Ray From Cleveland
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That's not true. Like I said, all that is required is that Trump believes he has something on them, and he does; and then he uses that to coerce them into giving into his demands.Wrong, criminal evidence is not a requirement. There doesn't even have to be a crime, it could be something legal but embarrassing, like revealing an affair. Also, the crime is in demanding money in exchange for silence; not for revealing the matter at hand. So even blackmail based on the belief that there was a crime or something embarrassing is all that is needed, even if there was none; as the crime is solely on the actions of the blackmailer.It’s blackmail regardless of whether or not there was wrong doing.
No, blackmail is when you have criminal evidence against somebody and are threatening to reveal that evidence unless your demands are met. If there is no criminal evidence, there can't be blackmail.
Here is an example. This is the law in Florida. As you can see, a crime on the victim's part is not required.
836.05 Threats; extortion.—Whoever, either verbally or by a written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse another of any crime or offense, or by such communication maliciously threatens an injury to the person, property or reputation of another, or maliciously threatens to expose another to disgrace, or to expose any secret affecting another, or to impute any deformity or lack of chastity to another, with intent thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatsoever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened, or any other person, to do any act or refrain from doing any act against his or her will, shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. [/URL]775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
Trump just blackmailed Democrats and the sycophantic right, ever diligent and loyal to trump, leap once again at the opportunity to defend his boorish tactics.
So what does that have to do with what I said?
If Trump doesn't have anything, he has no ability to blackmail anybody.
No, there is no "what Trump believes." He either has something or he doesn't. And if he doesn't have anything, then it's not blackmail.
I can't blackmail you by saying I'll tell the cops you are on USMB because you are doing nothing wrong by being on USMB.