Official 2020 US Election: Democratic Party Discussion

[tsogud]

jason1637 said:

SpokenTruth said:

18 U.S. Code § 599. Promise of appointment by candidate. 

"Whoever, being a candidate, directly or indirectly promises or pledges the appointment, or the use of his influence or support for the appointment of any person to any public or private position or employment, for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."

So it's a gray area and really pertains to cabinet positions. Even then it's never really enforced because a candidate can just retort that they have a 1st Amendment right to announce whomever they choose.  The primary issue though is proving that Trump nominated someone to a cabinet position simply to procure their support.

Well tbh we don't know if Biden promised it could have been a "you'd be helpful in the executive branch", "i'd love to work with you more", "i can see us working together if im elected" type of thing.

I think that'd be categorized as an "indirect promise" by the code and thus could still be considered illegal. He'll get away with it if he is committing a crime anyway, he's a rich and white lol

Last edited by tsogud - on 24 March 2020