Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted December 19, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 19, 2017 Tic Toc. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/19/hillary-clinton-campaign-dnc-accused-corrupt-money-scheme-in-new-fec-complaint.html A new legal complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission alleges that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee used state chapters as strawmen to circumvent campaign donation limits and laundered the money back to her campaign. The Committee to Defend the President, a political action committee, filed its complaint with the FEC on Monday with the allegations that the Hillary Victory Fund (HVF) solicited cash from big-name donors, including Calvin Klein and “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane -- money that was allegedly sent through state chapters and back to the DNC before ending up with the Clinton campaign. Officials with the committee said their filing was spurred by their own analysis of FEC reports, where they said they discovered the HVF either never transferred the money to state chapters and back to the DNC, or did so without the state chapters having actual control. “What we have found, people need to see,” Ted Harvey, chairman of the CDP which emerged from the now-defunct Stop Hillary PAC, told Fox News. “I think it’s important that the American public has an understanding of how corrupt this campaign system was and that they were doing anything they could to secure the nomination in her favor.” In its complaint, the CDP alleges that about $84 million was funneled illegally from the DNC through state party chapters and back into the war chest of the Clinton campaign. “Apparently the DNC’s response to the [Supreme Court] ruling was, ‘Hold my Beer.’” - Committee to Defend the President counsel Dan Backer “Based on publicly available FEC records, repeatedly throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, HVF would purportedly transfer funds to its constituent political committees, which included between 34 and 40 state parties,” reads a passage from a copy of the complaint reviewed by Fox News. “On the very same day each of these transfers supposedly occurred, or occasionally the very next day, every single one of those state parties purportedly contributed all of those funds to the DNC.” CDP counsel Dan Backer said the scheme was a flagrant violation of a Supreme Court ruling that determined such moves were illegal -- and broke FEC campaign contribution rules which state that an individual can contribute only $2,700 directly to a presidential campaign. “Apparently the DNC’s response to the ruling was, ‘Hold my Beer,’” he said, referring to a phrase from an Internet meme. “These donations were specifically earmarked for the DNC and the campaign committee.” Backer continued, “It’s not entirely clear if they transferred the money to the state parties to begin with, and if they never had control of the money, it’s not a contribution. It’s an earmark. If the money is in control of the candidate, then it is a contribution to them.” Backer reiterated a point from the complaint -- that the Supreme Court first recognized these practices were illegal when it ruled in a 2014 case involving Shaun McCutcheon, a businessman and electrical engineer from suburban Birmingham, Ala., who created the Conservative Action Fund PAC. McCutcheon filed suit against the FEC challenging federal campaign contribution limits. It was Backer who assisted in filing the suit. “This is exactly the scenario that they said would occur,” Backer says. “They were so brazen about it yet so sloppy.” The new complaint filed against the FEC said previous reports showed a series of transactions in which the HVF disbursed contributions to its state party committee members -- and they would receive the funds on the same day. The HVF would also allegedly disburse funds to up to 40 state parties at the same time, and those parties would send the money back within 24 hours. “It appears virtually every single disbursement from HVF to a state party resulted in an immediate transfer of the same amount of funds from the state party to the DNC,” reads another passage from the complaint. “Over 99% of funds transferred through HVF to state parties wound up at the DNC.” Officials for the DNC did not return requests for comment when contacted by Fox News. The allegations seem to echo claims by former DNC chair Donna Brazile while promoting her book earlier this year. In her 2017 book “Hacks,” Brazile recounts how she saw the money being moved. “Individuals who had maxed out their $2,700 contribution limit to the campaign could write an additional check for $353,400 to the Hillary Victory Fund—that figure represented $10,000 to each of the 32 states’ parties who were part of the Victory Fund agreement—$320,000—and $33,400 to the DNC,” reads a passage from the book. “The money would be deposited in the states first, and transferred to the DNC shortly after that. Money in the battleground states usually stayed in that state, but all the other states funneled that money directly to the DNC, which quickly transferred the money to [Clinton campaign headquarters in] Brooklyn.” Brazile took issue with this, saying that it signified the victory fund was going to Clinton before she received the nomination. A DNC statement issued last month in response to her claims said: "Joint fundraising committees were created ... in attempt to raise the general election funds needed to win in 2016. Clinton was the only candidate who raised money for the party through her joint fundraising committee with the DNC, which would benefit any candidate coming out of the presidential primary process." Backer says the committee hopes its findings will spur campaign finance reform and an investigation by the Department of Justice. “It’s really cut and dry,” he says, “but it shouldn’t matter that it was Hillary Clinton and the DNC that did this. The law was broken. It doesn’t matter who did it.