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Originally Posted by lustylad
If that happened it's a gross violation of campaign finance laws. It's forbidden for our political parties to accept foreign money donations.
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Oh but it does come back; SUPER PAC's and others can accept almost anything if it's presented correctly. Meaning create a US corporation or entity or funnel it through them. This happens in MANY MANY ways.
Super PACs: Independent-expenditure-only political committees (often called “Super PACs”) can accept unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor organizations, and other political committees.
Non-contribution Accounts of Hybrid PACs: Hybrid PACs have separate accounts for independent expenditures. Their non-contribution accounts can accept unlimited contributions
some Limited ones:
Political Parties (Generally): Contributions to political parties are generally subject to limits under the Federal Election Campaign Act. The Supreme Court's decision in McCutcheon v. FEC eliminated the aggregate limit an individual can donate to all candidates, PACs, and party committees combined, but it didn't eliminate the per-committee limits.
Essentially- a SUPERPAC can and has created a side by side approach to a campaign- while it may not be the GOP OR DNC, they say the same messaging and have deep pockets and dark money. They can even send out mailers etc. to influence etc. They cannot say they are part of the "marco rubio for Rube of the year", but they can certainly promote the shit out of one candidate and denigrate the other one.
It's how a Majority of dark money filters into elections, but allowing things like conventions to happen without pulling dollars from the political party. THink about all the CPAC conferences where the RED HATS have sharpened their knives in secret. Not really a secret.
BOth sides have them- and right now- the GOP has more of them, or have larger donors, which might beg the question- do donors get special treatment?? FUCK YA they do.
Can a foreign national give money directly - well legally no, but once it's laundered up; it's totally fine. The fact that an exchange of a gift vs. money is one way, and they there are the cost a zillion dollars per plate dinners- which have money provided to the attendee by the "said sponsor".
From the House ways and means committee:
Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) said:
“Over the last year, the Ways and Means Committee has been investigating concerns about the dangerous influence of foreign money in our elections. It has become clear that loopholes exist in our tax code that foreign donors are able to take advantage of, so they can influence the American electoral process…The Committee’s investigation discovered a particularly disturbing example: a foreign national from Switzerland has given over a hundred million dollars through his tax-exempt organization to Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4), which subsequently distributed $63 million to Super PACs to try and persuade the American voter. According to The New York Times, the Sixteen Thirty Fund is a ‘leading vehicle’ for dark money.
There are plenty of examples of PACs soliciting money for personal gain also for things like embezzlement and off specific things like build the wall, and the big lie,- all which a very easy google search will show that PAC money is rife with nefarious fuckos'.
The DNC on the verge of bankruptcy!!!!
