The story behind the story is that he can do that because he doesn’t need to spend those funds on actual campaigning, because he intends to win by massive election fraud and/or massive false accusations of voter fraud (in order to fuck up the certification of the votes) instead of actually getting enough EC votes to win legitimately.
Trump has clearly decided to throw his donor’s campaign donations at legal fees and settlements so he can play whatever he wants at rallies.
The story isn’t the individual violation. The story is that he’s a rich fuck that has decided to pay to repeatedly break the law.
When the penalty is a fine, it’s only illegal for poor people
The story behind the story is that he can do that because he doesn’t need to spend those funds on actual campaigning, because he intends to win by massive election fraud and/or massive false accusations of voter fraud (in order to fuck up the certification of the votes) instead of actually getting enough EC votes to win legitimately.