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Friday, April 26th, 2019

NRA busted giving Trump 9,259 times the legal limit: Bombshell campaign finance lawsuit

Author:     BOB BRIGHAM
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     24 APR 2019 AT 19:54 ET
Link: NRA busted giving Trump 9,259 times the legal limit: Bombshell campaign finance lawsuit
Stephan:   I don't see how a person who sees himself or herself as an honorable person can possibly belong to the NRA. It is a measure of how scummy that organization has become that it is headed by Oliver North. I assume you remember North and his role in the Iran Contra scandal during the Reagan administration, in which the President of the United States did a cocaine and guns deal to fund terrorists -- a typical Republican operation. But now it comes out that all the money members of the NRA paid to the organization, as well as a lot of dark money was... well, read this report and find out. If after doing so you think you have to take a shower, I understand. That's how I felt.  

Oliver North and Donald Trump
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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) was sued in federal court on Tuesday for allegedly failing to enforce campaign finance laws against the National Rifle Association (NRA).

Giffords, the nonprofit organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) after she survived an assassination attempt, sued the FEC for allegedly allowing the NRA to violate campaign finance law — including to help Donald Trump.

The new lawsuit, reported by BuzzFeed court and justice reporter Zoe Tillman, mentions the word “Trump” thirty-five times.

“Plaintiff’s complaints demonstrate that the National Rifle Association (“NRA”) violated the Federal Election Campaign Act by using a complex network of shell corporations to unlawfully coordinate expenditures with the campaigns of at least seven candidates for federal office, thereby making millions of dollars of illegal, unreported, and excessive in-kind contributions, including up to $25 million in illegal contributions to now President Donald J. Trump,” the lawsuit charged.

The lawsuit attempted to explain the scale of the alleged campaign finance violation.

“The illegal contributions to the Trump campaign alone are up […]

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