WSJ: Prosecutors have evidence Trump personally involved in paying off mistresses

[McRocket]

'President Trump directed or was personally involved in multiple payments of hush money to women claiming to have had sexual encounters with him — potentially breaking campaign finance laws, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Why it matters: We’re now starting to get a picture of what Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, tabloid exec David Pecker and former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg have been telling federal prosecutors, Axios' Jonathan Swan says.

What to know: New York City federal prosecutors wrote up an 80-page draft indictment in August to be used against Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, which outlined Cohen's coordination with undisclosed Trump campaign members via phone calls and meetings about the payments to women claiming sexual relationships. Sources familiar with the document told the Wall Street Journal that the unnamed campaign member was Trump himself.

How he did it:

• In 2015, Trump asked American Media CEO Pecker to help him with his campaign. Pecker offered to use the National Enquirer to silence women who claim to have had sexual relationships with Trump, according to WSJ. He eventually paid $150,000 to model Karen McDougal, who claimed to have had an affair with Trump years before.
• Cohen has also reportedly told prosecutors that he discussed with Trump the payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks leading up to it, and how to ensure it could not be traced back to the then-presidential candidate.

The bottom line: In order to be guilty of federal campaign finance crimes, Trump would have had to used more than $2,700 worth of campaign contributions from companies or individuals in these payments, Richard Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, told WSJ.'

WSJ: Prosecutors have evidence Trump personally involved in paying off mistresses

Interesting.

Trumpbots...start your spinning.

 

[Kondor3]

Nothing will come of this.

 

[McRocket]

Trump is fat, stupid, racist, xenophobic, a mega-liar, misogynistic, threatens people, cons millions, openly craves his eldest daughter, breaks marital vows with reckless abandon, inherited almost everything he got (but lies about it), ducked the draft (yet insults vets simply for being captured), is lousy at business (multiple bankruptcies and failed companies) and is incredibly self-centred.

Is there ANYTHING admirable about this pathetic loser?

 

[Oddball]

Trump is fat, stupid, racist, xenophobic, a mega-liar, misogynistic, threatens people, cons millions, openly craves his eldest daughter, breaks marital vows with reckless abandon, inherited almost everything he got (but lies about it), ducked the draft (yet insults vets simply for being captured), is lousy at business (multiple bankruptcies and failed companies) and is incredibly self-centred.

Is there ANYTHING good about this pathetic loser?

Thank you, NPC.

 

[Kondor3]

Nothing will come of this.

Some Trumpbot, faceless, nameless nobody with ZERO factual proof to back it up claims - matter-of-factly - 'nothing will come of this'.

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure...that is prooof enough.

Me?

TrumpBot?

What are you smoking?

And why aren't you sharing?

 

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

Trump is fat, stupid, racist, xenophobic, a mega-liar, misogynistic, threatens people, cons millions, openly craves his eldest daughter, breaks marital vows with reckless abandon, inherited almost everything he got (but lies about it), ducked the draft (yet insults vets simply for being captured), is lousy at business (multiple bankruptcies and failed companies) and is incredibly self-centred.

Is there ANYTHING good about this pathetic loser?

He saved us from Hillary The Hag and the Clinton Crime Family.

More importantly he gets you all wee wee'd up and that is funny.

Need a tissue darling?

 

[Aurora Woman]

Nothing will come of this.

True. The wealthy almost always get away with crimes that you and I would go to prison for.

 

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

Nothing will come of this.

True. The wealthy almost always get away with crimes that you and I would go to prison for.

Need a tissue honey?

 

[Aurora Woman]

Need a tissue honey?

Uh oh. Are you dripping again? Thanks, much appreciated.

 

[McRocket]

Nothing will come of this.

Some Trumpbot, faceless, nameless nobody with ZERO factual proof to back it up claims - matter-of-factly - 'nothing will come of this'.

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure...that is prooof enough.

Me?

TrumpBot?

What are you smoking?

And why aren't you sharing?

I apologize if I misread your post.

Being a right wing, slanted board, I assumed you were defending him.

I should know better than to assume.

I will erase my post.

 

[Aurora Woman]

I apologize if I misread your post.

Being a right wing slanted board. I assumed you were defending him.

I should know better to assume.

I will erase my post.

Wow. Integrity. That's seldom encountered on these political discussion sites. Thank you!

 

[McRocket]

I apologize if I misread your post.

Being a right wing slanted board. I assumed you were defending him.

I should know better to assume.

I will erase my post.

