Not being a legitimately elected President has given Trump the ability to ignore laws at will. Josh Marshall give a brief snapshot of all the laws he will be breaking this afternoon. They include:
– Illegally using public office for fundraising.
– Illegally using the military for a political rally.
– Illegally selling access to government property.
– Illegally selling access to government officials.
– Illegally funneling money to a political party.
But hey…LOL, nothing matters – Right, Speaker Pelosi?
We’ve seen all the stories about tanks in DC and the Trumpified Fourth of July celebration later this week. These things are wrong. They’re grotesque. But last night I saw something quite different. According to HuffPost, the RNC has been given tickets to distribute for the event. It’s already clear that this is in substance going to be another Trump political rally. But it’s on US government property. It’s paid for by the US government and in significant part by the US military. It not includes display of heavy weaponry. Trump will apparently have the heads of each uniformed service on stage with him as he speaks. Tickets distributed by the RNC are by definition used for fundraising purposes even if they are not directly sold to donors for a certain contribution price. They’re used to leverage political contributions.
