Trump uses $55,000 in campaign funds to buy his own book

[Wells]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/24/donald-trump-used-campaign-donations-to-buy-55-000-of-his-own-book.html

I'll just post this here without comment.

[Lief 🗽]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

[Landslide Lyndon]

The scampaign goes on.

[Higgs]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

You really don't understand how rich people think do you?

[Speed of Sound]

Frankly, this is getting kind of sad....

[Yank2133]

Frankly, this is getting kind of sad....

It would be if he wasn't scamming terrible people.

[MasterJedi]

Crooked Drumpf, get the FEC in there!

[Seriously?]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.

Apparently these books were purchased to give out to convention delegates.

Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal? I highly doubt that Trump garnered royalties for this minor purchase in the grand scheme of things. If it he did. The money will be paid back.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Why did we nominate this guy again?

[Stockdale for Veep]

That's the strategy that got "Valley of the Dolls" to the top of the NYT best-seller list. 3d chess people.

[Wells]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.

Apparently these

Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal?

Did Seriously even read the article?

[Seriously?]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.

Apparently these

Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal?

Did Seriously even read the article?

Of course I read the article. It's only illegal if Trump gets royalties on the deal. You have zero evidence of that happening. ZERO.

[Wells]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.

Apparently these

Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal?

Did Seriously even read the article?

Of course I read the article. It's only illegal if Trump gets royalties on the deal. You have zero evidence of that happening. ZERO.

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They refused to deny wrongdoing. That's pretty suspicious.

[Seriously?]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.

Apparently these

Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal?

Did Seriously even read the article?

Of course I read the article. It's only illegal if Trump gets royalties on the deal. You have zero evidence of that happening. ZERO.

You must be logged in to read this quote.

They refused to deny wrongdoing. That's pretty suspicious.

Gee. You think they have to investigate what the billing/accounting department did as far as royalties go?

If there was an oversight, the money will go back. My guess is that if it was for the convention, the royalty check may not have even been cut yet. I mean, in reality, the amount of money that you're talking about is laughable to a billionaire. What could the royalty be on $55,000 worth of book sales?

[ProudModerate2]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.
Apparently these
Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal?

Did Seriously even read the article?

Of course I read the article. It's only illegal if Trump gets royalties on the deal. You have zero evidence of that happening. ZERO.

You must be logged in to read this quote.

They refused to deny wrongdoing. That's pretty suspicious.

Gee. You think they have to investigate what the billing/accounting department did as far as royalties go?

If there was an oversight, the money will go back. My guess is that if it was for the convention, the royalty check may not have even been cut yet. I mean, in reality, the amount of money that you're talking about is laughable to a billionaire. What could the royalty be on $55,000 worth of book sales?

Regardless of the amount, The House needs 5 investigations done for the next 3 or 4 years on this topic. Very, very important to the American people that we get the-skinny on what is really going on here. Maybe a special prosecutor assigned would also help.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.
Apparently these
Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal?

Did Seriously even read the article?

Of course I read the article. It's only illegal if Trump gets royalties on the deal. You have zero evidence of that happening. ZERO.

You must be logged in to read this quote.

They refused to deny wrongdoing. That's pretty suspicious.

Gee. You think they have to investigate what the billing/accounting department did as far as royalties go?

If there was an oversight, the money will go back. My guess is that if it was for the convention, the royalty check may not have even been cut yet. I mean, in reality, the amount of money that you're talking about is laughable to a billionaire. What could the royalty be on $55,000 worth of book sales?

Regardless of the amount, The House needs 5 investigations done for the next 3 or 4 years on this topic. Very, very important to the American people that we get the-skinny on what is really going on here. Maybe a special prosecutor assigned would also help.

Would that be the same special prosecutor investigating Trump's attempt to buy favors from the Secretary of State, or a different special prosecutor? (Since Trump has explicitly stated that he was attempting to bribe Secretary Clinton, I think mens rea has been clearly established... unless Trump is considered incompetent because he's not mentally competent?)

[‼realJohnEwards‼]

Yes, Trump is in this to make a buck.

News at 11.

[Slander and/or Libel]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.

Apparently these

Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal?

Did Seriously even read the article?

Of course I read the article. It's only illegal if Trump gets royalties on the deal. You have zero evidence of that happening. ZERO.

There's evidence that he received royalties, because he receives royalties when his books are sold. That's the agreement. It's on Trump to provide evidence that he proactively sought to forego royalties on this particular purchase.

[Seriously?]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.

Apparently these

Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal?

Did Seriously even read the article?

Of course I read the article. It's only illegal if Trump gets royalties on the deal. You have zero evidence of that happening. ZERO.

There's evidence that he received royalties, because he receives royalties when his books are sold. That's the agreement. It's on Trump to provide evidence that he proactively sought to forego royalties on this particular purchase.

Again, you're likely talking about $5,500 here -- at most -- if there was an oversight from the accounting department at his publisher, it will be corrected.

This trite amount of money to a billionaire is like $1 to the rest of us. It doesn't matter very much.

[Xing]

B-b-b-ut Lyin' Crooked $hillary's emails!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.
Apparently these
Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal?

Did Seriously even read the article?

Of course I read the article. It's only illegal if Trump gets royalties on the deal. You have zero evidence of that happening. ZERO.

You must be logged in to read this quote.

They refused to deny wrongdoing. That's pretty suspicious.

Gee. You think they have to investigate what the billing/accounting department did as far as royalties go?

If there was an oversight, the money will go back. My guess is that if it was for the convention, the royalty check may not have even been cut yet. I mean, in reality, the amount of money that you're talking about is laughable to a billionaire. What could the royalty be on $55,000 worth of book sales?

Regardless of the amount, The House needs 5 investigations done for the next 3 or 4 years on this topic. Very, very important to the American people that we get the-skinny on what is really going on here. Maybe a special prosecutor assigned would also help.

Because embezzlement is totally on par with a major diplomatic embarrassment that resulted in the slaughter of marines while Hillary was busy hiding emails about yoga

[Sir Mohamed]

President Hillary Clinton should appoint him Secretary of Fraud. He’d do a terrific job.

[Slander and/or Libel]

Embezzling $55,000 of campaign funds sure sounds like what someone who is definitely a billionaire, believe him!, would do.

Yeah, because campaigns never do that.

Apparently these

Do you expect the publisher to make nothing on the deal?

Did Seriously even read the article?

Of course I read the article. It's only illegal if Trump gets royalties on the deal. You have zero evidence of that happening. ZERO.

There's evidence that he received royalties, because he receives royalties when his books are sold. That's the agreement. It's on Trump to provide evidence that he proactively sought to forego royalties on this particular purchase.

Again, you're likely talking about $5,500 here -- at most -- if there was an oversight from the accounting department at his publisher, it will be corrected.

This trite amount of money to a billionaire is like $1 to the rest of us. It doesn't matter very much.

So monetary crimes decrease in seriousness if the person committing them has a lot of money? That's an insane thing to assert.

[Lief 🗽]

Lol Seriously still thinks Donald is a billionaire

[Sir Mohamed]

Lol Seriously still thinks Donald is a billionaire

He is one. A fake billionaire