What does Trump and John Edwards have in common?

[Votto]

Former presidential candidate John Edwards was accused of funneling nearly $1 million in donor contributions to support his pregnant mistress and criminally charged with a campaign finance violation. Here's how the case played out.

A grand jury indicted Donald Trump, likely over a "hush-money" payment to Stormy Daniels. A similar case unfolded in 2011 against John Edwards.

www.yahoo.com

Remember John Edwards, the VP candidate with John Kerry for the Democrat Presidential candidate? He was accused of the same crime Trump is regarding Stormy Daniels. For you see, he too had a mistress he was financing using questionable funds.

• John Edwards was charged with campaign finance violations in 2011 related to his 2008 presidential run.
• He was accused by the DOJ of funneling nearly $1 million in donations to his pregnant mistress.
• Edwards was acquitted of one campaign finance violation charge — the others were dropped.

As an indictment looms against former President Donald Trump for an alleged hush-money payment made to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their affair, legal experts are speculating what the outcome will be if Trump is charged in relation to the campaign finance violation.
The last time a presidential candidate was criminally charged for alleged campaign finance violations, John Edwards faced up to 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines.

So why did they drop the charges against Edwards? Cuz he is a democrat, stupid.

Legal experts regarded the case as shaky because the charges were not based on a specific federal statute, but an advisory opinion written by the FEC that argued gifts made to political candidates should be considered campaign contributions, CNN and The Washington Post reported at the time.

After nine days of deliberations, a jury acquitted Edwards of one charge of accepting an illegal donation, ABC News reported, but was hopelessly deadlocked on the other five counts, resulting in a mistrial. The Department of Justice chose not to re-try Edwards, Politico reported.

"It's not illegal to be a pig," said Brett Kappel, a Washington campaign finance expert told The Washington Post at the time the charges were brought. "Is what Edwards did slimy? Absolutely. Everyone will agree it was reprehensible. But it's not a crime."

 

[Votto]

But as we have seen with Biden and his confidential document thingy, Trump will be treated differently as he always is.

 

[strollingbones]

Former presidential candidate John Edwards was accused of funneling nearly $1 million in donor contributions to support his pregnant mistress and criminally charged with a campaign finance violation. Here's how the case played out.

A grand jury indicted Donald Trump, likely over a "hush-money" payment to Stormy Daniels. A similar case unfolded in 2011 against John Edwards.

www.yahoo.com

Remember John Edwards, the VP candidate with John Kerry for the Democrat Presidential candidate? He was accused of the same crime Trump is regarding Stormy Daniels. For you see, he too had a mistress he was financing using questionable funds.

• John Edwards was charged with campaign finance violations in 2011 related to his 2008 presidential run.
• He was accused by the DOJ of funneling nearly $1 million in donations to his pregnant mistress.
• Edwards was acquitted of one campaign finance violation charge — the others were dropped.

As an indictment looms against former President Donald Trump for an alleged hush-money payment made to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their affair, legal experts are speculating what the outcome will be if Trump is charged in relation to the campaign finance violation.
The last time a presidential candidate was criminally charged for alleged campaign finance violations, John Edwards faced up to 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines.

So why did they drop the charges against Edwards?

Legal experts regarded the case as shaky because the charges were not based on a specific federal statute, but an advisory opinion written by the FEC that argued gifts made to political candidates should be considered campaign contributions, CNN and The Washington Post reported at the time.

After nine days of deliberations, a jury acquitted Edwards of one charge of accepting an illegal donation, ABC News reported, but was hopelessly deadlocked on the other five counts, resulting in a mistrial. The Department of Justice chose not to re-try Edwards, Politico reported.

"It's not illegal to be a pig," said Brett Kappel, a Washington campaign finance expert told The Washington Post at the time the charges were brought. "Is what Edwards did slimy? Absolutely. Everyone will agree it was reprehensible. But it's not a crime."

dont even bring up cal cummingham...why is it always the nc boys with their dicks in the wrong place

 

[candycorn]

Yeah...when you raise money to run for President or other elected office, I think those contributing just expect you to pay your mistresses hush money with their contributions...

Perhaps someday, we'll arrive at the proverbial "bridge too far" with blob supporters.... Today isn't that day. Perhaps there is nothing they won't excuse. It's looking more and more like that is the case.

