Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by treis on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:56AM
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Corporations can not directly give money to candidates which includes sending money to a 3rd party at the direction of the candidate. It's a much more serious violation that simply a failure to report. Usually reporting violations are dealt with civilly, though I couldn't confirm that there are no criminal penalties with a brief google search.
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The Economist article someone mirrored farther down has the clearest trace of the payments I can find: https://archive.is/0rJIh
Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels. The Trump organization reimbursed Michael Cohen. The candidate Trump never declared the payment on his campaigning behalf.
Do you have any links on the specific laws that preclude candidate-directed corporate payments? Haven't seen specific laws in the reporting thus far, although I expect when the charges come out it'll be all over.