Lest we forget this forgotten gem "Trump campaign solicits illegal foreign donations"

[katusha]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/288031-trump-campaign-solicits-illegal-foreign-donations-despite-warnings


Donald Trump's campaign is still soliciting illegal donations from foreign individuals — including members of foreign governments at their official email addresses — weeks after the campaign was put on notice by watchdog groups.

Foreign members of parliament from the United Kingdom and Australia confirmed to The Hill that they received fund-raising solicitations from the Trump campaign as recently as July 12 — two weeks after a widely publicized Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint issued on June 29 by nonpartisan watchdogs Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center.

(edited for spelling)

[canetoad]

1. Unbelievable!

He's running a global shakedown.

[Cha]

2. KR!!!

[calimary]

3. Let's definitely NOT forget this one.

Shit - add it to the pile...

[NCLefty]

4. The FEC is toothless and he knows this. He'll roll right over them. The FEC chair admitted this in

2015:

The leader of the Federal Election Commission, the agency charged with regulating the way political money is raised and spent, says she has largely given up hope of reining in abuses in the 2016 presidential campaign, which could generate a record $10 billion in spending.

“The likelihood of the laws being enforced is slim,” Ann M. Ravel, the chairwoman, said in an interview. “I never want to give up, but I’m not under any illusions. People think the F.E.C. is dysfunctional. It’s worse than dysfunctional.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/us/politics/fec-cant-curb-2016-election-abuse-commission-chief-says.html

And it appears to be just as bad now:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/463519-fec-chair-tweets-memo-on-foreign-election-activity-alleges-gop

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-happens-when-the-fec-cant-do-its-job/

[Karadeniz]

5. Thanks...I had indeed forgotten!

[tanyev]

6. Yeah, I thought of that not too long ago, too.

I remember thinking at the time it was a signal of breathtaking incompetence. Now I'm leaning toward breathtaking arrogance and corruption.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. K&R