Posted on 05/31/2024 8:38:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
OK, serious answers only please...
I'm trying to understand exactly what felony Trump was convicted of in yesterday's verdict.
Here's what I understand (please correct me if I am wrong or inaccurate in any of my interpretation) :
1) Trump was accused of a sexual affair with Porn Star Stormy Daniels almost 20 years ago.
2) 9 years later, as Trump was planning to ran for President, he had Stormy Daniels sign a non-disclosuer agreement in exchange for paying her $130,000 for her silence.
3) Trump is being charged with falsifying business records in relation to this particular payment.
Now, here's what I'm trying to understand ( but still don't ) -- exactly what felony did Trump commit?
#1 Might be morally wrong ( assuming it were true ), but it is NOT illegal between consenting adults.
#2 Isn't illegal either. Non-disclosure agreements are routinely being signed all the time, even with regards to something similar to what Trump allegedly did.
That brings us to Number 3: Falsifying business records.
What exactly did Trump falsify?
How should the payment to Stormy Daniels be declared in order to make it NOT illegal?
Can anyone enlighten me on this? Thanks.
Again, if you don't know, please don't post.
I can understand sarcasm, but the purpose of my opening this thread is to understand what exactly made his act a felony.
I bet most Americans can not...
Felony is being Donald Trump
As far as I know, one of Trump’s accountants sent money to Trump’s lawyer (related to the NDA) and marked down in the ledger that the money being paid to the lawyer was a “legal expense”. The state of New York says that’s a felony.
Like all democrat law, it’s made up as they go.
No.
I hold an advanced degree, have been paying attention to all of the news stories and legal pundits throughout this ordeal, and have absolutely no idea how you arrive at 30+ felonies from a single journal entry from a staff accountant for a payment made to an attorney.
Bragg and Merchan violated President Trump's fifth and sixth amendment rights in so many ways.
He is guilty of crimes against the Deep State.
You are as well—btw.
You are not important enough for them to waste the time persecuting you.
Needs expedited review - this is clearly campaign interference.
Oh, good. So it wasn’t just me…thought I was either too dense or had missed something. Thanks for the thread. 👍
“How should the payment to Stormy Daniels be declared in order to make it NOT illegal? “
It was categorized as a legal fees payment to Cohen.
I assume the correct way to categorize it would be as reimbursement for NDA payment to Daniels.
Just a thought, has anyone ever noticed that liberal women look like men and liberal men look like women?
The political operative known as District Attorney Alvin Bragg is attempting to conflate misdemeaners (34 accounting “errors”), the statute of limitations have run out on, into an “election interference” FEDERAL felony, in a NY state court, without in the indictement having stated exactly what law was broken.
The most that could be construed was a book keeping error on the entry describing the transaction which he did not himself do, or have knowledge of and in and of itself is not a felony or all of the CPAs would become felons overnight due to inadvertent or vague entries. Totally bogus charge over non-existent “crime”.
Running for President after they legitimately stole it from him and told him he would never be allowed to take office even if he did win.
RE: the money being paid to the lawyer was a “legal expense”. The state of New York says that’s a felony.
The lawyer, I assume was Michael Cohen. So, if it isn’t a legal expense, what should it be considered in order for it NOT to be illegal? Should it have been written down as “Payment for Non-Disclosure agreement”? And if it were written down this way, it would then be legal?
It’s part of a pattern set during the Trump impeachment hearings: secret charges, secret witnesses, certain convictions, all spearheaded and smoke-screened by media who are corrupt and disgusting. You won’t know what he did wrong because the public has no right to see the secrets of the party machinery.
No, because the jury never said
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