By Rika
Christensen ·
Donald Trump’s campaign might be close to broke,
and he might be doing highly illegal things to try and keep it afloat, but
evidence has also been mounting that he’s using this election as a means of
profit.
The $45 million worth of debt the campaign has is apparently
personal loans he made, and he can convert them to donations, effectively
wiping out the campaign’s debt.
He’d have to file
paperwork with the FEC, though, and so far, that hasn’t happened.
NBC wasn’t able to get much out of his campaign about
this, with spokesperson Hope Hicks saying they’re going to file it with the
next scheduled FEC report.
She had originally
said that they were going to file it last week.
Until that paperwork is filed, though, this is another way for him to line his pockets with pieces of silver.
While that loan is
still a loan, he can use new campaign donations to reimburse himself.
The law gives him
until August to do this, so he can milk this for all it’s worth and nobody can
do a thing about it.
Trumplestiltskin
is such an upstanding candidate.
GOP donors are squirrelly about this because they want
assurances that their money isn’t going into Trump’s personal coffers.
The problem is, until
he files that paperwork, there can’t be any assurances, and His Royal
Crookedness will find other ways of funneling those donations to his
not-inconsiderable bank accounts anyway.
Earlier this week, USA Today, which seems to have made it their mission to
scrutinize every single thing Trump does, reported that just two percent of the GOP donors that
supported Mitt Romney four years ago have contributed to Trump in any way.
Some blame his late
start in courting GOP donors, but the truth is, many of them are just too
hesitant to give money to him.
All he has to do is
file a signed statement and reflect the change in accounting on his next
filing.
It’s not like it’s
that hard. Trump’s campaign said that this was a done deal and yet, it isn’t.
Why wouldn’t they just
tell the truth from the get-go, and say that they’ll do it with the next
monthly filing, instead of a special statement?
The answer’s pretty
clear, given what Trump has been doing with his businesses and his campaign
finances.
He’s in it for the
profit, and he will profit in any way he can.
Author Rika
Christensen is an experienced writer and loves debating politics. Engage
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