 

[kyzr]

Yeah...when you raise money to run for President or other elected office, I think those contributing just expect you to pay your mistresses hush money with their contributions...
Perhaps someday, we'll arrive at the proverbial "bridge too far" with blob supporters.... Today isn't that day. Perhaps there is nothing they won't excuse. It's looking more and more like that is the case.

"A bridge too far" already happened:
Trump's presidency was a miracle in itself, the biggest upset in US election history. Hillary and the DNC actually colluded with and paid Russians for "dirt" on Trump, aka the "Steele Dossier". Obama used the power of the DOJ, FBI, CIA and other Federal agencies to illegally spy on and setup Trump for failure. FBI operations Crossfire Hurricane and Razor, the Mueller Investigation, Russian Collusion Hoax, the MSM's constant 95% negative coverage and "fake news", Never-Trump Republicans, the Lincoln Project, globalists of every stripe, the entrenched Deep State who all oppose Trump's policies, the planted leakers and whistle-blowers, and the RINOs who'd rather shill for K-Street than work for main street. Then add to all of that the outright hatred shown by the House democrats toward Trump, to the point of "non-crime" Impeachment Articles, twice!! Now the Soros DA in NYC is going to indict Trump for a non-crime.
Then during the 2020 election the high-tech oligarchs colluded with the FBI to cover-up the Biden crimes and buy the election; google “zuckerbucks” as an example. When Elon Musk bought Twitter the truth came out. Now the Soros DA in NYC is going to indict Trump for a non-crime. The US is on the verge of becoming a Fascist state.

 

[SweetSue92]

Yeah...when you raise money to run for President or other elected office, I think those contributing just expect you to pay your mistresses hush money with their contributions...

Perhaps someday, we'll arrive at the proverbial "bridge too far" with blob supporters.... Today isn't that day. Perhaps there is nothing they won't excuse. It's looking more and more like that is the case.

Awww, look at the "in the privacy of their bedroom" liberals now. Turns out they're only talking about teenagers who want their breasts chopped off or maybe men who want to dress like women. Not men who cheated, or I mean, men who are REPUBLICAN who cheated. Then they are pursed-lipped Puritans.

 

[Votto]

Awww, look at the "in the privacy of their bedroom" liberals now. Turns out they're only talking about teenagers who want their breasts chopped off or maybe men who want to dress like women. Not men who cheated, or I mean, men who are REPUBLICAN who cheated. Then they are pursed-lipped Puritans.

What happened to embracing the LGTB movement? I mean, with bisexuals in the mix, we must all embrace multiple partners or be a bigoted racist homophobic xeno something or other I thought.

But bisexuals I reckon are the stepchild with the Alphabet people. No one cares about them.

 

[candycorn]

"A bridge too far" already happened:
Trump's presidency was a miracle in itself, the biggest upset in US election history. Hillary and the DNC actually colluded with and paid Russians for "dirt" on Trump, aka the "Steele Dossier". Obama used the power of the DOJ, FBI, CIA and other Federal agencies to illegally spy on and setup Trump for failure. FBI operations Crossfire Hurricane and Razor, the Mueller Investigation, Russian Collusion Hoax, the MSM's constant 95% negative coverage and "fake news", Never-Trump Republicans, the Lincoln Project, globalists of every stripe, the entrenched Deep State who all oppose Trump's policies, the planted leakers and whistle-blowers, and the RINOs who'd rather shill for K-Street than work for main street. Then add to all of that the outright hatred shown by the House democrats toward Trump, to the point of "non-crime" Impeachment Articles, twice!! Now the Soros DA in NYC is going to indict Trump for a non-crime.
Then during the 2020 election the high-tech oligarchs colluded with the FBI to cover-up the Biden crimes and buy the election; google “zuckerbucks” as an example. When Elon Musk bought Twitter the truth came out. Now the Soros DA in NYC is going to indict Trump for a non-crime. The US is on the verge of becoming a Fascist state.

Was there anyone who wasn't/isn't plotting against Trump?

Wow.

 

[johngaltshrugged]

Yeah...when you raise money to run for President or other elected office, I think those contributing just expect you to pay your mistresses hush money with their contributions...

Perhaps someday, we'll arrive at the proverbial "bridge too far" with blob supporters.... Today isn't that day. Perhaps there is nothing they won't excuse. It's looking more and more like that is the case.

