Thanks, Jim, for posting this reality that the MSM is ignoring.
If you oppose the Left you are guilty. That’s what the Left’s playbook is built around. These senseless investigations won’t end. America in some ways isn’t a first world country anymore. Hope we can restore an honest government.
Michael Cohen is a dishonest and despicable human being. Violated the very core principle of his profession.
Good article by von Spakovsky, he knows of what he speaks.
Congress could have made NDAs illegal. Will never happen. Rich and powerful people need to protect themselves from indiscretions.
It ain’t about ideology.
If it’s found that these are not campaign violations, does Cohen still stay in jail ? Is his plea agreement invalid ?
Since the discussion regarding these hush payments started in 2014, it would seem it would not be unlawful campaign contributions.
I think I read that the only corporations prohibited from donating are the federal government corporations (TVA, etc.).
Sorry, I don’t have time to check again.
It’s in the FEC digest of federal election laws PDF.
And even if federal law were violated, as long as Trump told Cohen to do something that could be done in a legal manner, Trump would not be criminally liable.
And even then, probably not.
Tillerson alleged that Trump asked him to do illegal things.
Tillerson explained to Trump why he couldn’t.
If a non-lawyer CEO could do that, so could a lawyer.
It’s any “any corporation whatever” “in connection with any election at which presidential and vice presidential electors or a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress are to be voted for”
Disregard my previous comment.
Ҥ 30118. Contributions or expenditures by national banks,
corporations, or labor organizations (a) In general. It is unlawful for any national bank, or any
corporation organized by authority of any law of Congress, to make a contribution or expenditure in connection with any election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, or for any corporation whatever, or any labor organization, to make a
contribution or expenditure in connection with any election at which presidential and vice presidential electors or a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress are to be voted for, or in connection with any primary election or political
convention or caucus held to select candidates for any of the foregoing offices, or for any candidate, political committee, or other person knowingly to accept or receive any contribution prohibited by this section, or any officer or any director of any corporation or any national bank or any officer of any labor organization to consent to any contribution or expenditure by the corporation, national bank, or labor organization, as the case may be, prohibited by this section.”
There’s the “make a contribution” part to be considered.
Cohen’s shell corporation was used only to hide the trail of payment.
That corporation “made” as much contribution as the banks used by Clinton donors - zilch.
Mueller knows it and Cohen knows it, that there is no violation. The deal was that Cohen got less time for the real crimes by pleading guilty on the faux crime ginned up to get Trump.