Donald Trump may have just broken the law
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Trump has come under scrutiny after a gun was auctioned off at a fundraiser held in his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, home.

Last weekend, an auction held at his Florida home saw the item, described as “a one of a kind Trump Glock from the 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump,” go up for bidding during a charity event. Pictures circulating on social media show the gun being presented at the auction, with news website Meidas Touch saying that bidding for the item began at $10,000.

However, the transaction could land the former U.S. president in considerable trouble, given that federal law prohibits those under indictment from transacting firearms. Trump is embroiled in active legal proceedings, having testified at a civil trial over the New York investigation into financial fraud at the Trump Organization. The former president has denied all wrongdoing and repeatedly said that the ongoing federal and civil cases against him are part of a political witch hunt.

  • IHeartBadCode@kbin.social
    451·
    1 year ago

    18 USC § 922 (d)(1)

    (d) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person, including as a juvenile

    (1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year

    For those wondering.

    EDIT: This is incorrect. It is 18 USC § 922 (n) as indicated by my reply to @Neato and thanks to them for pointing out my error.

    • Neato@kbin.social
      19·
      1 year ago

      Doesn’t that just say you can’t sell a gun to someone under indictment. Not the other way around?

      • IHeartBadCode@kbin.social
        321·
        1 year ago

        You’re right, it’s 18 USC § 922 (n) that covers the other way around.

        (n) It shall be unlawful for any person who is under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm or ammunition or receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.

        I totally got ahead of myself pasting the related law. Thank you for your keen eyes.

    • NJSpradlin@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      Their claim, or his at least, will honestly be the same as before: “what my organization does isn’t necessarily what I’m doing.” Was he selling the gun or the organization? Are they separate entities? So, someone else who worked for the organization was selling a gun and they threw his name on it? Was it really even ‘his’ gun or just some marketing BS to raise money?

      There’s a lot of BS he can throw to muddy the waters here.