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 ...
The strenth of the case does not matter
The continuation of the drum beat is what counts.
Adam Schiff, the stil living congressman, on TV is what matters
Military Tribunals?
I don’t think so.
Not... yet....
Cohen’s recording of Trump were big news back in July. It was a scandal for a day, that a lawyer would record his client in order to protect the lawer and impugn the client.
The FBI found the secret recording after a raid on the lawyer’s office in April.
Cohen’s attorney Lanny Davis provided CNN with the tape.
They raided a lawyer’s office to find evidence (tax evasion) to get the lawyer to plead guilty to a non crime involving a client of the lawyer. That is how these progressives roll.....the law up into a carpet and dump it at Fort Marcy Park.
Number one rule...keep nothing in your home you wouldn’t want discovered.
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