Stop Bannon: Demand the FBI investigate his illegal campaign activity

The Issue

President-elect Donald Trump has just appointed his campaign CEO and chairman of Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon, as chief White House strategist and senior counselor...the most influential and powerful position in the White House. He spear-headed Trump's campaign, making it the ugliest in history: openly professing white nationalism, anti semitism, racism, xenophobia, sexism, the spreading of lies and conspiracy theories, and hateful rhetoric .

A complaint has been filed with the FBI by The Democratic Coalition Against Trump for his violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act. According to  FEC records, $950,090 was paid to Bannon’s company, Glittering Steel LLC, over the course of the campaign by pro-Trump super PAC, Make America Number 1. The super PAC is mainly backed by Robert and Rebekah Mercer ( main funding of Breitbart News), and Rebekah was recently named to Trump’s transition team.

It is against campaign finance law for super PACs to directly coordinate with the campaigns they support. So Bannon’s role as both an employee of the super PAC and campaign CEO would have broken the law. If these allegations are proven against Bannon, it could mean that he flagrantly violated federal campaign finance law. It is a felony for a super PAC to coordinate operations ( including personally receiving monies ) with a campaign. He could be imprisoned for this offense. This is the oldest and most transparent scam in the campaign violation tool chest.

We are DEMANDING  that the FBI do a full and thorough investigation of this complaint immediately. 

“This is yet another example of the corruption that took place over the course of the Trump campaign. Except now, Steve Bannon has a spot as a senior advisor to the White House. I can only hope that the FBI will investigate this incident without being clouded by Bannon’s new position,” Scott Dworkin, Senior Advisor to the coalition, told Huffington Post.

We have a chance to get this man out of the White House. Only together can we force the FBI to do their job. Please join me, sign and have your friends sign this petition to be sent to FBI Director, Comey.

Related stories:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/26/daily-briefing-us-news-steve-bannon

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/16/steve-bannon-reported-to-the-fbi-for-allegedly-violating-campaign-finance-laws/

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/15/trump-senior-white-house-adviser-steve-bannon-reported-fbi-potential-felony.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2015-steve-bannon/

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The Issue

President-elect Donald Trump has just appointed his campaign CEO and chairman of Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon, as chief White House strategist and senior counselor...the most influential and powerful position in the White House. He spear-headed Trump's campaign, making it the ugliest in history: openly professing white nationalism, anti semitism, racism, xenophobia, sexism, the spreading of lies and conspiracy theories, and hateful rhetoric .

A complaint has been filed with the FBI by The Democratic Coalition Against Trump for his violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act. According to  FEC records, $950,090 was paid to Bannon’s company, Glittering Steel LLC, over the course of the campaign by pro-Trump super PAC, Make America Number 1. The super PAC is mainly backed by Robert and Rebekah Mercer ( main funding of Breitbart News), and Rebekah was recently named to Trump’s transition team.

It is against campaign finance law for super PACs to directly coordinate with the campaigns they support. So Bannon’s role as both an employee of the super PAC and campaign CEO would have broken the law. If these allegations are proven against Bannon, it could mean that he flagrantly violated federal campaign finance law. It is a felony for a super PAC to coordinate operations ( including personally receiving monies ) with a campaign. He could be imprisoned for this offense. This is the oldest and most transparent scam in the campaign violation tool chest.

We are DEMANDING  that the FBI do a full and thorough investigation of this complaint immediately. 

“This is yet another example of the corruption that took place over the course of the Trump campaign. Except now, Steve Bannon has a spot as a senior advisor to the White House. I can only hope that the FBI will investigate this incident without being clouded by Bannon’s new position,” Scott Dworkin, Senior Advisor to the coalition, told Huffington Post.

We have a chance to get this man out of the White House. Only together can we force the FBI to do their job. Please join me, sign and have your friends sign this petition to be sent to FBI Director, Comey.

Related stories:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/26/daily-briefing-us-news-steve-bannon

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/16/steve-bannon-reported-to-the-fbi-for-allegedly-violating-campaign-finance-laws/

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/15/trump-senior-white-house-adviser-steve-bannon-reported-fbi-potential-felony.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2015-steve-bannon/

The Decision Makers

FBI Director, James Comey (FBI headquarters, 935 PennsylvaniaAve, Washington DC, 20535)
FBI Director, James Comey (FBI headquarters, 935 PennsylvaniaAve, Washington DC, 20535)
FBI headquarters, 935 PennsylvaniaAve, Washington DC, 20535
Senator Elizabeth Warren
Senator Elizabeth Warren
317 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
US Department of Jusrice
US Department of Jusrice
950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington,DC 20510

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