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtralettucetomatoe580 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Highmark said: The Committee to Defend the President, a political action committee, filed its complaint with the FEC on Monday Lol seems like they are just looking out for fairness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Look away from the Russia investigation....look over here Clinton farted towards Russia and there is those 10 million emails you know. Pizza for every Trumper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted December 19, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, xtralettucetomatoe580 said: Lol seems like they are just looking out for fairness. Why yes they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtralettucetomatoe580 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Highmark said: Why yes they are. TRUMP IS BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted December 19, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 19, 2017 15 minutes ago, xtralettucetomatoe580 said: TRUMP IS BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY!!! You said it......not me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted December 19, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 19, 2017 15 minutes ago, Zambroski said: The expression on her face there is fucking priceless. I can watch that over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Highmark said: The expression on her face there is fucking priceless. I can watch that over and over again. It was lines like that that got him elected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted December 19, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, AKIQPilot said: It was lines like that that got him elected. Yep. Overall I didn't think he did great in the debates but lines like that saved him. His rallies were what put him in the WH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 They'll have it setup so that it's highly unethical but very grey and borderline illegal. At worst they'll get a slap on the Vag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 “The Committee to Defend the President” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motonoggin Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, ICEMAN! said: “The Committee to Defend the President” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 This is what Donna Brazile was saying not to long ago. Her contention was that Hillary gutted the lower tickets state races to pay for her campaign. 2 billion!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said: This is what Donna Brazile was saying not to long ago. Her contention was that Hillary gutted the lower tickets state races to pay for her campaign. 2 billion!!!!!! Not even two billion worth of propaganda could make that evil bitch more likeable than Trump lolz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtralettucetomatoe580 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, f7ben said: Not even two billion worth of propaganda could make that evil bitch more likeable than Trump lolz What must he self esteem be like? Must be a wreck. $2B against a fucking moron narcissist and still got curb stomped. I’d blow my brains out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, xtralettucetomatoe580 said: What must he self esteem be like? Must be a wreck. $2B against a fucking moron narcissist and still got curb stomped. I’d blow my brains out... Me too....that is the lowest of the low. Nothing buy sycophant Hollywood hacks to stroke your ego....when the chips are down and Americans had a say it was a resounding fuck no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Where is @Snoslinger. He should be in here defending his queen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 answer the question, honestly. I know that'll be hard for many of you. if you went into a campaign for the dipshit party, carried with you a lot of money from your supporters, would you allow the dipshit party, who was broke and not a fan of the new guy (who really belonged to another party) take that money and help the new guy? I was a bernie supporter, not a huge Hillary fan, and I do not think anybody was screwed in the primaries. people still voted at the end of the day, with no dirty tricks played. Hillary did not play any dirtier politics than most others in the game. furthermore, bernie would have lost by even larger numbers to trump in the general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Snoslinger said: answer the question, honestly. I know that'll be hard for many of you. if you went into a campaign for the dipshit party, carried with you a lot of money from your supporters, would you allow the dipshit party, who was broke and not a fan of the new guy (who really belonged to another party) take that money and help the new guy? I was a bernie supporter, not a huge Hillary fan, and I do not think anybody was screwed in the primaries. people still voted at the end of the day, with no dirty tricks played. Hillary did not play any dirtier politics than most others in the game. furthermore, bernie would have lost by even larger numbers to trump in the general. You finally got something right today. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, AKIQPilot said: Where is @Snoslinger. He should be in here defending his queen. well at least I didn't get taken by a much, much bigger snake oil salesman... oh wait, deficits, wars, non-transparencies, military build ups, etc etc etc are cool now. I forgot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, AKIQPilot said: You finally got something right today. Nice work. why didn't you answer the question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, Snoslinger said: well at least I didn't get taken by a much, much bigger snake oil salesman... oh wait, deficits, wars, non-transparencies, military build ups, etc etc etc are cool now. I forgot! Anybody but Hillary. That's all that really mattered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, Snoslinger said: why didn't you answer the question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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