Again handyporn, supporters gave DT money because they wanted him for president.
A porn whore was threatening those chances through extortion.
DT made a perfectly rational calculation that paying off Slutty McSleazy was the logical solution & used a tiny fraction of his money to make her accusations go away.
Where was the injury here?

The rest is all semantics over paperwork & process rules.
You all are celebrating the equivalent of a jaywalking ticket summons.

 

[candycorn]

What happened to embracing the LGTB movement?

Are you saying Trump was doing guys too?



But please...no pics.

 

[SweetSue92]

What happened to embracing the LGTB movement? I mean, with bisexuals in the mix, we must all embrace multiple partners or be a bigoted racist homophobic xeno something or other I thought.

But bisexuals I reckon are the stepchild with the Alphabet people. No one cares about them.

That stuff is all exotic enough for them I guess. Some old white guy having a little on the side, OH NO. They're snickering Puritans.

(BTW, all of this stuff is sexual sin in my Book. Well not my Book, God's Book. But liberals clearly want to pick and choose. Lia Thomas taking trophies from women: cool. Married men having affairs....get the smelling salts.)

 

[candycorn]

Again handyporn, supporters gave DT money because they wanted him for president.
A porn whore was threatening those chances through extortion.
DT made a perfectly rational calculation that paying off Slutty McSleazy was the logical solution & used a tiny fraction of his money to make her accusations go away.
Where was the injury here?

The rest is all semantics over paperwork & process rules.
You all are celebrating the equivalent of a jaywalking ticket summons.

Is that the Christian thing to do? Pay a porn star for sex then lie about it?

I'm sure you'll find something to justify it.

You guys will never get to that bridge too far.... It just doesn't exist. Such is life in the cult.

PS: Did he commit a crime?

 

[sealybobo]

Former presidential candidate John Edwards was accused of funneling nearly $1 million in donor contributions to support his pregnant mistress and criminally charged with a campaign finance violation. Here's how the case played out.

A grand jury indicted Donald Trump, likely over a "hush-money" payment to Stormy Daniels. A similar case unfolded in 2011 against John Edwards.

www.yahoo.com

Remember John Edwards, the VP candidate with John Kerry for the Democrat Presidential candidate? He was accused of the same crime Trump is regarding Stormy Daniels. For you see, he too had a mistress he was financing using questionable funds.

• John Edwards was charged with campaign finance violations in 2011 related to his 2008 presidential run.
• He was accused by the DOJ of funneling nearly $1 million in donations to his pregnant mistress.
• Edwards was acquitted of one campaign finance violation charge — the others were dropped.

As an indictment looms against former President Donald Trump for an alleged hush-money payment made to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their affair, legal experts are speculating what the outcome will be if Trump is charged in relation to the campaign finance violation.
The last time a presidential candidate was criminally charged for alleged campaign finance violations, John Edwards faced up to 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines.

So why did they drop the charges against Edwards? Cuz he is a democrat, stupid.

Legal experts regarded the case as shaky because the charges were not based on a specific federal statute, but an advisory opinion written by the FEC that argued gifts made to political candidates should be considered campaign contributions, CNN and The Washington Post reported at the time.

After nine days of deliberations, a jury acquitted Edwards of one charge of accepting an illegal donation, ABC News reported, but was hopelessly deadlocked on the other five counts, resulting in a mistrial. The Department of Justice chose not to re-try Edwards, Politico reported.

"It's not illegal to be a pig," said Brett Kappel, a Washington campaign finance expert told The Washington Post at the time the charges were brought. "Is what Edwards did slimy? Absolutely. Everyone will agree it was reprehensible. But it's not a crime."

Notice he went away? If he didn't go away charges might not have been dropped. Him doing what Trump did rightfully ruined his political aspirations.

 

[candycorn]

That stuff is all exotic enough for them I guess. Some old white guy having a little on the side, OH NO. They're snickering Puritans.

(BTW, all of this stuff is sexual sin in my Book. Well not my Book, God's Book. But liberals clearly want to pick and choose. Lia Thomas taking trophies from women: cool. Married men having affairs....get the smelling salts.)

So you're not only an ignorant bitch, you're a hypocritical ignorant bitch. Right?

