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Nikki Haley calls for RNC vote on resolution barring payment of Trump's legal fees
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As a non-American it's kind of insane to me that a political party can even potentially pay the legal fees of a party member (particularly when the fees are the result of completely personal crimes).
(Not so) fun fact: the DNC and RNC aren't any sort of governmental organizations, and are in fact private companies. As such, the limits placed on them by law are pretty minimal in terms of political action they can take, and quite unlikely to change since they both have a stranglehold on who gets nominated into positions that could affect such change.
Which is why if he is found guilty of the coup attempt he would be declared an enemy of the state, and any aid or comfort would be considered treason under penalty of law. The courts have ruled that companies are allotted rights as a person, aka they are guilty of treason if Trump is declared an enemy of the state. Best defense, "we didn't know we were commiting treason as he wasn't found guilty, just several of our members knew it"
It's a legal gray area, it could be a campaign finance violation but he could argue some of the cases are campaign related.
The justice system has always been extremely light on Trump, so anything in a legal "gray area" might as well be assumed to be fully in the clear for him.
It's because the Supreme Court made a ruling that affirmed that since corporations are people, and money is speech, it is unconstitutional to restrict how much money a corporation spends on political issues.
And what is a political issue? Trump says all of his legal issues are politically motivated. He's lying, but does that (false) statement alone justify unlimited spending on this political issue?
Republicans should be outraged about it too, but they apparently don't realize they are being fleeced (again).
They know. They like that it upsets liberals more than them. They, like most people are used to our government constantly failing the people. They just want other people to be failed harder than them. No more, no less. They mistakenly feel that's what everyone else wants as well.
Something something party of fiscal responsibility.
Republicans will suffer in a Trump dictatorship and they're ready to kill for that opportunity.
wdym they're fully aware they're paying Trump's legal fees. They either love that or are mildly annoyed and won't do anything.
As an American, I feel the same way.