But not compensating top people in a presidential campaign is a departure from campaign finance norms. "It's unprecedented for a presidential campaign to rely so heavily on volunteers for top management positions," said Paul Ryan, an election lawyer with the campaign finance reform advocacy group Campaign Legal Center. According to two former high-level Trump staffers, Gates essentially functioned as the Trump campaign manager for more than two months, all while not collecting a paycheck. By contrast, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook earned roughly $10,000 in July, the same amount as President Barack Obama’s campaign manager Jim Messina did in 2012. But so far, according to campaign finance reports that detail spending through July 31, Conway has not been paid by the Trump campaign.

Source: Thanhnien News September 03, 2016 07:18 UTC