What junk.
If Trump paid of these women to spare his wife from embarrassment, it is not for the purpose of a campaign. It may also be for the purpose of the campaign, but it is not the primary reason.
It’s nonsense. 1) can’t indict a sitting President 2) they have to prove he knew it was against the law 3) they have to prove it was a violation of the law 4) a candidate is allowed to put as much of his own money into his candidacy as he/she wants 5) he used his own private money to settle a potential lawsuit even if he also used his own money to finance his campaign 6) the main witness is lying because he said two exactly opposite claims, one before he was convicted on unrelated charges and one after which is the truth 7) flipping a person’s own attorney into a witness against the accused won’t sit well with the courts or the bar association...
Nobody but Trump would get charged for this. The comparison to Dinesh is not accurate. Dinesh knowingly bundled campaign contributions and then personally reimbursed the contributors with his own money. It doesn’t compare to a person running for office and using his own money both to fund the campaign and to settle lawsuits. On the face nothing of this is a crime, they want to make it appear as a crime but it just isn’t one.
Time to start hauling everyone involved in the Dossier and DNC Lawfirm Russia Collusion before a grand jury. Goose & gander and all.
I don’t see any Russian collusion in this at all!!!
The DOJ guidelines are that a sitting president cannot be indicted, this has been stated time and time again, McCarthy knows this, so why is blathering this crap? Even so, Trump will not be removed from office unless two thirds of the senate votes to convict—which WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!! This entire witch hunt is nothing more than a waste of money and time. Mulehead should be indicted for sedition, and if we had an attorney general with testicles, this would be over.
Yeah, this is where the concern is. It’s not with collusion as I still believe there is none. It’s with these payments.
In retrospect, the women coming out accusing Trump in October didn’t affect him, so I don’t know think these women would have had their allegations come out. That said, I don’t remember when it was they were going to make them - if it was in the summer, they may have led to problems with him securing the nomination & they may have compounded with the Access Hollywood Tape.
If he’d personally paid them and not utilized Cohen, he could have said it wasn’t a campaign expense because he would have paid them anyway because he’s a businessman, has clubs, has a show, has a public persona, and has a wife and kids. I really do believe he would have paid them anyway, and that should be his defense.
A US Attorney can’t indict a president. Trump can use his own money and that’s what he did.
I’m sure the rinos and neverTrumpers are dusting off their cheekchillers in anticipation.
The Paris riots are nothing compared to what will happen if they indict, impeach, and remove this man from office for paying a stripper that has nothing to do with Russian collusion.
If McCarthy is correct, Trump, if convicted of something, could say to the court, look what DOJ/the courts didn’t do to the Obama campaign in a case involving way much more money than mine.
I’ll take a fine, thank you. Now get lost, you professional corrupt bunch of bastards.
Would be anything like when Obama’s campaign broke the law, and paid a $335,000 fine? You mean like THAT?? Or will it be like D’Nesh D’Souza, who was the only person ever sent to jail BY THE SAME SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK?!! FOR A $25,000 VIOLATION?!! Sorry for yelling, but this INFURIATES me!
I swear, Andy can write 9 great columns and the 10th column is invariably utter nonsense, like this one.
The National Review must tell him he needs to fall in line with the never-Trump hyenas from time to time to keep getting his paycheck.
What does Stormy Daniels have to do with russians?
The other trick they are trying hard to pull is to get Mueller fired by Trump. This guy goes after his lawyer, his family, his friends all in the attempt to get him so mad at this blatant injustice he gets fired. He's ignored the bait for 2 years now and running. I suspect the real retaliation occurs after he is reelected and can't run again anyways.
Since when is it a crime to pay off extortionists?
DC grand juriea: the Dems’ ultimate weapon.
Doesn’t this show how corrupt the special prosecutor is?
Pure crapola. A sitting president can’t be indicted. As every first year law student learns.
When the ballot box fails...