You didn't ask me if I thought he was guilty, you asked how many corporate executives in the State of New York have gotten anything more than a fine.
Which isn't the correct question. The correct question is "How many corporate executives in the State of New York paid for an NDA regarding an affair right before election and added someone committing campaign finance crimes and then attempted to hide it by felonious falsification of business records?"
See simple falsification of business records is a misdemeanor, however falsification of business records to either commit (say tax fraud) or hide/aid someone else in a crime is a felony.
Never said it was. It sets the context.
Actually what Cohen did was a crime as he violated campaign finance laws in the process. Not the NDA itself, but his paying for the NDA out of his own pocket to hide the transaction for FPOTUS#45's campaign.
No, criminal violation of campaign finance laws is.
Thats the halarious part. If FPOTUS#45 had done things the right way, there would be no crime(s) and he wouldn't currently be in legal jeporady. As someone one said about Nixon (or maybe Capone), it's not the crime that gets you it's the cover up. So instead of doing it the illegal way...
- FPOTUS#45 has an NDA negotiated with Stormy,
- FPOTUS#45's lawyer writes up the contract,
- FPOTUS#45 provides a certified check to cover the amount from personal funds,
- FPOTUS#45 then reports the contribution to the campaign for logging in the campaign financials as this action was to hide the information from the public and support the campaign. (And don't give me BS about "protecting" Melania, the story had already gone public years before. This was a rehash of previous reports.)
The funny part is the public would never have known about the NDA prior to the election. The events were so close to the election that the next campaign financials wouldn't be required until after the election.
The FEC never ruled on it and said "No Violation". Go back and research it. The FEC investigators recommended "Yes Investigate" and the GOP members prevented an investigation. They (the GOP members) wouldn't allow an investigation and a vote on the merits.
FPOTUS#45 isn't being charged with violation of campaign finance laws.
He's being charges with felonious falsification of New York State criminal code pertaining to business laws. At a minimum the DA will attempt to show that FPOTUS#45 attempted to hide Cohen's activities through the falsification of business records. He may (I don't know, we'll have to see
Falsification of New York State business records is - ya - a states issue.
By the feds if you mean the FEC, this is false, the FEC investigators recommended a formal investigation, the GOP prevented the investigation and so there was no decision to prosecute or not since the didn't investigate.
But regardless, FPOUTS#45 isn't charged with campaign finance crime.
I agree, probably not one New York Corporate executive who also happens to be a candidate for federal office just days before the election, who had boinked a porn start, paid a fixer to commit campaign finance violations, the paid the fixer in illegally for "attorney services" which are a tax deductible business expense while "hush money to a porn star" aren't, then committed felonious falsification of business records to hide/aid in the fixers crimes.
I wouldn't say "not one" but l will agree it's pretty rare.
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