Ron Paul aide files complaint over Donald Trump's private jet

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The complaint, first reported by The Daily Beast, accuses Trump of violating election laws because an adviser, Michael Cohen, used the developer's personal jet to travel to Iowa to measure support for a campaign. Cohen, who co-founded a draft committee to get Trump in the race, said he wasn't making the trip on Trump's behalf and that another draft movement founder financed it.

The Daily Beast report put the cost of the trip at about $125,000 and noted that Cohen used a Trump organization email address to alert reporters about it. POLITICO's Ben Smith raised questions about the trip at the time it took place, with the plane's blazing "Trump" logo visible at the Des Moines airport. [See also: The campaign Kabuki phase]

The complaint was filed, the report said, by Ron Paulite Shawn Michael Thompson. Thompson's lawyer described him as an active tea party member who also organized for Paul in Florida in 2008.

"Donald Trump is by his own admission testing the waters for election to the presidency," the complaint says, according to the Beast, "and he is... a de facto candidate for the Republican nomination. He has not filed or registered with the Commission any exploratory committee [commonly called a Testing the Waters committee] or principal campaign committee, or statement of candidacy on FEC Form 1-or any other filing whatsoever with the FEC. A testing the waters committee requires adherence to contribution and limits and prohibits corporate contributions."

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[poiuytrewq0987]

This is really funny and is only generating publicity for Trump not Paul.

[Joe McCarthy]

I love how Paul recommended we abolish state secrets during the Assange fracas. Basically he wants to turn all of our top secret weapons systems over to Iran and China.

Sadly, he just won't go away. He even won the recent CPAC straw poll.

[poiuytrewq0987]

I love how Paul recommended we abolish state secrets during the Assange fracas. Basically he wants to turn all of our top secret weapons systems over to Iran and China.

Sadly, he just won't go away. He even won the recent CPAC straw poll.

He's an anti-war candidate, which is the only reason why he's still here. Just say you're against the wars in the Middle East and you'll get a mouthpiece to spout off your idiocy.

[SwordoftheVistula]

Basically he wants to turn all of our top secret weapons systems over to Iran and China.

I don't think he does. But I would like him to turn those weapon systems over to citizen militias. That would be awesome, no enemy foreign or domestic would hold reign over us. Donald Trump could also design a good anti-homeless system for his properties, so he'd be content.