Paying people off to avoid a scandal is perfectly legal

[oreo]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

It's not only that--but Michael Cohen plead guiilty to 8 different counts, and 2 of them is campaign violations which is illegal, along with the other 6 crimes he pleaded GUILTY too. He is also known as Trump's personal FIX IT attorney, and we must assume that there is quite a bit more fixit's involved.

The other news that happened today is Mueller gave immunity to Trump's chief financial officer. That means he will be testifying and offering up evidence.

Weisselberg is the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization -- but he's so much more than that. Hired first by Trump's father, Weisselberg has been the money man in Trump's orbit for decades. And, he didn't just handle finances for the Trump Organization but also for Trump's personal accounts. Which brings us to why he was granted immunity by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York in their pursuit of Cohen who plead guilty to eight felonies earlier this week. Two of those eight counts dealt with campaign finance violations tied to payments made to two women -- Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal -- who alleged that they had affairs with Trump. Cohen engineered payments to those women totaling almost $300,000 and, in the plea agreement, he said that he did so at the "direction" of Trump.

Why the Allen Weisselberg immunity deal may be the biggest news of this bananas week - CNNPolitics

Who you really have to feel sorry for is Melania Trump. She never wanted Trump to be President and actually cried (not tears of joy) when he won the election, knowing full well that that there was enough dirt under Trump's fingernails that would take a year and a half to dig out. Trump continually told her that he had no chance of winning and not to worry. She probably also knew about his frequent affairs with other women, pay off's etc. and now it has put her right in the spot light through no fault of her own.

As far as collusiion, there is plenty of evidence of that already. At this link you can read one article that was confirmed under sworn testimony by James Clapper over a year ago, watch 2 FOX NEWS video's and another video of Trump admitting to Obstruction of Justice on National T.V. Click this link that will redirect you to another post on this board.
Do You Believe Based on Evidence, Russia Changed Outcome of 2016 Election

 

[Reasonable]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

It’s not ok when it’s a violation of election law

If Hillary did this you’d be in melt down

Now be quiet. You sound stupid

Trump & Co. is throwing everything they can get their hands on against the wall hoping that something will stick. Trump has a massive problem, but the Congress will give him enough shade to survive. After the mid-terms, without the Congress, he will at least be hamstrung and reduced to executive orders. In 2020, he is dead. BTW, he and his supporters are mirror images of each other. Sleaze is as sleaze does!!! Bigly.

Trump's response to Michael Cohen's plea deal, dissected - CNNPolitics

The walls are closing in on Crooked Donnie.
He’s now an unindicted co- conspirator in a felony and would be prosecuted if not president.
He very likely will have to sit for a deposition in the Stormy case.
Plus all of his other lawsuits and scandals.
This is without the most corrupt presidency ever.

 

[bripat9643]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

So you STILL don’t understand what has been explained to you hundreds of times.
Bob Mueller has the authority and latitude to prosecute crimes he uncovers.
Let me explain it so even a deplorable can understand it.
Police are investigating a murder. They go to a murder suspect’s home and notice 3 lbs of heroin sitting next to the suspect.
So you’re staying the police can’t bust him for the heroin?
Bingo.
Maybe now you and your kind will stop asking this stupid ass question as the Fox syncopants do every night.

Also, Cohen wasn't prosecuted by Mueller. This was handled by local federal prosecutors.

Spare us the nauseating weaseling. Mueller provided them with all the ammunition.

 

[Reasonable]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

So you STILL don’t understand what has been explained to you hundreds of times.
Bob Mueller has the authority and latitude to prosecute crimes he uncovers.
Let me explain it so even a deplorable can understand it.
Police are investigating a murder. They go to a murder suspect’s home and notice 3 lbs of heroin sitting next to the suspect.
So you’re staying the police can’t bust him for the heroin?
Bingo.
Maybe now you and your kind will stop asking this stupid ass question as the Fox syncopants do every night.

Mueller never visited any crime scene. There was no crime. A better analogy would be if he picked your name out of the phone book at random, and then started investigating everyone you ever know or worked with. The fact that Mueller has such wide latitude is what makes this farce a witch hunt. Prosecutors are supposed to investigate crimes, not people he doesn't like.

Idiot doesnt know how special investigations work. Let’s add this topic to all the others you don’t understand.
The B. Clinton investigation started out as Whitewater and since no crimes were committed the republicans ended up going crazy because of a blow job.

