Stormy Daniels Testifies

@no1marauder said
What exactly is the "that" you are referring to?

A "hush money" payment made by a third person to benefit a candidate IS a crime IF it exceeds allowable individual contribution limits. The candidate conspiring with the third party to do so is also a crime.

Now true, for whatever reason, federal prosecutors declined to charge Trump for that crime. But the false recor ...[text shortened]... parcel of the same scheme meant to conceal the illegal contribution.

So your question is unclear.

@moonbus said
If Trump had paid Daniels hush money directly, without engaging a third party to pay her; if he had not claimed the payment was a business expense; and if he had not claimed the payment to be tax deductible— would there be a case ?

She owes Trump $560,000 and has no intention of paying it back, even if she could.
Nothing she says can be trusted.

@moonbus said
If Trump had paid Daniels hush money directly, without engaging a third party to pay her; if he had not claimed the payment was a business expense; and if he had not claimed the payment to be tax deductible— would there be a case ?

@no1marauder said
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@no1marauder said
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Responding to this post: ""Point taken. But I wonder why the prosecutor called Daniels to testify, if nothing that allegedly happened in the hotel room was a crime. He’s not charged with rape, but falsifying records afterwards.""


(raising my hand)..."Call on me teacher!!! It was done to interject salaciousness into the trial when there is nothing else, with the extra added benefit of turning it into a reality show. The general populace leans to reality shows.

@AverageJoe1 said
Responding to this post: ""Point taken. But I wonder why the prosecutor called Daniels to testify, if nothing that allegedly happened in the hotel room was a crime. He’s not charged with rape, but falsifying records afterwards.""


(raising my hand)..."Call on me teacher!!! It was done to interject salaciousness into the trial when there is nothing else, with the extra added benefit of turning it into a reality show. The general populace leans to reality shows.

@AverageJoe1 said
That’s what Sonhouse says.

@AverageJoe1 said
Responding to this post: ""Point taken. But I wonder why the prosecutor called Daniels to testify, if nothing that allegedly happened in the hotel room was a crime. He’s not charged with rape, but falsifying records afterwards.""


(raising my hand)..."Call on me teacher!!! It was done to interject salaciousness into the trial when there is nothing else, with the extra added benefit of turning it into a reality show. The general populace leans to reality shows.

@Cliff-Mashburn said
She owes Trump $560,000 and has no intention of paying it back, even if she could.
Nothing she says can be trusted.

@Suzianne said
She "owes" him nothing.

NOTHING.

@AverageJoe1 said
Responding to this post: ""Point taken. But I wonder why the prosecutor called Daniels to testify, if nothing that allegedly happened in the hotel room was a crime. He’s not charged with rape, but falsifying records afterwards.""


(raising my hand)..."Call on me teacher!!! It was done to interject salaciousness into the trial when there is nothing else, with the extra added benefit of turning it into a reality show. The general populace leans to reality shows.

@moonbus said
If there is one thing Trump understands, it’s grandstanding. He just can’t abide anybody else doing it when he’s in the room.

@AverageJoe1 said
Could be leader qualities? Would Reagan have taken a seat along the wall in the War Room? Think before you write, we have enough molasses with SHouse and sue