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Explain Like I'm Five

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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Foreign nationals, let alone foreign governments, are not allowed to give money to political campaigns in the United States. Actually illegal. Bill Clinton got in trouble for it

If you can prove that an NFT scheme was foreign campaign money laundering in court, people can go to jail.

[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 114 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For sure. But of course dude tried a coup on live tv and we are having trouble getting the justice system to hold him to account. So getting proof of the NFT scheme that I outlined as a hypothetical is probably going to be harder.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Partially because the coup is coming from inside the house. Representatives, senators, and SCOTUS seats already planted.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago
[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

How does one go about proving that money laundering occurred? Genuinely curious because I know it's illegal. I guess you'd need to catch someone admitting that they did it?

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

It's not campaign money. It's the "honest fruits of labor" that he "earned" by selling products. Even though every normal person can see that he's a fucking grifter, maga morons can't. So, now he has plausible deniability for any money "earned" in this "honest day's work".

[–] sudo42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Foreign nationals, let alone foreign governments, are not allowed to give money to political campaigns in the United States. Actually illegal. Bill Clinton got in trouble for it

Don’t forget the Trump Hotel during his presidency that took huge “bookings” from foreign nationals during his presidency. The “Law and Order” party naturally jumped all over this as a violation of the Constitution…, oh wait.