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Stormy Daniels.
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Don't recall it being called hush money when the Obamas, Clintons entered into an ND agreement.
So, you did not mention Stormy Daniels, and, I repeat, regarding the Obamas and the Clintons, no many changed hands.
I heard Cohen said he didn’t get money from Trump to pay him back for SD. OopsPay close attention to the "crime" for which they wish to charge him: He paid someone to keep quiet about an embarrassing episode, but failed to report that as a political campaign contribution to his own Presidential campaign.
Name one other person in history who was pursued to this extent, successfully, for such a silly offense. I'll spot you John Edwards, who was acquitted.
Donald Trump is the only person in the United States, and New York is the only jurisdiction in the world, where someone would be pursued so aggressively for such a petty crime. AT WORST, it warrants a small fine. And they empanel a grand jury to pursue it?
It confirms the extremely low opinion that people around the country have of New York.
Paula Jones? You fkers are truly stupid. Thanks for your selective outrageYou wrote;
Don't recall it being called hush money when the Obamas, Clintons entered into an ND agreement.
So, you did not mention Stormy Daniels, and, I repeat, regarding the Obamas and the Clintons, no many changed hands.
Clearly you have no idea what the conversation was aboutPaula Jones? You fkers are truly stupid. Thanks for your selective outrage
Paula JonesHow do you know no money changed hands?
The people involved in the agreement usually don't talk about it. DUH
“I'm taken aback at the idea of indicting a former president of the United States at a—at a time when there's a crime wave in New York City,” Pence told Jonathan Karl on ABC’s This Week, “that fact that the Manhattan D.A. thinks that indicting President Trump is his top priority I think it—just tells you everything you need to know about the radical left in this country. It just feels like a politically charged prosecution here. And I—for my part, I just feel like it's just not what the American people want to see.”
Let’s take this one point at a time, because Pence is so perfectly encapsulating the Republican position on prosecuting Trump.
First: There is no crime wave in New York City. And former presidents should not be protected from prosecution just because of their elevated status.
Second: The Manhattan district attorney obviously does not think that indicting Trump is his top priority. He already set aside a plan by his predecessor to indict Trump for his financial dealings, and Bragg has now been in office for more than a year. Something one does more than a year after getting the ability to do it is, by definition, not a top priority.
Third: Alvin Bragg is in no way the “radical left,” although he is, to translate what Pence really meant, Black.
Fourth: This may feel politically charged because Republicans are politicizing it through their insistence that Trump should be immune from prosecution. But not charging Trump with crimes he committed would be a political move in itself. Power shouldn’t put people above the law.
And finally: It doesn’t—or shouldn’t—matter what the American people want to see when it comes to prosecuting crimes. As a side issue, it’s no surprise that the people Pence talks to don’t want Trump indicted, but plenty of people will be breaking out the party hats and streamers if and when it happens. But again, prosecution for crimes should not be a popularity contest and being famous and rich and powerful should not insulate you.
But that is the official Trump/Republican position: Charges against Trump can only ever be a politically motivated abuse of power, no matter how many crimes he commits. In reality, of course, while Trump’s prominence has drawn the attention of prosecutors, there’s been an obvious reluctance to charge him with anything because Trump is a political figure and he and his allies will harass the prosecutors and use the charges to whip up their base.
The talking points have spread far and wide in the Republican Party.
Republicans are outraged that Donald Trump isn't above the law
Donald Trump is facing possible criminal indictment with his usual grace and openness to facing the consequences of his actions, and it’s showing his continued hold on the Republican Party. With Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg expected to...www.dailykos.com
He could be arrested on 5th Ave., and not lose any support.
ONLY WANT THE LAW APPLIED EVENLY.
what prison is ted kennedy doing his time for murdering his young squeeze during a drunken spreeClearly you have no idea what the conversation was about
The other day I said Trump's crimes are having babies remember? Because first Trump had classified documents but now he got caught lying about turning over all the top secret documents he had. He lied./----/ Oh yes it does.
The majority ruling in the 1988 Supreme Court case Department of Navy vs. Egan -- which addressed the legal recourse of a Navy employee who had been denied a security clearance -- addresses this line of authority.
"The President, after all, is the 'Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States'" according to Article II of the Constitution, the court's majority wrote. "His authority to classify and control access to information bearing on national security ... flows primarily from this constitutional investment of power in the President, and exists quite apart from any explicit congressional grant."
Steven Aftergood, director of the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy, said that such authority gives the president the authority to "classify and declassify at will."
Whataboutismwhat prison is ted kennedy doing his time for murdering his young squeeze during a drunken spree
The other day I said Trump's crimes are having babies remember? Because first Trump had classified documents but now he got caught lying about turning over all the top secret documents he had. He lied.
Here is another example. First there's the illegal hush money to Stormey from campaign funds.
Now Trump is going to get charged with with threatening the prosecutor
As many legal experts pointed out over the weekend, threatening a prosecutor is a crime in New York.
Trump Lawyer Admits Former President's Baseball Bat Post Was A Bad Call
"Would you advise a client to personally attack a prosecutor like this?" Chuck Todd asked Trump attorney Joe Tacopina.www.huffpost.com
On Thursday, Trump posted a photo of himself wielding a baseball bat beside a photo of Bragg with his hands up. The post was later removed. Other menacing posts were not taken down, including one in which he suggested a potential indictment against him by Bragg would result in “death & destruction.”
Threatening a prosecutor? Wow!
And Trump cried about Kathy Griffin?
How do you know no money changed hands?
The people involved in the agreement usually don't talk about it. DUH
what prison is ted kennedy doing his time for murdering his young squeeze during a drunken spree
ONLY WANT THE LAW APPLIED EVENLY. Not all on Trump or J6, while ANTIFA, BLM, ghetto Blacks, ILLEGALS, Obidens' let off, never charged//
But Trump's followers already saw the message. And Trump hasn't toned down the message since he took that down. At his first campaign rally he kept it up.I hear you and I am sympathetic to your view. But...
It's a misdemeanor, (if I understand the state law correctly) and it is doubtful the state will go after him on a misdemeanor, unless it can be tied to a felony. The DA will probably cut him some slack since he removed it.
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Former conservative attorney George Conway, a frequent Trump critic, predicted that the post "could get his bail revoked" if he is charged in the Manhattan case.I hear you and I am sympathetic to your view. But...
It's a misdemeanor, (if I understand the state law correctly) and it is doubtful the state will go after him on a misdemeanor, unless it can be tied to a felony. The DA will probably cut him some slack since he removed it.
Pay close attention to the "crime" for which they wish to charge him: He paid someone to keep quiet about an embarrassing episode, but failed to report that as a political campaign contribution to his own Presidential campaign.
Name one other person in history who was pursued to this extent, successfully, for such a silly offense. I'll spot you John Edwards, who was acquitted.
Donald Trump is the only person in the United States, and New York is the only jurisdiction in the world, where someone would be pursued so aggressively for such a petty crime. AT WORST, it warrants a small fine. And they empanel a grand jury to pursue it?
It confirms the extremely low opinion that people around the country have of New York.
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