"Cheap" Donald Trump is breaking the law when he does certain campaign events from his New York Trump Tower, according to the ex-president's former lawyer. Michael Cohen, who used to represent Trump in legal matters and also served as his so-called "fixer," recently dropped an allegation he says...
  • PlantJam@lemmy.world
    113·
    27 days ago

    He does events in the public space of trump tower without a permit, which Cohen equates to stealing from the people of New York. Click saved.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      291·
      26 days ago

      Ok. After the sentencing for inciting an insurrection, and stealing classified documents, and campaign finance violations, and whatever other felonies he’s guilty of, I guess we can tack on a $20 fine for this.

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
        8·
        26 days ago

        Add it to the pile. At this point, you probably need a rocket to get to the top of it.

        Just don’t use Boeing, because you might not come back.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      2·
      26 days ago

      I wonder if this is something anyone can go after or not. This seems like one of those smaller things that’ll just glide right off of him.

      • kautau@lemmy.world
        2·
        26 days ago

        True, and probably because his spray tan is really greasy so many things glide right off him

    • Drusas@fedia.io
      2·
      26 days ago

      You missed the stealing part.

      “All of the public space, that’s all owned by the people of New York,” Cohen added. “But he charges the campaign.”

      • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
        2·
        23 days ago

        The stealing part is using the public space without a permit for it. You have to pay for permits, don’t you? Campaigns also have to pay for the police presence at events l think and I’ll bet he doesn’t pay for that either.

        The Trump campaign paying Trump for the use of a public space is a different kind of violation. He’s paying himself money from the campaign that was donated for use to get him elected. He’s essentially giving himself money from his campaign fund. That’s got to be some sort of FEC violation.