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Tiso0770
08-12-2012, 09:11 PM
Romney’s Faces Prosecution for Campaign Finance Violations


By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor

From Veterans Today

No other American presidential candidate has ever left the US to garner campaign contributions from foreign citizens. There is a reason for this, one Romney and his staff seem oblivious to and the mainstream media has ignored. Using foreign contributions in any American election is a felony. If you go outside the US, if you stay inside the US, if your contributor is living in the US but not a citizen, any money you get can mean years in jail.

For Romney, he went the whole way, outside the US, foreign citizens, and while traveling humiliated himself and his country with his ignorance and his attempts to trade illegal cash for promises of illegal war. One could hardly break more laws if one wanted.

Romney raised millions in foreign cash at fundraisers across Israel. One table alone gave him a million in cash. None was from American citizens. Fewer than 10% of Romney’s contributors in Israel estimated to be “dual citizens.” A real question many might ask, why would a presidential candidate travel outside the US to seek campaign money at all?

As the Supreme Court points out, in the decision Bluman, et al., v. Federal Elections Commission, no foreign cash, especially collected overseas, can ever be used in an American campaign.

Here is what the New York Times reports on recent court decisions that disqualify Romney as a candidate:


January 9, 2012, 3:34 pm
Supreme Court Retains Ban on Foreign Campaign Donations
By JOHN H. CUSHMAN JR.

In a terse four words, the Supreme Court on Monday issued an order upholding prohibitions against foreigners making contributions to influence American elections.

The decision clamped shut an opening that some thought the court had created two years ago in its Citizens United decision, when it relaxed campaign-finance limits on corporations and labor unions. On Monday the Supreme Court, upholding a lower court’s decision in Bluman, et al., v. Federal Election Commission, refused to extend its reasoning in Citizens United to cover foreigners living temporarily here.

Foreign nationals, other than lawful permanent residents, are completely banned from donating to candidates or parties, or making independent expenditures in federal, state or local elections.

The Supreme Court’s order did not discuss the merits or suggest that there was any dissent among the justices.


JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney held an intimate breakfast fundraiser here Monday with some of his campaign’s biggest benefactors, telling them about the spiritual impact his trip to Israel had had on him.

Seated around a U-shaped conference table with roughly 40 donors, with Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson immediately to his left, Romney said he was “overwhelmingly impressed with the hand of providence.”

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was expected to raise more than $1 million from the donors, who each were required to raise or donate $25,000 to $50,000 to attend the event. All of the donors are U.S. citizens, and many of them flew here from the United States to be with Romney during his 36-hour visit to Jerusalem.

Many of those in attendance at the posh King David Hotel are major bundlers for Romney’s campaign, raising tens of thousands of dollars from their business associates and friends. Adelson, for instance, has personally committed to giving tens of millions of dollars to a pro-Romney super PAC.

The problem stems with bad legal advice Romney received from his campaign finance staff. The Romney campaign had been laundering money through corporations, money moved into the US under the “Citizen’s United” decision of the US Supreme Court.

Romney figured he could then go anywhere in the world, peddle foreign policy, promise war, play president and collect cash from foreigners though this is specifically prohibited by US law.

In doing so, he is no longer qualified for office and, if challenged by Ron Paul, has no standing at the Republican Convention.

With such a clear violation of law, not just blatant but massive, Romney could face years in prison.

The Romney/Bain legal team was not available for comment.

It is now for Romney to prove that not one cent of contributions collected from thousands in Israel was actually collected from Israel. We wish him good luck with that.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/08/12/foreign-cash-disqualifies-romney-from-presidential-bid/

wgadget
08-12-2012, 09:17 PM
Wow.

thoughtomator
08-12-2012, 09:18 PM
No controlling legal authority, sorry.