 

[Skylar]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

So you STILL don’t understand what has been explained to you hundreds of times.
Bob Mueller has the authority and latitude to prosecute crimes he uncovers.
Let me explain it so even a deplorable can understand it.
Police are investigating a murder. They go to a murder suspect’s home and notice 3 lbs of heroin sitting next to the suspect.
So you’re staying the police can’t bust him for the heroin?
Bingo.
Maybe now you and your kind will stop asking this stupid ass question as the Fox syncopants do every night.

Mueller never visited any crime scene. There was no crime.

Says you. Cohen, the federal prosecutors and the the federal judge agreed that a crime was committed. The federal prosecutors weren't even Mueller's.

A better analogy would be if he picked your name out of the phone book at random, and then started investigating everyone you ever know or worked with. The fact that Mueller has such wide latitude is what makes this farce a witch hunt. Prosecutors are supposed to investigate crimes, not people he doesn't like.

Mueller has the same latitude that other special counsel's have had. Including Ken Starr.

Mueller's investigation is productive, its resulted in half a dozen guilty pleas, dozens of indictments, 8 felony convictions, and has uncovered many real crimes we wouldn't have known about otherwise.

Which is exactly why Conservatives want it shut down. Not because its ineffective. But because its *very* effective. And the walls are closing in on Trump.

 

[Lewdog]

No it isn't, it is his BUSINESS'S money. So now I know you don't have a clue about law OR business.

He's the business owner. I have a corporation. That corporation bought a laptop. You're trying to tell me it's not my laptop. Wrong.

It's not YOUR laptop. It's the business's laptop. I sure hope you don't run your own business.

I own the business, moron. I own everything the business owns. There are no other shareholders, and that's exactly how Trump's business operates.

IT'S STILL SEPARATE! You file taxes on your business, and you file separate personal taxes... Jesus Christ if you don't know better I sure the fuck hope you never get audited otherwise you are going to own a shit ton of money. You are supposed to track the income and expenditures of your business, you can't use it like a personal checking account.

You can as long as you account for everything, moron. My accountant keeps me out of trouble. But then, I don't have a witch hunt after me.

No, you can't. If you purchase equipment with your business account, it is part of your business. Now at the end of the year you are allowed to write off the depreciation of the equipment, and you can even put down you sold the equipment to yourself at a loss due to depreciation, but you can't just take it for nothing unless it is old or damaged.

It's a good thing you are an engineer and not a lawyer or an accountant, because you are a fucking idiot when talking on these subjects.

 

[Reasonable]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

So you STILL don’t understand what has been explained to you hundreds of times.
Bob Mueller has the authority and latitude to prosecute crimes he uncovers.
Let me explain it so even a deplorable can understand it.
Police are investigating a murder. They go to a murder suspect’s home and notice 3 lbs of heroin sitting next to the suspect.
So you’re staying the police can’t bust him for the heroin?
Bingo.
Maybe now you and your kind will stop asking this stupid ass question as the Fox syncopants do every night.

Also, Cohen wasn't prosecuted by Mueller. This was handled by local federal prosecutors.

Spare us the nauseating weaseling. Mueller provided them with all the ammunition.

Mueller handed it over to the state because it was out of his jurisdiction.
You still have no idea what you’re talking about.

 

[Skylar]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

So you STILL don’t understand what has been explained to you hundreds of times.
Bob Mueller has the authority and latitude to prosecute crimes he uncovers.
Let me explain it so even a deplorable can understand it.
Police are investigating a murder. They go to a murder suspect’s home and notice 3 lbs of heroin sitting next to the suspect.
So you’re staying the police can’t bust him for the heroin?
Bingo.
Maybe now you and your kind will stop asking this stupid ass question as the Fox syncopants do every night.

Also, Cohen wasn't prosecuted by Mueller. This was handled by local federal prosecutors.

Spare us the nauseating weaseling. Mueller provided them with all the ammunition.

Of actual crimes.

Remember, your narrative is that no crimes were committed. Yet prosecuters who didn't work for Mueller's office disagreed and found the evidence so compelling that they accepted Cohen's plea. So did a federal judge.

And you're insisting we ignore them *all*. And instead believe you.

Um, no.

 

[Lewdog]

Your brain begins to rot when you watch FIX news 24/7....

Watergate Prosecutor Hits Trump: 'The President Is An Unindicted Co-Conspirator' | HuffPost

Show me the conspiracy charge dumb ass.

