• SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Kinda curious. What is the illegal part? I’m aware that political actors are required to make certain declarations about money, and I would guess that’s a part of this. That being said, there’s all kinds of foreign influence on US politics, including financial. So I just wonder what’s laws were broken in this case

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      3 months ago

      Probably lying about it and obfuscating it. Also they may have been required to register as a foreign backed entity depending on the circumstances.

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        3 months ago

        Ryan McBeth mentioned in his video (13min) them not disclosing receiving funds from a foreign backed entity was, indeed, the legal issue.

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        3 months ago

        I figured it was someone like that.

        I seem to remember something similar about not registering as a foreign agent in 2016 & 2020. Funny how that keeps happening around the Trump campaign 🤔