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StealThisSheen posted...

The "she's not paid" argument doesn't even really track, since if she has used any government resources whatsoever, she's in use of government funds. If she has ever been on Air Force One, if she has ever had security, if she has used a stapler in the White House, she has been in use of government funds. Her not taking a personal paycheck doesn't change that.

I am not arguing anything. I am asking if she is considered to have a public office. We already know that the misuse of government funding doesn't work her because she is unpaid. So it comes down to public office. Can she make sovereign decisions over things or not? Or can she just give the president advice?

End of the day, you have to understand that liberals are gonna be like "zomg she broke the law nom nom nom" and conservatives are gonna be like "she did nothing wrong nom nom nom".

So it comes down to the actual way the law is applied. Since Conway was such a recent example we can draw upon it. We know the first complaint doesn't apply because she is unpaid.

So it comes down to does she have public office she used for private gain.

I am interested in what public office means. From what I read it is

A.
1
A position of authority or service involving responsibility to the public, especially within the government.

Or
B
A position or occupation established by law or by the act of a government body, for the purpose of exercising the authority of the government in the service of the public.

Or even
C
Legal Definition of public office
: an office created by a constitution or legislative act, having a definite tenure, and involving the power to carry out some governmental function

So the question is what is meant by public office legally in regards to this.

I mean, obviously nothing will come up of this before Trump loses the election so it doesn't matter too much from a her getting a slap on the wrist or some other scenario.

But, it is interesting to consider what it means to be holding a public office in regards to this.

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