Remember John Edwards?

[JoeB131]

Hey remember when John Edwards used campaign funds to hide an extra-marital affair with Reille Hunter?

Republicans were fine with prosecuting him for it.

John Edwards extramarital affair - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

On June 3, 2011, Edwards was indicted by a North Carolina grand jury on six felony charges. He faced a maximum sentence of thirty years in prison and a $1.5 million fine, or a USD250,000 fine and/or five years imprisonment per charge.[108] The indictment came after the failure of intensive negotiations for a plea bargain. The agreement would have meant that Edwards would have been required to plead guilty to three misdemeanor campaign finance law violations, in addition to a six-month prison sentence, but would have allowed Edwards to keep his law license.[109]

After delays, due to Edwards' medical condition, jury selection for the trial began on April 12, 2012. Opening statements began on April 23.[110] A verdict (not guilty on one count and a mistrial on the remaining five) to the trial was reached on May 31, 2012.[111]

So were most Democrats, actually.

It seems to me that if hiding an affair from your cancer-stricken wife is bad, so is hiding an affair from your pregnant wife.

 

[Mac-7]

Edwards was using campaign money while trump used his own money

 

[JoeB131]

Edwards was using campaign money while trump used hiscown money

Then he shouldn't have falsified business records to hide the payment.

 

[Mac-7]

Then he shouldn't have falsified business records to hide the payment.

If so thats an accounting error worthy of a fine not a felony

 

[ColonelAngus]

The funny part of the Edwards cheating is the media knew all about it and ignored it.

The National Enquirer broke the story.

The big take away from the Edwards story is how the media is in the bag for the Dems. Hunter Biden laptop censorship was also comical.

Edwards had a medical condition for the trial? Of course he did.

 

[wamose]

I liked the name of the boat Edwards was cheating on. The Monkey Business

 

[iku]

Edwards was using campaign money while trump used hiscown money

Hey remember when John Edwards used campaign funds to hide an extra-marital affair with Reille Hunter?

Joe, ask the admin to lock this one. Epic fail, EPIC

 

[JoeB131]

If so thats an accounting error worthy of a fine not a felony

Oh, please, we've sent people to prison for "accounting errors" that are far less.

I liked the name of the boat Edwards was cheating on. The Monkey Business

You are thinking of Gary Hart. But you raise an interesting point. Hart, Clinton, Edwards were all held to account for sticking their dicks in places they didn't belong.

So should Trump.

 

[DBA]

Hey remember when John Edwards used campaign funds to hide an extra-marital affair with Reille Hunter?

Republicans were fine with prosecuting him for it.

John Edwards extramarital affair - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

On June 3, 2011, Edwards was indicted by a North Carolina grand jury on six felony charges. He faced a maximum sentence of thirty years in prison and a $1.5 million fine, or a USD250,000 fine and/or five years imprisonment per charge.[108] The indictment came after the failure of intensive negotiations for a plea bargain. The agreement would have meant that Edwards would have been required to plead guilty to three misdemeanor campaign finance law violations, in addition to a six-month prison sentence, but would have allowed Edwards to keep his law license.[109]

After delays, due to Edwards' medical condition, jury selection for the trial began on April 12, 2012. Opening statements began on April 23.[110] A verdict (not guilty on one count and a mistrial on the remaining five) to the trial was reached on May 31, 2012.[111]

So were most Democrats, actually.

It seems to me that if hiding an affair from your cancer-stricken wife is bad, so is hiding an affair from your pregnant wife.

The Trump case is an utter embarrassment to law. Flimsy is an understatement.

The New York case against Trump relies on a 'twisty' legal theory that reeks of desperation

 

[JoeB131]

The funny part of the Edwards cheating is the media knew all about it and ignored it.

The National Enquirer broke the story.

The big take away from the Edwards story is how the media is in the bag for the Dems. Hunter Biden laptop censorship was also comical.

Edwards had a medical condition for the trial? Of course he did.

Because it wasn't really a story. By the time it came out, Obama was already mopping the floor with him.

No one censored the Hunter Laptop story. It's just no one really believed it, not even Fox News.

