Kellyanne Conway's Husband Suggests Stormy Daniels Payment Violated Campaign Finance Laws

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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/kellyanne-conways-husband-suggests-stormy-daniels-payment-violated-campaign-finance-laws/

Kellyanne Conway’s husband, lawyer George Conway, never shies away from a good chance to subtweet his wife’s boss President Donald Trump.

And in the wake of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s stunning revelation that the president repaid his personal lawyer Michael Cohen for his hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, questions have been raised over whether that payment violated campaign finance laws.

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“That money was not campaign money,” Giuliani said. “Sorry I’m giving you a fact now that you don’t know. It’s not campaign money. No campaign finance violation.”

But then, on Fox & Friends Thursday morning, Giuliani indicated the payment had everything to do with the campaign:

“Imagine if that came out on October 15, 2016 in the middle of the last debate with Hillary Clinton,” he said. “Cohen didn’t even ask. Cohen made it go away. He didn’t even ask.”

In the aftermath of Giuliani’s interview, George Conway tweeted out a link to the FEC’s website suggesting the payment to Stormy Daniels violated campaign finance laws:

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George Conway's tweet:

Link to tweet

fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/handling-loans-debts-and-advances/personal-loans-candidate/ …

From that page of the FEC website:

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/handling-loans-debts-and-advances/personal-loans-candidate/

Not considered the candidate's personal funds
Personal gifts and loans

If any person, including a relative or friend of the candidate, gives or loans the candidate money “for the purpose of influencing any election for federal office,” the funds are not considered personal funds of the candidate even if they are given to the candidate directly. Instead, the gift or loan is considered a contribution from the donor to the campaign, subject to the per-election limit and reportable by the campaign. This is true even if the candidate uses the funds for personal living expenses while campaigning.

Besides that tweet, George Conway has also been retweeting a lot of criticism of Trump, including this tweet from WaPo's Philip Rucker:

Link to tweet

This is obvious, but still should be said: Giuliani’s reveal that Trump repaid Cohen $130,000 for hush money to Stormy Daniels renders the repeated denials to the American people from POTUS and his press secretary false and untrue.

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1. Preet Bharara wants to call attention to Conway's tweet:

Link to tweet

Really interesting replies in the thread he started there, too.

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2. Michael Avenatti likes that tweet from George Conway, too:

Link to tweet

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3. I'm guessing that George will be spending

some quality "couch" time these coming nights...