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Trainor was on Bannon the day (I think it was Bannon). He explained the campaign finance reporting requirements very clearly. If person would pay for something normally, like a haircut, suit or automobile, and then use it as part of a campaign activity, like driving to and looking good at a campaign event, it does not have to be declared as a campaign contribution. The reasoning is that haircuts, clothes and cars are everyday expenses. NDAs fall under everyday expenses. I cannot even count the number of times I signed or had others sign NDAs when I ran my consulting business. Every employee signed an NDA on the first day on the job. It is an everyday expense.

Trump’s campaign did not make payments to Cohen. That’s clearly spelled out in the indictment. So it’s not declared as a campaign donation or expense. It cannot even be misconstrued as a campaign expense give the nature of the expense.

The entry into the general ledger more that likely is legal expenses. There may or may not be some more granularity to that, such as legal expenses on a per-project basis, but there is no law or accounting standard that requires greater granularity. Their maybe some legal expenses that are and are not tax deductible. That would be tracked in Trump’s accounting software. But there’s no tax related accounting error associated with this. Trump over paid his taxes in NY. So-called leftist legal experts have even suggested that overpaying taxes was illegal. That’s just plain stupid. These asswipes will say and do anything to get Trump.

I keep scratching my head over the hideousness of the indictment. There’s a side of me waiting for a hammer to fall, something that would actually make sense. The other side of me is just chalking this up as incoherent ramblings of a fat, stupid-chit negro.

16 posted on 04/06/2023 9:44:57 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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he paid his attorney...he got a bill and paid it. if anyplace the purpose should be in cohen’s billing invoice. was he on a retainer??


21 posted on 04/06/2023 10:31:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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