Posted on 12/10/2018 8:19:07 PM PST by caww
the grounds for saying Trump broke a law are laughably flimsy.
The argument is that since the hush money was paid to “influence” the election, it was a campaign expenditure. But by that logic, every dime Chris Christie spent to lose weight before his 2016 run — the diet books, the StairMaster, the bariatric surgery — was a campaign expenditure. If Christie bought a SlimFast shake with his personal money, was he a felon?
Former Federal Election Commissioner Bradley Smith posited another hypothetical: “If a business owner ran for political office and decided to pay bonuses to his employees in the hope that he would get good press and boost his stock as a candidate, would that be a campaign expenditure, payable from campaign funds?”
If a candidate who normally gets a $12 haircut shells out $40 for a better cut, is he a criminal for paying out of his own pocket even though the idea is to look sharp in front of news cameras? If a candidate pays a contested past-due personal bill only to make the headache go away before the debates begin, is he legally required to pay out of his campaign coffers?
Paying such expenses out of campaign funds would probably be unethical and possibly be illegal. If you're damned if you don't and damned if you do, then it's a pretty good sign that either the law is an ass or someone is not reading it honestly.
Cohen pleaded guilty to this campaign finance violation to avoid prison time for more serious tax evasion issues. Just because he pleads guilty doesn’t make Trump a criminal.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
To normal, sane, people. To Leftists, it is cause to give Trump a seat in the Electric Chair.
Professor Dershowitz has repeatedly talked about prosecutors who not only make people “sing” but also “compose.” That very much seems to be what went on with Cohen—fabricating evidence to be used to attack Trump.
Agreed. I can see how someone might easily point to that as a sign of a increasingly coarsened society.
I have nothing personal against strippers I view it as a peccadillo, but honestly, if a stripper is trying to accuse someone else of unbecoming or unethical behavior, that should backfire.
For her it hasn’t, it is celebrity...which is a bit off-putting.
Did the dems ever give Clinton a hard time when he had to pay lots of money to pay off Paula?
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This is all about propaganda politics. The case would never stand in a any court.
I’d love to see a trial where they try to o call personal extortion payments “campaign funds.”
The prosecution would be laughed out of court.
The Russia collusion case against Trump is also laughably weak, but it has continued to be story #1 for the MSM for a year and a half.
To the left, "weak" doesn't matter. The agenda matters.
I wish Trump would tweet “I have the names of every congressman whose sexual harrassment and/or assault complaints were paid off with taxpayers’ dollars. And I have the names of all who were paid off. I think it’s called a settlement.”
Funny stuff there.
At the risk of hurting eyes, PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE IMPEACHED. THE CRIME! OR ABSENCE THEREOF, IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
The question becomes, what will the 60 million who voted for him do.
But according to Senator Schmucky Schumer, this is a “Constitutional Crisis”. And it must be true because I read it on the Interweb. Moreover, we know that the Left is always truthful, tolerant and pro-American business.
(You’ll excuse me now, I need to take a shower to wash away the dreck I just wrote)
At the risk of hurting eyes, PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE IMPEACHED. THE CRIME! OR ABSENCE THEREOF, IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE.Especially when the Deep State cobbles together enough Republican votes in the Senate to convict him.The question becomes, what will the 60 million who voted for him do.
I think it’s a coming
FEC: “Clinton campaign ILLEGALLY laundered $84 MILLION”
President trump is in Direct Control of the Treasury Department, he can ORDER them Today to release ALL Payment Records from the Congressional Rape and Run Slush Fund.
New rules for Military Tribunals begin Jan 1, 2019
If justice is truly happening, we’ll see early in January.
If not, well...America is history.
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