2y ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene Fined $12,000 For Alleged Illegal Super PAC Solicitations

www.forbes.com

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I wonder what the odds are that she raised more than $12,000 through her illegal promotion of the Super PAC... 🤔
- It should be 100% raised plus the fine.
That's a laughably small fine.
The fine means she's been found guilty, Forbes.
Your use of the word "alleged" is unnecessary, misleading and makes it sound like you're taking the word of notoriously unhinged liar Perjury Greene over that of the FEC.
- OP directly quoted article title. The article from Forbes uses allegedly to protect itself from a defamation lawsuit.
  
  Yes yes, I know. What I'm saying is that there's no way they're going to be sued based on going by the determination of the FEC that anyone is guilty, least of all a politician who's known to be a serial liar.
  On the other hand, using "alleged" when she HAS been declared guilty by the government agency implies that they may have gotten it wrong and/or that their ruling isn't legally binding. Either would add fuel to her and the rest of the GOP's martyrdom narrative.
  If anything, the FTC should begin to fine every instance of a media outlet using "alleged" when someone has legally been found guilty.
- Forbes is legendarily trashy journalism. Somehow in the 80s they developed a reputation as being the leading finance journal, which is just nonsense. They're on the same level as Business Insider.
Why can’t these fuckers ever follow rules? It’s rhetorical…
- It's because there's no actual consequences for breaking them.
  If a rule isn't enforced, it's not a rule.
  
  Federal law is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules.
Also the judged asked her to pretty please not do it a gain cross her heart.
Her dad gave her a company and she had a token position in it, she use the money from it to run a CrossFit for five years. This is the extent of her real life experience. 49 years old.
How is that even a fine, that's peanuts.
- Not that I don't agree with you, but now I'm imagining what $12,000 worth of peanuts looks like and it's glorious 😁
She can legally loan her campaign money and pay it back to herself at 20% interest.
So this token bullshit doesn't impress me.
Not enough.
Lock her up! Lock her up!
[Nelson laughs]

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