I’m not on Facebook, but I was told
that Cleta Mitchell’s page contains a brief discussion of the legal
implications of the Hillary Clinton-DNC scandal. As many of our readers know,
Cleta Mitchell is a star lawyer. She has played a leading role in defending
conservatives targeted by the IRS under the Obama administration and in pushing
to hold the IRS accountable for the targeting.
Here is Cleta’s take on the
Clinton-DNC scandal as it appears appears on Facebook, according to what I was
told (her first sentence is a quote from Donna Brazile):
“Money in the battleground states
usually stayed in that state, but all the other states funneled that money
directly to the DNC, which quickly transferred the money to Brooklyn.”
If this statement by Donna Brazile
is true and if those transfers actually happened, then what she says the DNC
and the Clinton campaign did was a massive violation of federal law, and
triggers criminal penalties. It underscores what I’ve always said: the
Democrats and left wing groups have no compunctions about demanding
contribution limits and restrictions on the free speech rights of the American
people because THEY have no intention of abiding by the rules and the laws
they write for others.
Political Party committees such as
the DNC have statutory limits on the amount of money the party can give (or
transfer) to a candidate. A joint fundraising committee such as the one
Donna Brazile describes cannot be used to circumvent the contribution limit
for any donor. ANY DONOR. So IF the DNC transferred funds to the Clinton
campaign as stated by Donna Brazile, it was a knowing and willful action
involving amounts of $25,000 or more. Which triggers a criminal offense
under the Federal campaign finance law.
John McCain: Where are you? This was
in your bill in 2002. New York Times and Washington Post: where are you? This
is the Law at whose altar you worship.
So, did the DNC actually transfer
the proceeds from the joint fundraising committee – or ANY other source – to
the Clinton campaign? Yes or no. Easy answer. But doubt they will answer. Time
for a criminal investigation.
