EXCLUSIVE: Documents point to illegal campaign coordination between Donald Trump and the NRA

[KelleyKramer]

Last edited Sun Dec 9, 2018, 07:37 AM - Edit history (1)

Documents Point to Illegal Campaign Coordination Between Trump and the NRA

Trump and the gun group used the same consultants to spearhead TV ad blitzes at the height of the 2016 election, likely in violation of federal law.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/nra-trump-2016-campaign-coordination-political-advertising/

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The National Rifle Association spent $30 million to help elect Donald Trump—more than any other independent conservative group. Most of that sum went toward television advertising, but a political message loses its power if it fails to reach the right audience at the right time. For the complex and consequential task of placing ads in key markets across the nation in 2016, the NRA turned to a media strategy firm called Red Eagle Media.

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The two purchases may have looked coincidental; Red Eagle and AMAG appear at first glance to be separate firms. But each is closely connected to a major conservative media-consulting firm called National Media Research, Planning and Placement. In fact, the three outfits are so intertwined that both the NRA’s and the Trump campaign’s ad buys were authorized by the same person: National Media’s chief financial officer, Jon Ferrell. “This is very strong evidence, if not proof, of illegal coordination,” said Larry Noble, a former general counsel for the Federal Election Commission. “This is the heat of the general election, and the same person is acting as an agent for the NRA and the Trump campaign.”

Reporting by The Trace, which has teamed up with Mother Jones to investigate the NRA’s political activity, shows that the NRA and the Trump campaign employed the same operation—at times, the exact same people—to craft and execute their advertising strategies for the 2016 presidential election. The investigation, which involved a review of more than 1,000 pages of Federal Communications Commission and Federal Election Commission documents, found multiple instances in which National Media, through its affiliates Red Eagle and AMAG, executed ad buys for Trump and the NRA that seemed coordinated to enhance each other.

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Individuals working for National Media or its affiliated companies either signed or were named in FCC documents, demonstrating that they had knowledge of both the NRA and the Trump campaign’s advertising plans. Experts say the arrangement appears to violate campaign finance laws. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a situation where illegal coordination seems more obvious,” said Ann Ravel, a former chair of the Federal Election Commission, who reviewed the records. “It is so blatant that it doesn’t even seem sloppy. Everyone involved probably just thinks there aren’t going to be any consequences.”



They did their homework, there is MUCH more on the link including graphs, charts the whole works ...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/nra-trump-2016-campaign-coordination-political-advertising/


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[Achilleaze]

1. Why do republicans VIOLATE the law so often?

Why do republicans VIOLATE the law so often?
Why do republicans VIOLATE the law so often?
Why do republicans VIOLATE the law so often?

Why do republicans hate honesty, decency, and integrity?

[Achilleaze]

2. Could this be logo for the treasonous sleazebag KGOP republican-NRA-russian mob "Red Eagle" group ?

[Volaris]

11. Cause those things make them lose.

[duforsure]

3. They left out

They both coordinated with russia and putin also.

[watoos]

4. Bingo,

The NRA gave all of that money (rubles) during the 2016 campaign, then when it came under FBI investigation its contributions dropped 90% for the 2018 campaign, coincidence? I don't believe in coincidence.

[Vinca]

5. The NRA has been like wallpaper lately, but it doesn't mean Mueller doesn't see them.

[Scarsdale]

6. Why do republicans feel

entitled to break the laws? Had President Obama, or any democratic president, done a fraction of what tRump has done, they would have been screaming for his head. He is a Mafia wannabe, with a corrupt family. They are draining the treasury, protecting their sorry entitled asses. Worst president and administration EVER. All ill equipped for the jobs they have. Past time to pull the plug, get DECENCY back into the government. Oops, that means getting rid of anyone with an (R) after their name. I can not name one single (R) who is respected, law abiding, trying to do the right thing for the country. Entire group of money grubbing, selfish TRAITORS. They cover for tRump to protect themselves.

[Zoonart]

8. Right? I heard Jennifer Rubin say...

if what we knew about Trump before the election had been known about Obama...he would never have been inaugurated.
The Republican party has become a crime syndicate.

[JudyM]

9. Why do we expect/need them to self-police? They are Machiavellian and will not. We must do it.

[Honeycombe8]

7. Lock him up! nt

[triron]

10. Just another component of a conspiracy to undermine democracy and steal the election for power.

[Blue Owl]

12. Donald was all too eager to get his grubby, greedy little hands on that blood money

n/t

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. we need motherjones to survive

Excellent work throughout this shitstorm.