Who contributed to the campaign? No one. So it is not covered by Campaign finance laws OKTex....The answer is, yes of course it was to make the congress critter more electable.... and a damn shame that it came out of our tax dollars.was it during an election cycle?Because your question has nothing to do with this discussion and you are just going to try and state some conspiracy theory.
1. You folks contend that paying for an NDA to avoid embarrassment before an election, is a campaign expense, right?
2. Any entity that gives a candidate more than $2,700 in an election cycle is violating campaign finance laws, right?
3. It's been proven that sitting congress critter have used taxpayer funds to pay for NDAs far in excess of allowable campaign finance laws, WHY AREN'T YOU DEMANDING THEIR PROSECUTION???????????????
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The house is in a constant election cycle, they raise money all the time. But the cycle is irrelevant, the question is, was the money spent to keep the congresscritter more electable, therefore influencing an election?
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So how is it not an illegal unreported campaign contribution? Why aren't these people being prosecuted and going to jail for campaign finance violations? I mean if this type of violation is serious enough to end a presidency and congresscritter going to jail should be a done deal.
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