2016 Postmortem

applegrove

(118,501 posts) Wed Aug 24, 2016, 03:35 PM Aug 2016

Trump spent $55K in campaign money to buy his own book — which is probably illegal

by Travis Gettys at the Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/trump-spent-55k-in-campaign-money-to-buy-his-own-book-which-is-probably-illegal/

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Donald Trump may have broken the law by using campaign donations to buy thousands of copies of his own book at retail cost.

His campaign raised eyebrows this week when a filing with the Federal Election Commission revealed a $55,055 expenditure on May 10 to Barnes & Noble, but The Daily Beast reported that money was used to artificially boost sales for Trump’s latest book and line the candidate’s pockets with donor money.

The expenditure amounts to more than 3,500 copies of the hardcover version of Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again, or more than 5,000 copies of the retitled paperback version, Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America.

Related: Trump campaign spends $55,000 at Barnes and Noble and the internet has some ideas on what

A Trump spokesperson told the website the books were purchased as gifts for attendees at the Republican National Convention — which the representative said the campaign was required to do.

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Trump spent $55K in campaign money to buy his own book — which is probably illegal (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2016 OP

The campaign might be required to give gifts, but not necessarily... TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #1

Hartmann was explaining this. It had to do with sales at Barnes and Noble to push his book Ohioblue22 Aug 2016 #2

It still doesn't make much sense... TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #4

Maybe I'm not explaining it as well as he did . It might just be ego he wants to see a larger Ohioblue22 Aug 2016 #6

It could be ego-- he does a lot of things that don't make sense. TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #7

The biggest question ....... Can any of his suppotes even read Angry Dragon Aug 2016 #3

Shades of Sarah Palin in her desperate days, post-campaign. nt crosinski Aug 2016 #5

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. The campaign might be required to give gifts, but not necessarily...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 03:50 PM

Aug 2016

that particular book.

The FEC is already on it, and said Trump can't collect royalties on this book sale.

The NY Times is also on it and said bulk purchases like this are screened out when coming up with best seller lists.

So, since those are the two most probable reasons for the buy, it seems the reason might just be stupidity. Especially since most people just go to the publisher for up to 40% off.

Ohioblue22

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2. Hartmann was explaining this. It had to do with sales at Barnes and Noble to push his book

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 04:07 PM

Aug 2016

He was saying if large amounts of a certain book is bought it will cause the store to not only replenish supply but add more and it will be nationwide

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

4. It still doesn't make much sense...

Reply to Ohioblue22 (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 05:26 PM

Aug 2016

If the book wasn't selling well, it seems like B&N would be perfectly happy to see it go one way or the other.

If it was selling, another large order shouldn't make any difference.