Is the GOP laundering Trump's money??
I think of all the money that has been contributed to the GOP since Inauguration day? And the money that has been spent on ads for Donald Trump? And the questions that were raised about the amount of money that was spent for the bands and entertainment for inauguration? And how people compared the cost of Obama's inauguration vs Trump's? And how Obama had all the big name entertainers and Trump had a few no names? But Trump spent multiple times what Obama spent?
We have no idea how much money may be laundered in different states thru the GOP?
It seems to me, and it is mostly circumstantial, that Trump is using his position and the Republican Party to clean his ill-begotten gains for he and his mobster buddies, mostly in Russia?
What better way to launder money than thru political campaigns??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=F9vA7L8H4nc
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May I save that one?
Seems to me that the GOP could only be "laundering" if they were also hiding the source of the funds. However they're not allowed to do that, it can be kept confidential but it must be recorded.
The mechanism for laundering is to take dirty (Russian mob) money off the donors' hands and give it back to them as clean American funds. So how could that be accomplished in a political party? If none of the Russians are running for office, they won't receive any of the GOP funds.
I agree that we should be suspicious of the so-called super-PAC contributions that have been made possible by our deaf, dumb & blind Supreme Court. That's how the super lobbies like the NRA (among others) are able to carefully shop for the legislators who will fight for them in Congress. It's possible that some Russians may have disguised donations to the GOP as an innocent-sounding super-PAC, but this wouldn't be the same thing as laundering. It's buying influence with the greediest legislators.
I think old Mitch owes more to Putin than just the campaign funds.
Link to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell
2014
Main article: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2014
In 2014, McConnell faced Louisville businessman Matt Bevin in the Republican primary.[29] The 60.2% won by McConnell was the lowest voter support for a Kentucky U.S. Senator in a primary by either party since 1938.[30] He faced Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes in the general election. Although polls showed the race was very close, ultimately McConnell defeated Grimes by 56.2%–40.7%, resulting in a margin of victory of 15.5 percentage points – one of his largest margins of victory, second only to his 2002 margin.
Maybe in 2014 it was possible to look the other way and not suspect Russian hacking. But in hindsight after last year, it looks like the same pattern as Trump's win. Anybody else?