In all, Cohen pleaded guilty to five counts of tax evasion; one count of making false statements to a financial institution; one count of willfully causing an unlawful corporation contribution; and one count of making an excessive campaign contribution at the request of a candidate.

Ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen pleads guilty to campaign finance violations

BTW I don't click on the puffington hoax.

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Ha Ha Ha....you simpleton don't even know what conspiracy is! Your ignorance is on full display. Stop please....You are embarrassing embarassing yourself....

So you got nothing but blather and bullshit. Good job ignorant regressive.

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You know they don't need to charge Cohen with the conspiracy charge... because he plead guilty to the crime they conspired on. They charge the co-conspirators with conspiracy because they didn't commit the actual crime that they conspired on.

So you think a member of the bar telling the judge the devil made me do it, automatically implicates the devil in the charges. Grow the fuck up man.

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No... because they had done an investigation and corroborated his statements. Quit being a moron.

 

[Flopper]

Amazingly...we never had to worry about paying Hush money to adult entertainers with previous presidents (in recent memory).

Nobody would believe a Stormy Daniels if she was accusing Eisenhower, JFK, Reagan, Bush, or Obama so there would be no need for a payoff. Trump's history of marital infidelity, and a promiscuous lifestyle makes him a target.

 

[Skylar]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

So you STILL don’t understand what has been explained to you hundreds of times.
Bob Mueller has the authority and latitude to prosecute crimes he uncovers.
Let me explain it so even a deplorable can understand it.
Police are investigating a murder. They go to a murder suspect’s home and notice 3 lbs of heroin sitting next to the suspect.
So you’re staying the police can’t bust him for the heroin?
Bingo.
Maybe now you and your kind will stop asking this stupid ass question as the Fox syncopants do every night.

Also, Cohen wasn't prosecuted by Mueller. This was handled by local federal prosecutors.

Spare us the nauseating weaseling. Mueller provided them with all the ammunition.

Mueller handed it over to the state because it was out of his jurisdiction.
You still have no idea what you’re talking about.

It was handled by local federal prosecutors. Not State prosecutors.

 

[Lewdog]

It's been entertaining watching these Leftists lose their MINDS finally and entirely over what is not even a campaign finance violation.

Trump makes them lose their minds.

Entertaining. To say the least.

And you guys were saying back in 1974, "It doesn't matter whether Nixon knew about Watergate." Trump's impeachment charges are going to include violation of campaign finance laws, obstruction of justice, and abuse of power and whatever else Mueller uncovers. Trump's only chance is to fire Mueller before he uncovers more crimes.

Don't forget... all those Trump supporters that say they believe in fair treatment under the law, are supporting a man that wanted to put innocent Black kids to death for rape... and even when DNA proved they were innocent, he still said they deserved the death penalty.

They weren't innocent, you fucking moron. They got a fair trial. They should still be in prison for what they did to that woman.

They weren't innocent? They were cleared by DNA... oh shit you dig a deeper hole every time you post.

 

[Skylar]

Amazingly...we never had to worry about paying Hush money to adult entertainers with previous presidents (in recent memory).

Nobody would believe a Stormy Daniels if she was accusing Eisenhower, JFK, Reagan, Bush, or Obama so there would be no need for a payoff. Trump's history of marital infidelity, and a promiscuous lifestyle makes him a target.

Well, that and Trump lies constantly.

......on his payments to Stormy Daniel's for example.

 

[bripat9643]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

So you STILL don’t understand what has been explained to you hundreds of times.
Bob Mueller has the authority and latitude to prosecute crimes he uncovers.
Let me explain it so even a deplorable can understand it.
Police are investigating a murder. They go to a murder suspect’s home and notice 3 lbs of heroin sitting next to the suspect.
So you’re staying the police can’t bust him for the heroin?
Bingo.
Maybe now you and your kind will stop asking this stupid ass question as the Fox syncopants do every night.

Mueller never visited any crime scene. There was no crime. A better analogy would be if he picked your name out of the phone book at random, and then started investigating everyone you ever know or worked with. The fact that Mueller has such wide latitude is what makes this farce a witch hunt. Prosecutors are supposed to investigate crimes, not people he doesn't like.

Idiot doesnt know how special investigations work. Let’s add this topic to all the others you don’t understand.
The B. Clinton investigation started out as Whitewater and since no crimes were committed the republicans ended up going crazy because of a blow job.

Ken Starr didn't go out looking for Monica Lewinski, douchebag. People brought the evidence to him. He wasn't squeezing her to get her to turn state's evidence. There's simply no comparison between the way Ken Starr operated and the way your douchebag pit bull operates.

