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Arkansas Granny

(31,508 posts)
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 07:00 AM Jul 2018

Why hasn't Trump registered as an agent of a foreign government?

He seems to fit the definition under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is a United States law passed in 1938 requiring that agents representing the interests of foreign powers in a "political or quasi-political capacity" disclose their relationship with the foreign government and information about related activities and finances. The purpose is to facilitate "evaluation by the government and the American people of the statements and activities of such persons." The law is administered by the FARA Registration Unit of the Counterespionage Section (CES) in the National Security Division (NSD) of the United States Department of Justice.[1] As of 2007 the Justice Department reported there were approximately 1,700 lobbyists representing more than 100 countries before Congress, the White House and the federal government.[2]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Act
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Why hasn't Trump registered as an agent of a foreign government? (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Jul 2018 OP
Isn't that criminal? duforsure Jul 2018 #1

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
1. Isn't that criminal?
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 08:18 AM
Jul 2018

Just like with all others in the White House and this administration is doing, not filling out any forms or registering who they're working with , or for.

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