 

[DBA]

Oh, please, we've sent people to prison for "accounting errors" that are far less.

It is a misdemeanor at best. I guess we are supposed to change the law so we can get Trump.

You are thinking of Gary Hart. But you raise an interesting point. Hart, Clinton, Edwards were all held to account for sticking their dicks in places they didn't belong.

In the case of Clinton, he lied under oath. He wasn’t impeached for his sexual escapades, but rather lying about them. You can’t lie under oath. Pretty simple.

 

[JoeB131]

The Trump case is an utter embarrassment to law. Flimsy is an understatement.

The New York case against Trump relies on a 'twisty' legal theory that reeks of desperation

Sounds pretty straightfoward to me, and they've sent thousands of people to jail for the same crime.

Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records

A survey of years of New York criminal cases, which shows that the prosecution of falsifying business records in first degree is common.

www.justsecurity.org

• The People of the State of New York v. Josue Aguilar Dubon, AKA Saady Dubon, AKA Alejandro Ortiz (October 2022) — Bronx business owner indicted for failing to report over $1 million in income, avoiding paying $60,000 in taxes.

• The People of the State of New York v. Scott Kirtland (February 2022) — Insurance broker indicted for allegedly creating/filing fraudulent certificates of liability insurance to further scheme to defraud.
• The People of the State of New York v. James Garner (November 2021) — Mental health therapy aide indicted for allegedly defrauding over $35,000 in workers’ compensation benefits.
• The People of the State of New York v. Jose Palmer (November 2016) — Pleaded guilty to petit larceny for unemployment benefits fraud of over $3,000, having initially been indicted for grand larceny and falsifying business records in the first degree.
• The People of the State of New York v. Jason Holley (November 2016) — Convicted by jury of falsifying business records in the first degree but acquitted of the predicate crime, insurance fraud.
• The People of the State of New York v. Christina Murray (May 2015) & People v. Terrel Murray (May 2014) — Married couple convicted of house fire insurance claim, attempting to recover the cash value of various items of property that were ostensibly lost in the fire.
• The People of the State of New York v. Barbara A. Freeland (June 2013) — Convicted for falsely claiming on a food stamps application that a young adult lived with her.
• The People of the State of New York v. Maria F. Ramirez (August 2010) — Convicted for returning unpurchased items to a store in exchange for store credit, thus causing a false entry in a business record of an enterprise, and using the store credit to purchase additional items one day.

 

[DBA]

No one censored the Hunter Laptop story. It's just no one really believed it, not even Fox News.

Yes, it was censored. That is a fact. Also, only you fully indoctrinated didn’t and don’t believe it is real. The rest of us that can think for ourselves and read reports by the FBI think differently.

 

[DBA]

Sounds pretty straightfoward to me, and they've sent thousands of people to jail for the same crime.

Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records

A survey of years of New York criminal cases, which shows that the prosecution of falsifying business records in first degree is common.

www.justsecurity.org

• The People of the State of New York v. Josue Aguilar Dubon, AKA Saady Dubon, AKA Alejandro Ortiz (October 2022) — Bronx business owner indicted for failing to report over $1 million in income, avoiding paying $60,000 in taxes.
• The People of the State of New York v. Scott Kirtland (February 2022) — Insurance broker indicted for allegedly creating/filing fraudulent certificates of liability insurance to further scheme to defraud.
• The People of the State of New York v. James Garner (November 2021) — Mental health therapy aide indicted for allegedly defrauding over $35,000 in workers’ compensation benefits.
• The People of the State of New York v. Jose Palmer (November 2016) — Pleaded guilty to petit larceny for unemployment benefits fraud of over $3,000, having initially been indicted for grand larceny and falsifying business records in the first degree.
• The People of the State of New York v. Jason Holley (November 2016) — Convicted by jury of falsifying business records in the first degree but acquitted of the predicate crime, insurance fraud.
• The People of the State of New York v. Christina Murray (May 2015) & People v. Terrel Murray (May 2014) — Married couple convicted of house fire insurance claim, attempting to recover the cash value of various items of property that were ostensibly lost in the fire.
• The People of the State of New York v. Barbara A. Freeland (June 2013) — Convicted for falsely claiming on a food stamps application that a young adult lived with her.
• The People of the State of New York v. Maria F. Ramirez (August 2010) — Convicted for returning unpurchased items to a store in exchange for store credit, thus causing a false entry in a business record of an enterprise, and using the store credit to purchase additional items one day.

