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Prosecutors said he directed people to make the contributions to the campaign and then reimbursed them,

If he did that, he's screwed, selective prosecution or not.

[jeltz25]

isn’t that basically what George Steinbrenner did for Nixon back in the 70s?

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I agree. People will try to make excuses, but it doesn’t matter your political beliefs, you don’t break the law.

Now, we also have to say that he is presumed innocent by the justice system until evidence has been presented of his guilt.