Federal Election Commissioner Ann Ravel wished to step down until she met with President Barack Obama in early 2016, who persuaded her to stay on board through the November election in return for two favors, a senior federal government official has told The Daily Caller.
Obama told Ravel she could move back and do most of her work from California and that she would be supported in her effort to replace California Attorney General Kamala Harris as Attorney General if Harris were to win her Senate election.
“I believe it is improper for an FEC commissioner to be having a discussion and making deals with a sitting President, who is in essence the leader of the Democratic Party,” Hans von Spakovsky, a former FEC commissioner under President George W. Bush and currently a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told TheDC. “Given the fact that the FEC commissioner everyday is dealing with cases that directly and indirectly effect that same political party.”
Von Spakosky added, “In my time as a commissioner I never had a single meeting with the president in the White House, and I would consider it wrong to do so because of the fact we handle so many matters involving his political party.”
Less than a month after her meeting with President Obama, Ravel voted to dismiss an enforcement action against Obama and the Democratic National Committee for allegedly taking foreign money at a fundraiser.
Nothing new here. You may remember that President Obama's donation web site was inadvertently "broken" in that it illegally allowed foreign donations to be accepted (they disabled some address verification code/checks). I don't recall ever hearing that they got in trouble for that crime nor do I recall hearing that they gave back the illegally obtained money. Funny that, eh?
If you want any sort of accountability from your government, your only choice is to vote for Trump. Sad but true. The press will NOT go against Hillary. The Democrats in the Federal Government will NOT go against Hillary (think DOJ, FEC, IRS, etc.). The Democrats in Congress will NOT go against Hillary. The Republicans in Congress are weak sauce as well. If however, Trump becomes President, they all will be falling all over themselves to hold him accountable. That is reality.
Trump is the absolute worst Presidential candidate we have had in decades, except for Hillary. It is sad that we have come to this place where the best reason to vote for Trump is that he is not Hillary. Hillary is so completely awful that just about anyone else you could pick would be better. It is a sad commentary on this country and on its citizens and media that she has a very real (one could say likely) chance to become President. She should not only not be running but should actually be in jail. I can not even imagine what is going through the minds of those that support her. Do they not care about justice? Do they just not believe their lying eyes? Is it just too important to elect a woman that any woman will do, even Hillary? Do they believe that it is her turn and she has earned it? What? She and her husband have been slopping out of the public trough for 30ish years and have made themselves multi-millionaires. They have also managed to soil the office of the Presidency, bring shame upon the country, sell out her interests, and reveal her secrets out of both stupidity and for profit. What sort of insanity has gripped this country that she could even run? Unbelievable, just unbelievable.
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