# Shady self-dealing by Ilhan Omar **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 14, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shady-self-dealing-by-ilhan-omar/918058 "2020-08-14T06:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shady-self-dealing-by-ilhan-omar/918058/3 "2020-08-14T12:14:34Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > The DFL and DNC need to be able to call out the Trump family for all their corrupt efforts to funnel money into the family business, without having our own vulnerability from such a prominent member of the party engaging in this kind of sordid campaign finance behavior. …it isn’t a surprise that the person [who doesn’t believe Muslims should be allowed into America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-podcast-conversation-between-sam-harris-and-charles-murray-of-bell-curve-fame/785052/1799) has posted an article from _April_ that explicitly says both **“The law doesn’t prohibit hiring a spouse for a federal campaign”** and **" it’s not unheard of for candidates and members of Congress to employ and pay relatives through their committees. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., for example, [has hired his son as campaign treasurer](https://www.startribune.com/rep-collin-peterson-s-son-collects-salary-as-campaign-treasurer/268374812/)."** The story is a whole lotta nothing. Its an old story. Nothing illegal happened and other Democrats have done the same thing. And yet, even though the article points out these other Democrats, this thread only singles one of them out. The only way for this story to hurt the Dems would be if people were to share the story as if it were a recent event in an attempt to create a false equivalence with perhaps the most corrupt administration in history. So I suppose congratulations are in order? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shady-self-dealing-by-ilhan-omar/918058)._