Wow. Integrity. That's seldom encountered on these political discussion sites. Thank you!

Thank you.

And sadly, you are correct...integrity is rare on 'these political discussion sites'.

 

[McRocket]

Nothing will come of this.

True. The wealthy almost always get away with crimes that you and I would go to prison for.

Need a tissue honey?

Honey?

Hey...tell us what it is like back in 1978? Because you are obviously - somehow - posting from that time.

 

[Lakhota]

'President Trump directed or was personally involved in multiple payments of hush money to women claiming to have had sexual encounters with him — potentially breaking campaign finance laws, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Why it matters: We’re now starting to get a picture of what Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, tabloid exec David Pecker and former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg have been telling federal prosecutors, Axios' Jonathan Swan says.

What to know: New York City federal prosecutors wrote up an 80-page draft indictment in August to be used against Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, which outlined Cohen's coordination with undisclosed Trump campaign members via phone calls and meetings about the payments to women claiming sexual relationships. Sources familiar with the document told the Wall Street Journal that the unnamed campaign member was Trump himself.

How he did it:

• In 2015, Trump asked American Media CEO Pecker to help him with his campaign. Pecker offered to use the National Enquirer to silence women who claim to have had sexual relationships with Trump, according to WSJ. He eventually paid $150,000 to model Karen McDougal, who claimed to have had an affair with Trump years before.
• Cohen has also reportedly told prosecutors that he discussed with Trump the payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks leading up to it, and how to ensure it could not be traced back to the then-presidential candidate.

The bottom line: In order to be guilty of federal campaign finance crimes, Trump would have had to used more than $2,700 worth of campaign contributions from companies or individuals in these payments, Richard Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, told WSJ.'

WSJ: Prosecutors have evidence Trump personally involved in paying off mistresses

Interesting.

Trumpbots...start your spinning.

Yep, that's been the big news tonight.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

And yet he is still denying that he fucked her.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Nothing will come of this.

Which is the problem.

Americans have become numb to Trump’s lies, dishonesty, and corruption.

 

[Aldo Raine]

Trump is fat, stupid, racist, xenophobic, a mega-liar, misogynistic, threatens people, cons millions, openly craves his eldest daughter, breaks marital vows with reckless abandon, inherited almost everything he got (but lies about it), ducked the draft (yet insults vets simply for being captured), is lousy at business (multiple bankruptcies and failed companies) and is incredibly self-centred.

Is there ANYTHING admirable about this pathetic loser?

Well, when you put it like that, not so much! But we are getting health care that is cheaper and covers all and it was SO easy. We have a big, beautiful border wall that Mexico has paid for, on wait!

 

[cnm]

Americans have become numb to Trump’s lies, dishonesty, and corruption.

Seems to me the Americans which comprise his base admire them more with each one, rather than becoming numb.

 

[Meathead]

Seems to me the Americans which comprise his base admires them more with each one, rather than becoming numb.

Having a second language must be wonderful.

 

[gipper]

'President Trump directed or was personally involved in multiple payments of hush money to women claiming to have had sexual encounters with him — potentially breaking campaign finance laws, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Why it matters: We’re now starting to get a picture of what Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, tabloid exec David Pecker and former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg have been telling federal prosecutors, Axios' Jonathan Swan says.

What to know: New York City federal prosecutors wrote up an 80-page draft indictment in August to be used against Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, which outlined Cohen's coordination with undisclosed Trump campaign members via phone calls and meetings about the payments to women claiming sexual relationships. Sources familiar with the document told the Wall Street Journal that the unnamed campaign member was Trump himself.

How he did it:

• In 2015, Trump asked American Media CEO Pecker to help him with his campaign. Pecker offered to use the National Enquirer to silence women who claim to have had sexual relationships with Trump, according to WSJ. He eventually paid $150,000 to model Karen McDougal, who claimed to have had an affair with Trump years before.
• Cohen has also reportedly told prosecutors that he discussed with Trump the payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks leading up to it, and how to ensure it could not be traced back to the then-presidential candidate.

The bottom line: In order to be guilty of federal campaign finance crimes, Trump would have had to used more than $2,700 worth of campaign contributions from companies or individuals in these payments, Richard Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, told WSJ.'

WSJ: Prosecutors have evidence Trump personally involved in paying off mistresses

Interesting.

Trumpbots...start your spinning.

Yep, that's been the big news tonight.

As bad as Donnie is, we can all take solace in knowing Hillary still isn’t POTUS. That’s big no?