According to former head of the Federal Election Commission paying hush money isn't a violation of campaign finance laws. If you can't get Hillary into a courtroom for what she did don't hold your breath getting Trump in one for campaign finance violations.
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You only need 10 quarters of earnings I believe to get a check. But take it up with him, he thinks SS is freeloading.
newfie
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bill and Hillary are the bench mark. as long as you negate your beliefs in ethics by allowing the Clintons to run roughshod without accountability then trump deserves the same consideration.
Paying hush money in itself -> Not a violation of campaign finance law
Paying hush money to directly benefit your campaign -> Violation of campaign finance law
oldngray
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I agree. He pled guilty, not plead, although pleaded is the correct form. Plead, however is acceptable.
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And that is a key point Ben Shapiro mentioned on his podcast the other day. The odds of being convicted in an impeachment trial for campaign finance violations alone post-Clintons are far less than they would have been they would have been 30 years ago.
Not according to former FEC chairman. I'll take his word on it.
I'll take Cohen's convictions' and mention of Trump in the charging documents' word on it.
And so far he hasn't done anything close to them. Trump has personal issues, but who doesn't?
We'll see. Will be humorous to see Dems wonder why Trump isn't being removed from office when they turned a blind eye to all that Hillary did.
I don't think they'll wonder. They just won't have the Republican votes in the Senate to convict unless Mueller or the SDNY drop some real bombshells.
newfie
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newfie
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which I've previously shared with box ox here but he keeps ignoring it in the hope his pink unicorn somehow appears.
I just follow what's actually going on in the court system.
Are you equating sloppy accounting with an obvious attempt to pay hush money to prop up a campaign?
newfie
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wont get the votes in the house either. last thing Pelosi wants to do is embolden trump supporters by trying to run a sham impeachment
newfie
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house lawyer logic on your partPresident Donald Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, may have been convinced by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York to plead guilty to a supposed violation of campaign finance law, but that doesn’t mean that what happened is actually a federal crime.
In fact, neither the Federal Election Commission—which is the independent agency tasked with enforcing the Federal Election Campaign Act—nor its former commissioners would likely agree with the overaggressive view that the Southern District is taking. Indeed, the Southern District’s aggressive stance on this issue might have violated the Justice Department’s own policy.
Not based on election malfeasance. But the House investigation on all matters Trump should prove interesting starting with those pesky tax returns.
I dunno. If Trump weren't President right now, he probably would have been convicted of felonies right alongside Cohen.
Now, would it be a good idea to impeach in the House knowing it wouldn't get a conviction in the Senate as things stand right now? Maybe not. It probably would have a counterproductive affect for the Democrats.
As the saying goes, "If you come at the king, you best not miss."
