Illegal Ongoing Trump Campaign Contacts

In the past 36 hours, I have received both a text and phone call from the Trump Campaign. I have a cell phone and have been on the Do Not Call List for over 20 years, so my status is documented literally over decades. The call last night connected me directly to the audio for the Trump Rally then being held. These calls are illegal under US law. I confirmed that the numbers the contacts came from were in service by the campaign, and have filed formal complaints with the Federal Communications Commission this morning. Nothing will happen, of course, since Trump and his Cult believe they are above the law, but at least this illegality is on record.

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Reason10 · 70-79, M

Show us a link to the law that outlaws those calls, or admit you just made that up.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Reason10 Go to the FCC website (FCC.gov) and read the section entitled Political Campaign Robocalls and Robotexts Rules.

You're welcome.

ElwoodBlues · M

@Reason10 Here ya go, all in a nice PDF!!

https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/Political-Campaign-Robocalls-and-Robotexts-Rules-Consumer-Guide.pdf

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@ElwoodBlues Thank you very much!

Reason10 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues
Excuse me, but that link is NOT the US Code, the Constitution or any other FEDERAL LAWS. It is a pamphlet for the FCC.

Do some homework, (for the first time in your life.)

Here's the U.S.CODE. (The federal version of state statutes.)

https://uscode.house.gov/

Find the SPECIFIC law that those robo calls have violated.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Reason10 I see what you are doing there. Nice obfuscation! The FCC has the authority to regulate telephone communications. You can find the specific enabling legislation if you want to do that. A rule or regulation of robo calls would be within the FCC's jurisdiction, and is summarized in the information already provided, but it would not appear specifically in the US Code. Just like the FDA regulates the amount of feces you can consume in the food that YOU eat, though it does not appear in the US Code.

ElwoodBlues · M

@Reason10 Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA)
This law addresses telephone marketing calls and practices, including robocalls. The FCC adopted rules to implement the TCPA, including the establishment of a national Do-Not-Call registry.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 is codified in the United States Code as 47 U.S.C. § 227.

P.S., two minutes of googling to shut down an ijit is worth it.

ElwoodBlues · M

@Reason10 And, speaking of violating laws,

According to Jack Smith's most recent filing, Trump used burner phones to lobby state officials to overturn the 2020 election. This is a federal records law violation and proof of criminal intent, among other things.

Trump called the Michigan speaker, on an unofficial line marked "Spam Risk Egypt" to discuss fraud allegations. Proving he tried to cover his tracks, and these were not protected "official acts"

-Trump used a burner phone, routed through a foreign country to contact Michigan house speaker.

-He tried to pressure the speaker in this off book call.

-Speaker McCarthy knew about the burner phone line.

-The phone showed up as “Spam Risk Egypt” on caller ID.

If the President thought his attempt to overturn the election and forge elector documents were legitimate “official acts” why was he using an insecure, foreign routed burner phone for these calls?

P.S. Trump’s own legal team did not dispute the authenticity of *anything* unsealed from the Smith filing.

Caller ID = Spam risk Egypt

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@ElwoodBlues Just more evidence of Trump circumventing the law. As if we needed it to know he's a criminal deep in his heart.