CNN: A former aide to Ron Paul and current strategist for a pro-Donald Trump super PAC was convicted Thursday of falsifying campaign records in a 2012 scheme to pay for a presidential endorsement.
A federal jury in Iowa found Jesse Benton guilty on all counts, which included conspiracy and false records charges. Benton was convicted along with John Tate and Dimitrios Kesari, also former Paul aides.
Benton is chief strategist of the Great America PAC, the primary PAC backing Trump’s presidential bid. MORE
When yer fightin the system ya gotta Lawyer-up. When yer fightin democRats ya gotta Dirty-up!
“Benton was acquitted by a jury in October of one count of lying to the FBI and that jury couldn’t reach a verdict on several counts against Kesari. The charges against Benton had originally been dismissed by a judge last year with the ability to refile, which the government did in November.”
This is an FEC/DOJ tag team effort. The FEC is amazingly impotent when it comes to Dem campaign money shenanigans. Their Mission Statement:
“The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.”
In reality, the FEC focuses on Republican money. And note that there is nothing in there about prosecuting voter fraud, which is arguably a greater problem than funny campaign money.
I know we all hate the “Donor Class”, with its corruption and distortion of elections and politicians, but the FEC and DOJ are nakedly partisan, and the Dem Donor Class almost always gets a pass.
This has to be a joke, maybe it came from the Onion.
Everyone knows there are no Trump PACs, much less super PACs.
Trump has said so himself.
The socialists are fighting a war to subjugate the whole world …
the Freedom lovers are playing checkers …
It’s called “Asymmetric Warfare.”
izlamo delenda est …
of course the FEC has reviewed the clinton foundation political contributions through the same lens and found nothing of course, right?
Gee, whatta surprise–affiliated with “I don’t need anyone’s money”. Ah, the hypocrisy!
Can we get a Trump Tower Taco Bowl thread up, please? Some people still need to vent, apparently.
Cruz Campaign still active in Washington State
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=18160
…and per other reports, the same in Nebraska and South Dakota.
what – corruption in politics? Who would have guessed….