How an Old Affidavit Could Undercut Trump’s Future Defense in the Stormy Daniels Case

As with the arguments about Trump’s knowledge of campaign finance law, legal experts say, those criticisms don’t hold up. Paul S. Ryan, an expert in campaign finance law who in 2018 filed an FEC complaint about the arrangement, told The Daily Beast the campaign finance violations were an open-and-shut case. At that point, the Trump Org became a contributor to the Trump campaign, which corporations are prohibited from doing,” he explained. “Federal election law has exceptions to the federal preemption doctrine. “But first let’s see what the indictment actually alleges.”The post How an Old Affidavit Could Undercut Trump’s Future Defense in the Stormy Daniels Case appeared first on The Daily Beast.