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Why Trump’s Hush Money Matters
The Bulwark ^ | MARCH 23, 2023 | by AMANDA CARPENTER

Posted on 03/23/2023 1:43:10 PM PDT by conservative98

Donald Trump’s defenders would love for people to believe that the former president entered into totally normal, by-the-book, run-of-the-mill legal agreements with adult film actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal to purchase their silence, and that he did so in a way that was agreeable and beneficial to all parties.

But that’s not what happened.

Trump risks indictment because, allegedly at his behest, an illegal scheme was undertaken to deceive the public at a critical moment before the 2016 election. That was the purpose of the “hush money” payments—not to enrich the women or settle a personal matter, but, in the words of the man who went to prison for arranging the deals, “for the principal purpose of influencing the election.”

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1bovineexcrement; 1frpottymouth; absurdlies; amandacarpenter; bulwark; cruzcampaign; cruzmistress; cruzsexscandal; cruzswhore; trump
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1 posted on 03/23/2023 1:43:10 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Getting the band back together.
2 posted on 03/23/2023 1:43:33 PM PDT by conservative98
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Because...... TRUMP!!!


3 posted on 03/23/2023 1:46:43 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Why do they keep calling it hush money, and not Extortion or Blackmail?


4 posted on 03/23/2023 1:46:44 PM PDT by euclid216
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To: conservative98

Yeah, but ... there is no crime.


5 posted on 03/23/2023 1:47:19 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: ComputerGuy

Yuppers!!
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Orange Man 👎


6 posted on 03/23/2023 1:47:41 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (The Truman Shown)
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To: conservative98

Is biden about to be exposed for influencing his election by covering up his and his son’s criminal activities ?


7 posted on 03/23/2023 1:47:58 PM PDT by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: conservative98

We fart in your general direction, lowly leftists. You’re gonna lose, just like you have with every other Trump accusation. Use your money to get a clue.


8 posted on 03/23/2023 1:48:02 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: conservative98
Talk to me first about Hillary and Bill Clinton and the Biden's first and then maybe we can discuss Trump. Heck are hundreds of people, Democrats, Democrat organization, corrupt intelligence agencies, etc. on the “list” before you get to Trump. Trump is way down the list.

And to go after Trump first give these other corruptocrats a pass.

9 posted on 03/23/2023 1:48:03 PM PDT by dhs12345
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Narrative ……


10 posted on 03/23/2023 1:49:00 PM PDT by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: conservative98

I’m certain Hillary would have handled the problem differently.


11 posted on 03/23/2023 1:49:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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an illegal scheme was undertaken to deceive the public at a critical moment before the 2016 election.

You mean like when the FBI and its minions called Hunter's laptop from Hell "Russian disinformation" days before the 202 election?

12 posted on 03/23/2023 1:50:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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Amanda Carpenter, are you still in love with a married man, Ted Cruz?


13 posted on 03/23/2023 1:50:33 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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“…an illegal scheme was undertaken to deceive the public at a critical moment before the 2016 election“…

Like Hillary and the DNC paying a cut-out law firm for the Steele dossier.


14 posted on 03/23/2023 1:50:54 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: conservative98

The bullwads chime in yet again.


15 posted on 03/23/2023 1:51:27 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Except Trump didn’t pay anyone. Cohen did. Trump didn’t even reimburse him. Don’t tell me all the government officials didn’t know this already.


16 posted on 03/23/2023 1:51:42 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: euclid216

Exactly what it really is.


17 posted on 03/23/2023 1:52:17 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: conservative98

or the principal purpose of influencing the election.

Sounds like a good approach to take towards leftist presstitutes that distribute deliberate false, misleading and defaming statements using a high capacity transmission device. LOCK THEM UP!!!


18 posted on 03/23/2023 1:52:37 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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Pure BS. So Trump was supposed use his campaign funds rather than his own money to resolve a possible nuisance suit? Should a candidate use campaign funds for $1,000 haircuts or $6,000 suits?

Trump was a celebrity long before he ran for President. He was used to dealing with what amounts to extortion or untrue allegations. For celebrities it is commonplace to dismiss such allegations rather than engage in highly public court cases. This was a personal matter not an illegal campaign contribution. And it certainly is not a felony.


19 posted on 03/23/2023 1:53:02 PM PDT by kabar
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I thought I remembered that Skank.
Lyin’ Teds squeeze.
🤡


20 posted on 03/23/2023 1:53:02 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (lol Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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