Tie means defeat? Should there maybe be five members?The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) has closed its investigation into whether former President Trump illegally made hush money payments to women prior to the 2016 election.
The FEC voted 4-1 to close the inquiry after failing to find that Trump or his campaign “knowingly and willfully” violated campaign finance law when his former attorney Michael Cohen paid $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her from disclosing an alleged affair.
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FEC said that it failed by a 2-2 vote to prove any of the parties violated campaign finance law.
The Hill
So, it wasn't a tie. It was that only 2 members voted. Why are there no Democrats on the Commission?Republican Commissioners James "Trey" Trainor and Sean Cooksey voted to dismiss the matter. Republican Vice Chairman Allen Dickerson recused himself, while independent Commissioner Steven Walther did not vote.
Wait, there are Democratic Commissioners, but they didn't get a vote? This story is raising more questions than it answers. But I'm not going to go in search of any.In a separate statement, Democratic Commissioner Ellen Weintraub and Commission Chair Shana Broussard said the probe should have been continued after the general counsel said there was reason to believe campaign finance law was broken.
“To conclude that a payment, made 13 days before Election Day to hush up a suddenly newsworthy 10-year-old story, was not campaign-related, without so much as conducting an investigation, defies reality,” the commissioners wrote.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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