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Donald Trump Faces FEC Lawsuit Over Elon Musk Interview
News? Weak. ^ | 8/14/2024

Posted on 08/14/2024 12:11:33 PM PDT by Lazamataz

political action committee has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Donald Trump over his recent two-hour live interview with Elon Musk.

End Citizens United, a Democrat-aligned PAC, claims that the interview "amounted to a virtual campaign event" for Trump financed by X, formerly Twitter, which would be in violation of federal law.

The complaint names Trump, his campaign treasurer Bradley T. Crate and X as the respondents.

"Such a brazen corporate contribution undermines the anti-corruption aims of the Act, and the Commission should immediately investigate these violations and take appropriate remedial action," the complaint said, referring to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; endcitizensunited; fec; frivolouslawsuit; harriscampaignproxy; lawfare; musk; socialmedia; tds; tdsbs; tiffanymuller; trump; trumpandmuskint
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Of COURSE he does.
1 posted on 08/14/2024 12:11:33 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Lazamataz

I would expect the Trump campaign to be ‘way ahead of this as it’s fully expected.


2 posted on 08/14/2024 12:12:44 PM PDT by glennaro (2024: The Year of The Reckoning, lest our Republic succumb to the "progressive" disease of the Left)
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Musk already offered Harris the same opportunity.


3 posted on 08/14/2024 12:13:34 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: Lazamataz

Kamala Harris was also invited. She refused.


4 posted on 08/14/2024 12:13:57 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: Lazamataz

This is a joke. Every single Democrat appearance in the LSM is a campaign event. Do the multiple Time Magazine covers for QueMala count as campaign contributions?


5 posted on 08/14/2024 12:14:22 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: TheDon

Also, EVERY liberal reaction to the interview was that it was a train wreck. Also expected.


6 posted on 08/14/2024 12:14:37 PM PDT by Lazamataz (If you are upset the bullet missed, contact me immediately. I'll make sure your bullet doesn't.)
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Ti.e to sue Harris for the entire media being one big campaign ad. These people are idiots for wa ting to go there


7 posted on 08/14/2024 12:14:42 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: TheDon

Trump should follow suit with cases against all of the MSM shilling for kamalalaladingdong


8 posted on 08/14/2024 12:15:00 PM PDT by cableguymn (They don't want peace they want skeletons )
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To: Lazamataz

Flip them the bird.


10 posted on 08/14/2024 12:15:21 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Clay Bevis and Cuck Butthead are panty wadded, pearl clutching cowards. Rush deserves better.)
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Once Musk’s legal team shows evidence that Musk offered her an equal time opportunity to be interviewed by Musk, the lawsuit will be dismissed.


11 posted on 08/14/2024 12:15:51 PM PDT by convoter2016
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To: TheDon

This makes their case weaker.


12 posted on 08/14/2024 12:15:57 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: Antoninus

I don’t recall ever seeing Joe Biden on interviews on ABC. Do you?


13 posted on 08/14/2024 12:16:12 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: Lazamataz

Now, go after Xiden’s and KommieLa’s campaign stump “pressers” and primetime TV “addresses”.


14 posted on 08/14/2024 12:16:57 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: convoter2016

Once Musk’s legal team shows evidence that Musk offered her an equal time opportunity to be interviewed by Musk, the lawsuit will be dismissed.


Exactly


15 posted on 08/14/2024 12:16:57 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: Lazamataz

If it wasn’t over that statement, it would have been due to something else. The fact is that a complaint or lawsuit was going to be filed, they just had to watch the interview to determine over which issue it would be.


16 posted on 08/14/2024 12:17:29 PM PDT by CFW
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Equal time was offered to Harris.......................


17 posted on 08/14/2024 12:18:36 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Antoninus

Trump has been on the cover of Time over 30 times, including person of the year, just an fyi


18 posted on 08/14/2024 12:18:46 PM PDT by Fuzz
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his recent two-hour live interview

Nothing about the hundreds of media outlets that campaign for Democrats 24/7/365?

19 posted on 08/14/2024 12:18:54 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Lazamataz

President Trump will probably face same accusations when he is out in public to buy a cheeseburger at McD’s, it’s a “campaign event”.


20 posted on 08/14/2024 12:20:14 PM PDT by roadcat ( )
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