Aratus
08-12-2012, 09:38 PM
r m o n e y

Sematary
08-12-2012, 09:41 PM
Maybe I'm just confused but wouldn't an authority in the U.S. need to prove that the money didn't all come from Americans?

hammy
08-12-2012, 09:48 PM
Romney and Obama have disqualified themselves in every way possible. But no one will care. No court will hear it. It's a pointless battle. I'm moving to Switzerland.

69360
08-12-2012, 10:12 PM
Obama did the same last election. Nothing will come of it.

shane77m
08-12-2012, 10:29 PM
Romney and Obama have disqualified themselves in every way possible. But no one will care. No court will hear it. It's a pointless battle. I'm moving to Switzerland.

Agree except I am going to stay here and watch it crumble.

Tiso0770
08-12-2012, 10:54 PM
Bluman v. Federal Election Commission

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/bluman-v-federal-election-commission/


Issue: Whether Congress violates the First Amendment by making it a crime for individuals who lawfully reside in the United States, but are neither U.S. citizens nor “permanent residents” under the immigration laws, to make independent expenditures or campaign contributions in connection with any federal, state, or local election; or whether, as the district court held, the ban satisfies strict scrutiny as a “piecemeal” attempt to reduce the “influence” on “how voters will cast their ballots” of aliens whom Congress may suspect of lacking “primary loyalty” to the nation.

Judgment: Affirmed on January 9, 2012.

LibertyEagle
08-12-2012, 11:15 PM
Some piggies are more equal than others.

40oz
08-12-2012, 11:45 PM
Wouldn't this be sweet!

Read article here: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/08/12/foreign-cash-disqualifies-romney-from-presidential-bid/


The problem stems with bad legal advice Romney received from his campaign finance staff. The Romney campaign had been laundering money through corporations, money moved into the US under the “Citizen’s United” decision of the US Supreme Court.


Romney figured he could then go anywhere in the world, peddle foreign policy, promise war, play president and collect cash from foreigners though this is specifically prohibited by US law.


In doing so, he is no longer qualified for office and, if challenged by Ron Paul, has no standing at the Republican Convention. With such a clear violation of law, not just blatant but massive, Romney could face years in prison.
The Romney/Bain legal team was not available for comment.


It is now for Romney to prove that not one cent of contributions collected from thousands in Israel was actually collected from Israel. We wish him good luck with that.

dean.engelhardt
08-12-2012, 11:46 PM
collect cash from foreigners though this is specifically prohibited by US law.

LOL

rockandrollsouls
08-12-2012, 11:49 PM
This is what Gilbert should be filing a lawsuit on. It's so clear cut it's nonsensical. If Gilbert's current lawsuit fails, instead of pursue it again, why not just get a legitimate lawyer to take up this issue and knock Mitt out of the race once in for all. And if we're lucky, put him in jail where he belongs.

The pig is so used to illegal money laundering and questionable practices to get his way and bypass the law that it was only second nature to do it again.

Tiso0770
08-13-2012, 12:03 AM
Obamanation did the same thing, if it wasn't for Ron Paul, i'd be voting for Mickey Mouse. Our elections has become a laughing stock to the world.

Perhaps, this is what Ron wanted us to see (corruption).

Tiso0770
08-13-2012, 12:03 AM
Double post...

dillo
08-13-2012, 01:04 AM
The people from Israel probably have dual citzenship

arsenius
08-13-2012, 06:50 AM
I didn't see much in the way of facts in that article, except for the fact that Romney would need to prove that ALL of this money overseas was raised from Americans. Sadly, I don't see this ever actually seeing the light of day in court.

airborne373
08-13-2012, 06:57 AM
The populous is too busy watching football and crime shows on tv to care. These demi-gods will not be held accountable. All hail our dear leaders!

thoughtomator
08-13-2012, 07:12 AM
I guess people didn't get my reference - back in the 90s, Al Gore was literally raising funds from Chinese military intelligence and nothing was ever done.