 

[SweetSue92]

So you're not only an ignorant bitch, you're a hypocritical ignorant bitch. Right?

If Jesus Christ were on the ballot, I'd vote for him. Sadly, He's not running for elected office. Therefore, we are all voting for sinners.

 

[sealybobo]

Is that the Christian thing to do? Pay a porn star for sex then lie about it?

I'm sure you'll find something to justify it.

You guys will never get to that bridge too far.... It just doesn't exist. Such is life in the cult.

PS: Did he commit a crime?

Look at how they still insist Bush didn't lie us into Iraq. Only one Republican has ever admitted Bush lied us into Iraq. Do you know who that man is?

Donald Trump. Twice in the primaries

In the Feb. 13 debate in South Carolina, debate moderator John Dickerson asked Trump about an October 2008 interview in which Trump said it would have been a “wonderful thing” if Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi tried to impeach Bush because he lied about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. Asked if he still believes that Bush should have been impeached, Trump called the Iraq war a “big fat mistake.” Pressed again for an answer, Trump went on to say

Trump, Feb. 13: You call it whatever you want. I want to tell you. They lied. They said there were weapons of mass destruction; there were none. And they knew there were none. There were no weapons of mass destruction.

 

[Votto]

I have to hand it to the cult. They come here every day and shamelessly defend the DNC every single day, despite getting their arses handed to them routinely.

They are true believers.

 

[struth]

Former presidential candidate John Edwards was accused of funneling nearly $1 million in donor contributions to support his pregnant mistress and criminally charged with a campaign finance violation. Here's how the case played out.

A grand jury indicted Donald Trump, likely over a "hush-money" payment to Stormy Daniels. A similar case unfolded in 2011 against John Edwards.

www.yahoo.com

Remember John Edwards, the VP candidate with John Kerry for the Democrat Presidential candidate? He was accused of the same crime Trump is regarding Stormy Daniels. For you see, he too had a mistress he was financing using questionable funds.

• John Edwards was charged with campaign finance violations in 2011 related to his 2008 presidential run.
• He was accused by the DOJ of funneling nearly $1 million in donations to his pregnant mistress.
• Edwards was acquitted of one campaign finance violation charge — the others were dropped.

As an indictment looms against former President Donald Trump for an alleged hush-money payment made to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their affair, legal experts are speculating what the outcome will be if Trump is charged in relation to the campaign finance violation.
The last time a presidential candidate was criminally charged for alleged campaign finance violations, John Edwards faced up to 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines.

So why did they drop the charges against Edwards? Cuz he is a democrat, stupid.

Legal experts regarded the case as shaky because the charges were not based on a specific federal statute, but an advisory opinion written by the FEC that argued gifts made to political candidates should be considered campaign contributions, CNN and The Washington Post reported at the time.

After nine days of deliberations, a jury acquitted Edwards of one charge of accepting an illegal donation, ABC News reported, but was hopelessly deadlocked on the other five counts, resulting in a mistrial. The Department of Justice chose not to re-try Edwards, Politico reported.

"It's not illegal to be a pig," said Brett Kappel, a Washington campaign finance expert told The Washington Post at the time the charges were brought. "Is what Edwards did slimy? Absolutely. Everyone will agree it was reprehensible. But it's not a crime."

The Edwards case was much better for the Govt as he actually used campaign funds…and an obvious affair

 

[SweetSue92]

Is that the Christian thing to do? Pay a porn star for sex then lie about it?

I'm sure you'll find something to justify it.

You guys will never get to that bridge too far.... It just doesn't exist. Such is life in the cult.

PS: Did he commit a crime?

No, of course not. It's a terrible thing to do. But the choice on the ballot was between Trump and Clinton, and then Trump and Biden. I am left to choose between someone who has plenty of sexual sins with women vs. someone who has corruption to her eyeballs and a man who is corrupt with our rival China. All sin. The latter two will probably tank our nation, while the former is a more "private" sin.

But YOU all are obsessed with his sexual sins, while of course, blaming us for being obsessed with what "people do in the privacy of their bedrooms".

It's a giant running joke of course.

 

[Smokin' OP]

I have to hand it to the cult. They come here every day and shamelessly defend the DNC every single day, despite getting their arses handed to them routinely.

They are true believers.

That would be Trump's cult.