You are simply…wrong.

 

[JoeB131]

It is a misdemeanor at best. I guess we are supposed to change the law so we can get Trump.

Well, it's kind of like getting Al Capone on income tax evasion. You know he's done FAR worse stuff.

In the case of Clinton, he lied under oath. He wasn’t impeached for his sexual escapades, but rather lying about them. You can’t lie under oath. Pretty simple.

Trump isn't on trial for fucking Stormy, he's on trial for falsifying business records.

 

[rightwinger]

Hey remember when John Edwards used campaign funds to hide an extra-marital affair with Reille Hunter?

Republicans were fine with prosecuting him for it.

John Edwards extramarital affair - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

On June 3, 2011, Edwards was indicted by a North Carolina grand jury on six felony charges. He faced a maximum sentence of thirty years in prison and a $1.5 million fine, or a USD250,000 fine and/or five years imprisonment per charge.[108] The indictment came after the failure of intensive negotiations for a plea bargain. The agreement would have meant that Edwards would have been required to plead guilty to three misdemeanor campaign finance law violations, in addition to a six-month prison sentence, but would have allowed Edwards to keep his law license.[109]

After delays, due to Edwards' medical condition, jury selection for the trial began on April 12, 2012. Opening statements began on April 23.[110] A verdict (not guilty on one count and a mistrial on the remaining five) to the trial was reached on May 31, 2012.[111]

So were most Democrats, actually.

It seems to me that if hiding an affair from your cancer-stricken wife is bad, so is hiding an affair from your pregnant wife.

Democrats turned on Edwards and forced him to resign

Republicans have no such standards of conduct

 

[JoeB131]

Yes, it was censored. That is a fact. Also, only you fully indoctrinated didn’t and don’t believe it is real. The rest of us that can think for ourselves and read reports by the FBI think differently.

Where's the purchase receipt for that device with that serial number to Hunter?

No one ever disputed the data was real. Or at least some of it.

Just not seeing why the private correspondence of a private citizen is a big deal.

You are simply…wrong.

Point is, other people have been charged and convicted of the same thing.

And you guys impeached Clinton for a blow job, so you really have no leg to stand on.

 

[JoeB131]

Democrats turned on Edwards and forced him to resign

Republicans have no such standards of conduct

Good point.

Edwards, Hart, Andrew Cuomo, Al Franken. You get caught in inappropriate conduct, you get held to account.

The "Party of Family Values" needs to do that.

 

[progressive hunter]

Hey remember when John Edwards used campaign funds to hide an extra-marital affair with Reille Hunter?

Republicans were fine with prosecuting him for it.

John Edwards extramarital affair - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

On June 3, 2011, Edwards was indicted by a North Carolina grand jury on six felony charges. He faced a maximum sentence of thirty years in prison and a $1.5 million fine, or a USD250,000 fine and/or five years imprisonment per charge.[108] The indictment came after the failure of intensive negotiations for a plea bargain. The agreement would have meant that Edwards would have been required to plead guilty to three misdemeanor campaign finance law violations, in addition to a six-month prison sentence, but would have allowed Edwards to keep his law license.[109]

After delays, due to Edwards' medical condition, jury selection for the trial began on April 12, 2012. Opening statements began on April 23.[110] A verdict (not guilty on one count and a mistrial on the remaining five) to the trial was reached on May 31, 2012.[111]

So were most Democrats, actually.

It seems to me that if hiding an affair from your cancer-stricken wife is bad, so is hiding an affair from your pregnant wife.

OMG!!

I remember that,,

do you have a point??

 

[bdtex]

If so thats an accounting error worthy of a fine not a felony

It wasn't an "error". It was intentional.