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

How is receiving free information on campaign competitors related to election campaign finance law?

Tony Stark said:
https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...s-to-trump-saying-hed-accept-foreign-intel-on

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 Election Commission (FEC) Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub said Thursday it is illegal to accept foreign assistance during elections after President Trump publicly suggested he would accept foreign intelligence 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.


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.

Any political campaign that does receive such an offer should report it to the FBI, she added.

Trump said in the ABC interview he would "maybe go to the FBI" if he received information about an opponent from a foreign government.

Trump’s comments faced strong push back from Democrats and some Republicans.

The FEC is an independent regulatory agency whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance law. Weintraub was appointed by former President George W. Bush and has served as commissioner since 2002.
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So, you are saying if a Canadian newspaper uncovered that Biden had sexual intimicy with children and a republican candidate overheard a conversation regarding this matter between two journalists of that paper in the elevator and asked them whether the two would be willing to speak on record that this would be illegal? Assumption is that the story had not been published yet.

Tony Stark said:
Opposition research is not considered free according to the law.
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Tony Stark said:
The left already has multiple charges to prosecute him on and thankfully candidates are starting to promise to do so.Warren better make a stern promise to prosecute Trump as well or she loses my primary vote and donations to Kamala.
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LOL
Yes we understand that this is completely political process for you. Nothing legal and certainly nothing criminal.
It doesn’t bother you because you and your ilk are complete partisan hacks.

Legally - Obstruction has already been decided.

IT
DID
NOT
HAPPEN

AND that just killlllllls the leftards who were so busy promoting how Trump was a Russian asset a Russian puppet and whatever other bullshit you could paint the walls with via the Lamestream Media Outlets.

In spite of his boorish behaviour, Trump is doing a fantastic job. And that hurts your side even more.

Dems are such solid losers.
 
LacesOut said:
LOL

In spite of his boorish behaviour, Trump is doing a fantastic job. And that hurts your side even more.
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yeah yeah #Orangemanbad says the NPC.

The country is filled with you losers.

Sad sack sore losers who almost 3 years in, are still hysterically clutching the wall that your loser corrupt candidate couldn’t beat out a reality TV Real Estate mogul who shredded the burdensome policies of Obama and sent the country marching along to greatness, all while fending off a coup attempt based on a hoax perpetrated by the Deep State and MSM.

Laughing so hard at you losers.
 
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