
A 2015 memo has been leaked. It was sent by mark Elias, Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Finance Director. Although Citizen’s United allows unlimited contributions , that’s only for Super PACs. The maximum they can give directly to a preferred Super Pac is $5,000 dollars. The memo was part of the Guccifer 2 hack.
And here are the guidelines for skirting the law sent by Elias:
- All conversations that refer to a Preferred Super PAC should include a hard ask for $5,000.
- As long as a hard money solicitation is made, you may speak freely about the campaign’s support for that Super PAC’s work.
- If a donor provides you with an amount of money that s/he wants to give and asks where it should go, you should reply with a hard money ask.
- If a donor tells you that s/he plans to give a certain amount of money to a Super PAC, you should reply with a hard money ask.
- If a donor asks you to identify the Super PACs that the campaign is supporting, you may identify them as long as you couple it with a hard money ask.
- If a donor asks whether the campaign is supporting the efforts of a particular Super PAC and it is not, you may tell the donor this.
- You may also ask donors to solicit funds from other individuals in $5,000 chunks for the Super PAC.
- Mere guidance about the law is permissible, in response to direct questions from donors.
- Do not specifically earmark the funds for the Secretary’s election.
- You may provide contact information of Super PAC personnel, but you may not lean on the donor to take a call or meeting from Super PAC personnel.
You can read the entire memo here.
Laws mean nothing to Clinton and her cronies.