2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dead Enders Still Hoping For HRC Indictment So BS Will Win [View all]sheshe2
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Bernie's is non political.
"No. It is not that way. The Vatican is not involved in that. The conference is not a political event," he said.
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-sanders-heads-to-vatican-says-trip-not-political-2016-4
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600 K paid for by the campaign. Is was a family trip kids grand kids. I am sure they weren't his political advisors. Private jet.
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Bernie Sanders Illegally Used Campaign Funds For Trip To Italy-FEC Filings
Here is the Article Confirming Bernie Sanders illegally used Campaign Funds to pay for his Charter Flight and Stay in Vatican City to attend the Conference he says he was invited to. In the previous article in POLITICADE from April 27th: Margaret Archer, President of the Academy, said that Sanders went around her to get an invitation to the conference in order to win the Catholic vote in the US Presidential primary: Sanders made the first move, for the obvious reasons. He may be going for the Catholic vote but this is not the Catholic vote and he should remember that and act accordingly
His use of it is clearly a pretext
there will be nothing of policy relevance. www.politicade.com/...
In Todays Article June, 4th Politicade confirms that the FEC does not allow for Campaign Finance Money to be used for such a trip. Presidential Campaign Finance Reports, which include receipts and disbursements for the month of April, have been in processing status since they were submitted to the FEC on 5/20. Yesterday, the FEC made the detailed campaign finance reports available to the public.
Screen_Shot_2016-06-04_at_9.48.02_PM.jpg FEC FILING SHOWING SANDERS USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO CHARTER JET TO TRIP TO VATICAN CITY FOR STAFF, FAMILY AND PRESS
The reports provide evidence that Bernie Sanders illegally used campaign funds for his overnight stay in Italy with 10 family members. Lodging at the 5-star luxury Hotel Boscolo Exedra in Rome, Italy was billed to the campaign in the amount of $13,758. Rooms at the luxury hotel start at $400 a night and go up to $8,000 a night. Additional expenses include $883 for lodging and catering at Hotel Michelangelo in Rome.
On 4/8, Bernie Sanders announced he would travel to the Vatican on 4/15. Private chartered flights must be paid in full before scheduled departure date. On 4/11, the campaign disbursed $613,451 for chartered air travel. This amount dwarfs all other Sanders campaign air charter travel expenses to date.
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So now the truth of the illegal use of Campaign Funds has been revealed. Sanders Campaign Knowingly used the funds, raised by all of those $27 donations to make a trip that would be made by the 1% Bernie Constantly Rails On About. I wonder how quickly the MAIN STREAM MEDIA will call him out on this. One thing we know for sure. If it was HILLARY CLINTON it would have been in the media weeks ago. WITH BERNIE
...ONLY TIME WILL TELL!
More: http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/6/4/1534612/-Confirmed-Bernie-Sanders-Illegally-Used-Campaign-Funds-For-Overnight-Trip-To-Italy
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