“It's not a campaign finance violation. It's not a reporting violation of any kind,” said FEC Commissioner James E. “Trey” Trainor.In trying to stretch the law to make it look like a violation, he added, District Attorney Alvin Bragg “is really trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole.”
— Trey Trainor April 4, 2023 With that as background, Trainor told Secrets today that it will be hard for a judge or jury to come up with a different conclusion since it’s the FEC and DOJ that prosecute federal campaign finance law. He reiterated that in a Tuesday tweet that showed the FEC hearing room, and he wrote, “This is where campaign finance violations are tried.”
First, he said, Cohen took the blame in his plea deal. “At the end of the day, there's the person who committed the crime, and there's the person who is behind bars because of it,” Trainor said of Cohen.
CarolineWren FEC ManhattanDA TXElectionLaw Surely Alvin did not make a mistake? When he finally comes to his senses, he owes the entire country an apology. And then he can get off his fat ass and start prosecuting the real criminals all over NYC.
FEC ManhattanDA TXElectionLaw Good one!