May have broken the law admiring gun (USA Today)

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Savannah Kuchar
USA TODAY

Special counsel Jack Smith and federal prosecutors said former President Donald Trump could have broken the law on a trip to South Carolina Monday where he admired a Glock branded with his likeness, according to a court filing Friday.

"The defendant either purchased a gun in violation of the law and his conditions of release, or seeks to benefit from his supporters’ mistaken belief that he did so," prosecutors wrote.

Felony defendants cannot purchase a firearm under federal law. Trump faces 91 felony charges across his four criminal cases.

In a now deleted video posted by Trump's campaign, the former president posed for pictures at the gun store ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/30/prosecutors-trump-broken-the-law-gun-store/71016146007/

[chicoescuela]

1. Does not matter what he does, they will cover his fat ass and pretend it is your imagination

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[SYFROYH]

3. The second accusation isn't a violation of law, correct?

It doesn’t appear that he bought it directly, but there is still a chance that he conspired to straw purchase it or the store gifted it to him and he brought it over to Florida without a proper NICS check through a FFL. Both of those scenarios are felonies.

It’s doubtful either of those scenarios happened either. It was just a staged photo-op to appeal to SC gun owners.