RE: 1 - Violating the Federal Election Campaign Act, meaning Cohen’s payment to Daniels was a contribution to Trump’s campaign that exceeded the legal limit.
The non-disclosure agreement (NDA) between Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump was signed on October 28, 2016. The NDA was designed to prevent Daniels from publicly discussing her alleged affair with Trump. How is the desire NOT to have a public scandal considered a contribution to a campaign, expecially since Cohen was reimbursed?
RE: Falsifying other business records, after Cohen created a fake shell company to send the Daniels payment in 2016.
Did Trump approve of this fake shell company? Or did Cohen do it by himself?
RE: Violating tax laws by making false entries on tax returns related to the payment.
So, it boils down to how the NDA should have been entered on tax returns. So my question still is this — if it was entered as a legal expense for the NDA, why is this not a legal expense, and if it isn’t considered a legal expense, how should it be entered as?
RE: Oddly - and in direct violation of the Supreme Court - the jurors did not have to agree which of those three Trump was guilty of.
Apparently the jury agreed on ALL counts since there was not one count the jury did not declate him guilty of.
“Apparently the jury agreed on ALL counts”
Don’t think so. There was no specific charge of tax evasion, for example. They only had to conclude he had done at least one of the three so he could be found guilty of the charge Bragg brought. The others were NEVER tested in court.
Seems like a HUGE violation of the Constitution. And the Supreme Court has, in the past, said the jury needs to find each predicate crime unanimously. But they were not polled on it because the judge said they didn’t need agreement...and because they would have no authority to find Trump guilty of a federal crime.