 

[Reasonable]

It’s hilarious these DEPLORABLES are STILL fighting desperately for their crooked president.
He’s surrounded himself with criminals but they still think he’s squeaky clean.
Too damn funny.

 

[outlier]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

It’s not ok when it’s a violation of election law

If Hillary did this you’d be in melt down

Now be quiet. You sound stupid

It's not a violation of election law, dingbat. Unlike Trump, Hillary actually violated election law.

Hanged, drawn and quartered - Wikipedia

I hope you and your kind get to enjoy it real soon.

 

[Reasonable]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

So you STILL don’t understand what has been explained to you hundreds of times.
Bob Mueller has the authority and latitude to prosecute crimes he uncovers.
Let me explain it so even a deplorable can understand it.
Police are investigating a murder. They go to a murder suspect’s home and notice 3 lbs of heroin sitting next to the suspect.
So you’re staying the police can’t bust him for the heroin?
Bingo.
Maybe now you and your kind will stop asking this stupid ass question as the Fox syncopants do every night.

Mueller never visited any crime scene. There was no crime. A better analogy would be if he picked your name out of the phone book at random, and then started investigating everyone you ever know or worked with. The fact that Mueller has such wide latitude is what makes this farce a witch hunt. Prosecutors are supposed to investigate crimes, not people he doesn't like.

Idiot doesnt know how special investigations work. Let’s add this topic to all the others you don’t understand.
The B. Clinton investigation started out as Whitewater and since no crimes were committed the republicans ended up going crazy because of a blow job.

Ken Starr didn't go our looking for Monica Lewinski, douchebag. People brought the evidence to him. He wasn't squeezing her to get her to turn state's evidence. there's simply no comparison between Ken Starr and your douchebag pit bull.

I didn’t say Starr went out looking for Lewinsky.
Comprehension problem?
I clearly said the investigation started out with White Water and ended with a blow job.
Just like Al Capone got sent to jail because of tax fraud, not his multiple murders.
Bob Mueller is doing exactly what he was mandated to do.

 

[outlier]

It’s hilarious these DEPLORABLES are STILL fighting desperately for their crooked president.
He’s surrounded himself with criminals but they still think he’s squeaky clean.
Too damn funny.

For the DEPLORABLES tthe full Monty right here

Hanged, drawn and quartered - Wikipedia

 

[Skylar]

I'm not sure why, but it seems the Democrats think that paying off a woman to be quiet about a scandal is somehow illegal. Well, it isn't.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering what any of this has to do with collusion with Russia...

So you STILL don’t understand what has been explained to you hundreds of times.
Bob Mueller has the authority and latitude to prosecute crimes he uncovers.
Let me explain it so even a deplorable can understand it.
Police are investigating a murder. They go to a murder suspect’s home and notice 3 lbs of heroin sitting next to the suspect.
So you’re staying the police can’t bust him for the heroin?
Bingo.
Maybe now you and your kind will stop asking this stupid ass question as the Fox syncopants do every night.

Mueller never visited any crime scene. There was no crime. A better analogy would be if he picked your name out of the phone book at random, and then started investigating everyone you ever know or worked with. The fact that Mueller has such wide latitude is what makes this farce a witch hunt. Prosecutors are supposed to investigate crimes, not people he doesn't like.

Idiot doesnt know how special investigations work. Let’s add this topic to all the others you don’t understand.
The B. Clinton investigation started out as Whitewater and since no crimes were committed the republicans ended up going crazy because of a blow job.

Ken Starr didn't go our looking for Monica Lewinski, douchebag. People brought the evidence to him. He wasn't squeezing her to get her to turn state's evidence. there's simply no comparison between Ken Starr and your douchebag pit bull.

Ken Starr went far, far beyond the White Water investigation. And had the authority to do so. Just as Mueller has the authority to go after crimes he finds in the course of his investigation. As demonstrated by the order of the Deputy AG who seated Mueller.

But again, you insist we ignore Mueller and the Deputy AG....and instead believe on you legal matters.

And again, nope. You don't know what you're talking about.

 

[Skylar]

It’s hilarious these DEPLORABLES are STILL fighting desperately for their crooked president.
He’s surrounded himself with criminals but they still think he’s squeaky clean.
Too damn funny.

Its sad. They're doubling down on increasingly batshit 'deep state' conspiracy theories as the evidence against Trump and his campaign stack up.