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Originally posted by: malibber2Quote
Originally posted by: billryan
The Trump campaign cut it paid staff by almost twenty percent, at a time Mrs Clinton tripled hers.
Meanwhile he raised the rent on his own campaign, charging
almost $170,000 for a space he previously was charging $35,000 for.
Meanwhile he now says he will continue President Obama's immigration policy, while his moronic followers keep chanting.
So, he screwed his own donors by raising the rent he pays himself by almost 5 times what he was paying when he was self-funding. I wonder if Mike Pence is going to call for a special prosecutor to be appointed. This type of self-dealing is a classic conflict of interest.
Self-dealing, as in a candidate that uses vendors that he himself owns, is done all the time and is perfectly legal. However, the candidate must charge fair market value. If the $35,000 was too low, then Mr. Trump was making an illegal unreported contribution in kind to his campaign. If the $170,000 is too high then he is illegally profiting off his campaign.
One way or another Trump broke campaign laws, and it will probably be handled with a fine after the election. I don't expect to hear any liberals shout "Lock him up!" We're not infants.
Oh, and here is part of what the Trump campaign was either paying $35K or $170K for:
