbing, finger in the wind, God awful. Sessions “Should have been more precise”. Really? This from a guy that without a teleprompter mangles a sentence.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Wanna bet the RATs all have so much dirt, they’re terrified Sessions will dig it.

[Parmy]

I am so disgusted with the Democrats and their never-ending attacks on good people. I sincerely hope that the American people see through this s@@@.

I have no power so the only thing my wife and i and some friends can do is pray to God that Trump gets the help he needs to combat this evil.

[Aria]

They tasted the blood and figure the choir boys will fall on their swords and get out of D.C.

The rats are owning this right now and the GOPe is helping.

What the people want and/or what’s good for the country does not matter to them.

[Cementjungle]

So he used political campaign money to go to the convention.

I guess he was supposed to get the Russians to pay for his trip... that's what the Clintons would have done.

[petitfour]

hahahahahaha.

[Aria]

Sessions gave them the opening by recusing himself.

I agree. The despicable Holder knew better.

[BeadCounter]

I heard Tucker had Sessions on and it clears the air some.

[dfwgator]

Day late and a dollar short.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

Russia can put an end to this by getting EVERY DAMNED ounce of dirt they can ON THESE BASTARDS and make it public!!! That would be far easier than getting into a conflict with the US!!!!

[blueplum]

Since he was attending a Heritage Foundation event in addition to the Convention, and gave a pro-Trump speech, it seems correct to have charged political funds instead of legislative funds.

Also, now this is related to federal office holders who go to the convention as delegates, but might, might related to federal office holders in general (Not a lawyer here) :
“candidates who attend the convention as delegates may use campaign funds to pay for their own convention-related travel, food and lodging expenses. 11 CFR 110.14(c) and (e); AO 1995-47 n.4. The Commission has issued advisory opinions clarifying that such candidates may also use campaign funds to pay the travel and subsistence expenses of other individuals (e.g., spouse, child, Congressional staff person) in connection with the convention if the individual will be engaging in significant campaign-related or officeholder-related activity on the candidate’s behalf during the convention. AOs 1996-20, 1996-19 and 1995-47; see 11 CFR 113.1(g)(1)(ii)(C).
Although the use of campaign funds to pay someone’s personal expenses is a violation of the personal use prohibition, when travel involves both personal activities and campaign (or officeholder) activities, campaign funds may be used to pay the personal portion of travel and subsistence costs if the individual reimburses the campaign within 30 days. 11 CFR 113.1(g)(1)(ii)(C); AO 2000-12. “

http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/delegate.shtml

[R_Kangel]

.... It is becoming self evident that Obama had his cronies harvest as many files, no matter how small, on EVERY Republican possible before he left the Whitehouse to use as leverage to control the incoming administration.

..... Heck .... My guess is that Obama is just getting started. They haven't even gotten to the personal dirty stuff yet! Remember the 800 or so FBI files on Republicans that dissapeared when Clinton was in office? Everything is now digital and my guess is that Obama has broken the record of possession of information on his adversaries. He probably has a copy of every digital file available!!

.... There is a reason why he has set up a HQ of operations with newly domiciled Valerie Jarrett in his house at the helm! He is digging in for the long game.

[Pining_4_TX]

Republicans are spineless. They roll over every time the Democrats attack.

[madison10]

He may have said what Mr. Sessions TOLD him to say.

[Pining_4_TX]

Yes, I get to read the WSJ second hand, and I’ve noticed they constantly attack Trump and belittle his plans. I guess they haven’t had enough useless wars in dirt-bag countries yet.

[LongWayHome]

Yup...Bannon is right. They are not just going to give our country back to us. This is going to be trench warfare.

[dowcaet]

Putin has to be loving the chaos going on here in the States, but I’m sure he’s mad as hell too that this country is being falsely accused of rigging the presidential election here. An ex-KGB officer like Putin has dirt on all of our politicians here and knows what skeletons are in their closets too.

[LongWayHome]

I gave up on the Journal about 5 or 6 years ago. Their cheap labor/open borders nonsense became too much. And they do love a good war.

[Angels27]

Sessions will be gone by next week. The left smells blood and the Trump administration is not handling this well at all.

Let Sessions ago and make Rudy AG.

[combat_boots]