The former U.N. ambassador has been focusing in on Trump, his legal trouble and the potential general election consequences.
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Wednesday called on Republican National Committee members to hold an on-the-record vote on a draft resolution that would curb the national party’s ability to direct its funds toward legal fees, including former President Donald Trump’s.
“All Americans, and Republicans especially, deserve a vote on the record on that resolution,” Haley said while campaigning here. “We deserve to know how the RNC is going to spend their money and if it’s going to go towards legal fees.”
As a non-American it’s kind of insane to me that a political party can even potentially pay the legal fees of a party member (particularly when the fees are the result of completely personal crimes).
Republicans should be outraged about it too, but they apparently don’t realize they are being fleeced (again).
wdym they’re fully aware they’re paying Trump’s legal fees. They either love that or are mildly annoyed and won’t do anything.
Something something party of fiscal responsibility.
It’s because the Supreme Court made a ruling that affirmed that since corporations are people, and money is speech, it is unconstitutional to restrict how much money a corporation spends on political issues.
And what is a political issue? Trump says all of his legal issues are politically motivated. He’s lying, but does that (false) statement alone justify unlimited spending on this political issue?
As an American, I feel the same way.
It’s a legal gray area, it could be a campaign finance violation but he could argue some of the cases are campaign related.
The justice system has always been extremely light on Trump, so anything in a legal “gray area” might as well be assumed to be fully in the clear for him.
(Not so) fun fact: the DNC and RNC aren’t any sort of governmental organizations, and are in fact private companies. As such, the limits placed on them by law are pretty minimal in terms of political action they can take, and quite unlikely to change since they both have a stranglehold on who gets nominated into positions that could affect such change.
Which is why if he is found guilty of the coup attempt he would be declared an enemy of the state, and any aid or comfort would be considered treason under penalty of law. Thhe courts have ruled that companies are allotted rights as a person, aka they are guilty of treason if Trump is declared an enemy of the state. Best defense, “we didn’t know we were commiting treason as he wasn’t found guilty, just several of our members knew it”