Comments by "Triple 9" (@Betta66) on "Another Phony Scandal: Trump Organization Did Not Commit Campaign Finance Violations" video.
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@WombRaider7878 Even if that were even remotely the same thing, would that make everything Trump does okay?
Those fines on the Obama campaign covered civil violations, which were different than the criminal infractions admitted to by Cohen.
The major issue concerned the timely documentation of donations made in the 20 days before the election, during which the FEC requires official notice of contributions over $1,000 to be submitted no more than two days after those donations were received. While the fines leveled against the Obama campaign were among the largest in the FEC’s history, so was the amount of money raised by the Obama campaign. Further, the FEC does not have criminal capabilities. All of the criminal cases have to be prosecuted by the Department of Justice. For a criminal violation of election law to be enforced by the DOJ (which was the case with the Stormy Daniels payment), the violation must be considered both intentional and serious. People often have reporting violations, which is what happened with the Obama campaign. With the Stormy Daniels payment, the DOJ determined there was a criminal intent to hide a campaign contribution, so it falls within a criminal violation as opposed to a civil one to be enforced by the FEC. The infractions committed by the 2008 Obama campaign were not alleged to be intentional, and the FEC did not consider the campaign’s documentation lapses as rising to the level of a serious offense prosecutable by the DOJ. Meanwhile, Cohen admitted to violating the following:
- 52 U.S. Code § 30116 – Limitations on contributions and expenditures
- 52 U.S. Code § 30118 – Contributions or expenditures by national banks, corporations, or labor organizations
Try again.
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