Maybe Rump isn't spending his campaign money on ads, because he plans to pocket it.

[MoonRiver]

It's a nice chunk of change, which he probably needs to fight his Rump U lawsuit.

[Demsrule86]

1. I think that is against the law.

But you are probably right.

[MoonRiver]

2. Has that stopped him before?

I do think, one way or another, the cretin will be indicted. He's a stupid sociopath.

[Frank Cannon]

3. Not if you launder the fuck out of it.

He's holding events at his own resorts, paying himself and his family salaries. A fifth of his campaign cash is all going to his own businesses.

The man has the grift down. I'm sure Sarah Palin wishes she'd thought of it first.

[Hav]

5. Of course, he couldn't just take the donations for himself

But it might be possible that he still wants the money back he lent his campaign (despite his claims) and also letting the money go towards his own businesses. His campaign together with the RNC raised more than 100 million the last two months. Maybe he is doing the same like Romney with late ads but so far, all that money doesn't seem to go into TV ads and from what I've read, neither has it gone in building the needed infrastructure in the states.

[csziggy]

13. Last I heard he still hadn't written off the $40 million he "lent" to his campaign

He could always just claim he is paying himself back out of available funds - that would not be technically illegal though it would be questionable and contrary to what he said he was going to do. When has anything he said ever been considered binding by Trump, thought?

[duncang]

14. Not against the law.

His June fec filing even had him on payroll. He was paid a salary 7 times from it. A weekly of around $2,500 plus a few paychecks of $9.000+ He also has paid his kids, staff he already had employed in his business, payments on trump towers, mar-a-lago, etc. I think just the primaries through June he had already pulled 6 million $. from the campaign money. And it's all legal.

[Demsrule86]

19. I see...yeah I get the feeling

That Trump is running in order to make money

[annabanana]

4. It's pretty much his

SOP

[RKP5637]

6. Trump lets M$M do all of his advertising for free!!! n/t

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Most of his avertising runs through

one of his many Media Companies. Understand his Kids run these and they do the hundred twenty day payment of their bills. That is a ton of Cash that can be used for personal expenses,and you know darn well he will do a BK of his Trump Campaign in December. Suckers!

[MoonRiver]

8. Wow, I didn't know how deep the scam is!

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Believe it was Maddow that blew that lid.

Donny Douche mentioned something to that effect this past week on his Political commentary show. Someone did a Google Search on how many shell companies and their subsidiary firms. Hundreds.

[mcar]

10. That's my current theory

[kestrel91316]

12. I've thought this all along. He doesn't care what the law says about it, either.

[uponit7771]

17. Its not against the law for the campaign to pay back his money through his kids companies. FEC ...

... filings show its been around 63 million so far.

This is a 100% grift

[LeftRant]

15. I think he's going to release a blizzard of horrible ads soon.

Hopefully they're just like him: ridiculous and totally unbelievable to normal humans.

[uponit7771]

16. He's already paid 63 million ... BACK... to his own companies and self from contributions !!!!!

[sorefeet]

18. Mike Huckabee does

the same thing when he runs. He hires his family they steal the money and it's over. Just not on the bigly scale that Trump is doing.