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Trump calls Michael Cohen payouts a ‘simple private transaction,’ denies they were campaign contribu

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  1. grapeape

    grapeape Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So being a thief isn’t a disqualifier for you, unless their a democrat ?
     
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    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    That there were a lot of morons voting in 2016...
     
    Egoboy, Dec 10, 2018
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    grapeape Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Trump paying that from his own funds still makes it a campaign contribution ! A Campaign cannot receive a “benefit” that they do not report to the FEC, thus the violation.

    I’m not defending the congressional payments. But the big difference there is if those payments are made during an election cycle IMHO
     
    grapeape, Dec 10, 2018
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    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    And if he actually had paid them, I'd be right there with ya... It might have been politically damaging, but not legally... Now he has both...
     
    Egoboy, Dec 10, 2018
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    TRFjr Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    and the millions that voted for Obama also voted for Trump
    so were they morons when the voted for Obama ?
     
    TRFjr, Dec 10, 2018
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    TRFjr Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    then everyone that is running for office best list their hair cuts their newly bought clothing hell even their meals because all that would be considered beneficial to the campaign
     
    TRFjr, Dec 10, 2018
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    I don't know, did they? I thought this thing with Trump and Cohen and Stormy is a "problem" cause it wasn't reported?
     
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    Do you ever believe any POTUS, or any politician for that matter?
     
    Wildjoker5, Dec 10, 2018
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    You may want to ask John Edwards if these payoffs are a "benefit" ;)
     
    grapeape, Dec 10, 2018
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    So now you do accept the opinions of experts, huh?
     
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    Yes, the lack of a reporting is a major issue.

    Also the fact that there is a whole ****ing slew of evidence to indicate that Trump intentionally tried to hide the funds with the intent of helping his campaign.
     
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    Now that's what you call some Good, Good when you have to take out a mortgage to pay for it.
     
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    superbadbrutha Banned

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    In what state is prostitution legal?
     
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    The candidate can donation and spend as much as he wants on his/her own campaign.https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates...-debts-and-advances/personal-loans-candidate/
     
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    Did you notice how the FEC lawyer said that there appears to be no evidence to link Trump to illegal campaign finance violation? I noticed.

    Do you think it is at all possible that the DOJ has additional evidence that directly links Trump to the illegal campaign finance violation?
     
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    and you have proof of that so called intent? that it wasn't for personal reasons like it hurting his wife and children
     
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    MrTLegal, Dec 10, 2018
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    sorry I don't get into speculations and assumptions I will leave that to the conspiracy theorist
    I'm fact driven
     
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    needed to reported to the FEC because?
     
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    Like I said before, he's done the exact same thing to help his reputation in the past, what proves that this time was strictly about his campaign?
     
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    Yea...I am just going to ask you to remember who you're talking about when it comes to "hurting his wife and children." The man cheated on his 2nd wife with his current wife. He then cheated on his current wife after she gave birth to their son.

    But yea, the evidence that I know of is the fact that he was running for the campaign at the time, that he ordered his personal fixer to make cash payments in order to avoid the paper trail, that he directed his attorney to hide those payments, that he denied the existence of those payments, and...oh yes, the fact that his lawyer just pled guilty to a felony wherein federal prosecutors also accused trump of directing his attorney to commit a felony.
     
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    What does this have to do with Russia Russia Russia ?

    If nothing then Mueller has been conducting a witch hunt.
     
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    Occam's razor.
     
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    Why would the SDNY disclose their evidence (I'm going Cohen, Tapes, Pecker, Weisselberg, in order of importance) in a sentencing memo where the guilty party has already pleaded guilty?? They don't need to..... at this time
     
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    You see that you said these two posts within 2 mins of each other right?
     
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