The ex-president has been accused of illegally soliciting something of value from a foreign national by asking Putin for information on Joe Biden's son.
from Ukraine unless he investigated Joe and Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings ahead of the 2020 election, was a violation of federal law.
However, the agency ruled there was not a potential campaign finance violation as what Trump was seeking was not considered of value., chair of the Federal Election Commission. On September 26, 2019, one day after the transcript of Trump's phone call was released, Weintraub tweeted the FEC's own interpretation of the foreign contribution ban during elections.
"The Commission has recognized the 'broad scope' of the foreign national contribution prohibition and found that even where the value of a good or service 'may be nominal or difficult to ascertain,' such contributions are nevertheless banned," Weintraub wrote.that whether"dirt" on Hunter Biden is a thing of value is still legally"unsettled."
Rahmani added that the law is also"murky" as current statute says foreign nationals can volunteer to provide"services" without compensation to political candidates.or the courts need to revise or clarify this loophole in federal election law if the statute is going to have any teeth," Rahmani said.Donald Trump called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release information regarding alleged dealings between involving Hunter Biden.
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