The comparison is that if it’s indeed illegal, how is one that is clearly only directly benefiting the campaign a mere misdemeanor fine and the other a felony?
Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by mrguyorama on Friday March 31, 2023 @12:49PM
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It's very likely Bragg's attempt to push this to a felony fails. It's just speculation (SINCE WE DON'T KNOW THE CHARGES) about what evidence is available and what people might be doing.
If Trump gets a $1000 fine for this, I feel like that's justice.
Maybe reflect then on why one campaign settled a law suit, and Trump is being indicted at the moment, if again, neither is actually illegal under campaign finance law.
Hint: it's legal to pay for opposition research, but a violation to not disclose that you're doing it.
It's also legal to pay for an NDA, but not legal for the NDA to be created by direction of one's private lawyer, and then subsequently to use campaign finances to reimburse and list bonuses to that lawyer for legal services they never rendered to the campaign.