FEC chair responds to Trump saying he'd accept foreign intel on opponent: 'It is illegal'

[babylonsister]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/448507-fec-chair-responds-to-trump-saying-hed-accept-foreign-intel-on?fbclid=IwAR3dbdd025Rq0yNfHuYM3J3M9RWqc8iqHguOw8y0oGuWUcdBvT1pvTcAeEU


FEC chair responds to Trump saying he'd accept foreign intel on opponent: 'It is illegal'
By Rebecca Klar - 06/13/19 07:36 PM EDT


Federal Elections Commission chair Ellen Weintraub said Thursday it is illegal to accept foreign interference during elections after President Trump publicly suggested he would accept foreign intel on opponents.

"I would not have thought that I needed to say this," Weintraub tweeted Thursday with her statement.

"Let me make something 100 percent clear to the American public and anyone running for public office: It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election," Weintraub said.

Link to tweet

In an interview with ABC News Wednesday, Trump suggested he would accept dirt on an opponent offered by a foreign country.

Doubling down on why that's unconstitutional, Weintraub said "this is not a novel concept," adding that "our Founding Fathers sounded the alarm about 'foreign Interference, Intrigue, and Influence."

"They knew that when foreign governments seek to influence American politics, it is always to advance their own interests, not America's," she said.

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The FEC is independent regulatory agency whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance law. Weintraub was appointed by President George W. Bush and has served as commissioner since 2002.

[Blue_playwright]

1. How long until

He says she’s a nasty woman and wrong and makes sure she’s fired? 🙄

[Stuart G]

2. Yep, It is ..ILLEGAL. i am guessing, Trump already has taken dirt from Russia.IT'S ILLEGAL!!

Get him...!!

[Ghost Dog]

3. Correct. But what about British Intelligence

and other 5 eyes?

[Oneironaut]

4. "It's Illegal!" - I'm pretty sure they don't care.

Nor do they need to.