Soliciting foreign money from international politicians is a major misstep that threatens vote

Donald Trump is really milking the Brexit outcome – repeating that he was right about which side would win, arguing that somehow that makes him an economics genius, and claiming the results are an early signal of a global movement to “take [your country here] back.” But now, Trump has gone too far. Members of parliament…

The Federal Election Commission has received a complaint from a nonpartisan group called the Campaign Legal Center that Donald Trump is “illegally” trying to raise money overseas. “Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign committee is violating black-letter federal law by sending campaign fundraising emails to foreign nationals – including foreign politicians – in at least Iceland, Scotland,…