slurpinderpin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 28 days agoReport: Donald Trump has spent millions in possible witness tamperingwww.nj.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1523arrow-down16
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minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up32·28 days agoCampaign funds paid them, not him personally. Although he’s surely grifting off the campaign and no doubt considers all that money his own.
minus-squarekablammy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·28 days agoIsn’t that more of the same crime the trial was about?
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·28 days agoYes. These bribes are something he would have done independently of the campaign so using campaign funds is a campaign finance violation AFAICT. I am not a lawyer.
Campaign funds paid them, not him personally. Although he’s surely grifting off the campaign and no doubt considers all that money his own.
Isn’t that more of the same crime the trial was about?
Yes. These bribes are something he would have done independently of the campaign so using campaign funds is a campaign finance violation AFAICT. I am not a lawyer.