Willie Wilson, the millionaire businessman and candidate for Chicago mayor, handed out cash to potential voters.
But, but, but...18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence votingWhoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and
Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote—
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.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(12), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)
Read about Willie... and his slick, lame attempt to circumvent law. Willie said, “I think people try to make political hay out of it because they don’t got nothing else on me.”
One again, Willie Wilson is running against Rahm Emanuel in 2019.
He also ran for President of the United States in 2016. In the primaries, he only got 24,326 votes with half of them coming from our "favorite" state, the State of California.
The politicians today just get crookeder. the ones in LW are all so greedy and corrupt today too. Can you trust any politician today or wanabee? They are all so desperate to have that power. That cancer will get them all, that cancer is growing in our society today.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the Retha Lowe/Scott Maxwell election day weenie roasts in the Osborne section.
ReplyDeleteWeird thing. Trump is giving $12 billion to farmers before the mid-terms because of the damage that the tariffs are causing.
ReplyDeleteBut it's different because it's Trump.