[EL] Could Republican Donor Strike Lead Trump to Take Public Financing?

Mon Jun 13 13:17:12 PDT 2016

Could he take it and then give his own money to a PAC that supports him?

On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, Trevor Potter <tpotter at capdale.com> wrote:

> But he is prohibited from spending more than $50,000 of his own money if
> he does so.
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> On Jun 13, 2016, at 1:20 PM, Smith, Brad <BSmith at law.capital.edu
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> $96,140,000, to be more precise.
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> Probably around $80,000,000
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> Financing?
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> In the incredibly unlikely event Trump does take public funding, does
> anybody have any idea what the dollar figure would be?
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> Subject: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/13/16
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> Posted in lobbying<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>
> Could Republican Donor Strike Lead Trump to Take Public Financing?<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83524>
> Posted on June 13, 2016 6:52 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83524> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> I doubt it, but here’s Politico:<
> http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/gop-donors-donald-trump-224218>
> Still, many are struggling to see a clear path forward. Zwick noted that
> Trump is far behind where Romney was in the donor chase at this point four
> years ago. One option, he said, is for Trump to accept public financing.
> Under federal election laws, that would allow him to receive a lump sum of
> government funds while capping how much he’d be able to spend. In 2008,
> John McCain accepted public financing but found himself massively outspent
> by Barack Obama.
> The prospect of a controversial billionaire accepting taxpayer funding
> would be one of the more bizarre twists of the 2016 campaign. But for a
> struggling Trump, it might be worth pursuing — especially with rising
> doubts about whether he can fill his coffers.
> “Could they get organized and pull it off? Sure,” Zwick said. “They don’t
> have a lot of time left.”
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