July
08-13-2012, 07:31 AM
I suspect this has probably been true of most US presidential candidates for a while now--there's too much at stake globally for other countries not to want to have some influence in our elections if they can. That's another price we pay for our foriegn policy, I guess.

wgadget
08-13-2012, 07:42 AM
Yeah, come on. Every one of US should know by now that the BANKERS are the puppetmasters. So far they've gotten off scot-free...We're silly to think they would prosecute their own puppets.

Silly us.

Working Poor
08-13-2012, 07:52 AM
Romney and Obama have disqualified themselves in every way possible. But no one will care. No court will hear it. It's a pointless battle. I'm moving to Switzerland.

Iceland is a little closer

BestVirginia
08-13-2012, 08:06 AM
Articles posted at Veterans Today are for entertainment purposes only ;)

libertyjam
08-13-2012, 08:07 AM
Obama did the same last election. Nothing will come of it.

I also remember the Clinton's had quite a bit of foreign cash as well, laundered at least a little bit but ignored, and before that there was a pretty good money trail of millions from a foreign source to the Ronnie Raygun campaign.

Zarn Solen
08-13-2012, 08:11 AM
You can watch football and still be fully aware of the corruption. It has nothing to do with football or any entertainment.

RonRules
08-20-2012, 06:50 PM
Saw this on Daily Paul:

Israeli Paper Cites Netanyahu for “Putting His Hand In American Ballot Boxes”

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/08/19/jerusalem-post-reports-netanyahu-interference-in-us-elections/


By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor

The article by Gil Hoffman of the conservative Jerusalem Post was a surprising one. Mofaz, a non-Jew member of the Knesset pointed out the obvious, Netanyahu believes he is “King of Israel” and can appoint American presidents.
One can extrapolate from that the concept that a Romney presidency would subjugate the US to acting as a mere surrogate, both military and economically for Israel. Dozens of studies of AIPAC, the ADL, SPLC and Washington think tanks, citing their direct control by Tel Aviv, adds “meat” to this accusation.
The key issue here is that The Post, rather than Haaretz has carried the issue, although edited and highly truncated, as with news prettymuch everywhere:
Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz on Thursday accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of conspiring to bring down US President Barack Obama, in a feisty speech at a special Knesset session called to approve the appointment of Avi Dichter as home front defense minister.
Mofaz said that after Netanyahu had tired of interfering in internal Kadima politics, he had shifted to meddling in the US presidential election between Obama and presumptive Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
“Mr. Prime Minister, you are trying to grossly and dangerously interfere in the US election in an unprecedented manner,” Mofaz said. “Whom do you serve and why? Why are you putting your hands deep in the American ballot boxes? You are playing a dangerous game that will endanger our children’s future.”
“The prime minister is using Dichter’s good name for a corrupt and cynical maneuver,” Mofaz said. “A home front defense minister should not be a rubber stamp in the hands of those planning a hasty attack [on Iran’s nuclear facilities] that has not been coordinated with the United States. Mr. Prime Minister, you are trying to scare the public, and the truth is we are scared because you are implementing such dangerous and irresponsible policies.”
MK Yoel Hasson (Kadima) said Netanyahu was “acting as if the Time magazine headline ‘King Bibi’ had gone to his head, but he will be replaced, and so will “Prince Barak.”
A critical issue to Americans has been Romney’s recent visit to Israel where he met behind closed doors with diamond merchants tied to 70% of the world’s illegal “blood diamond” trade and is said to have accepted millions in illegal campaign donations. Romney met secretly with cash bearing delegations from Russia, London’s banking community and other groups, some American citizens but most not, all violations of American law.
Even contributions given by Americans that traveled with Romney included funds collected from foreign citizens, another violation of US law.

CaptainAmerica
08-20-2012, 06:56 PM
I was not aware of foreign money being given to Romney's Campaign in the open,this is definitely illegal.

Crotale
08-20-2012, 07:00 PM
Romney and Obama have disqualified themselves in every way possible. But no one will care. No court will hear it. It's a pointless battle. I'm moving to Switzerland.

Don't move to Switzerland, move to New Hampshire as part of the Free State Project.