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Legal Q: Why didn't Trump just pay off Stormy Daniels himself?

if the issue was evading campaign disclosure laws so nobody ...
soggy bright piazza jew
  04/22/24
Didn't want Melania to know
Hairraiser generalized bond area
  04/22/24
no reason, Cohen was a fixer and this is how you pay a fixer...
Histrionic Candlestick Maker Indirect Expression
  04/22/24
somewhat right, but what was illegal was calling it legal fe...
zombie-like jet-lagged digit ratio
  04/23/24
Yes. The crime was failing to report it as a campaign expens...
Up-to-no-good Corn Cake Menage
  04/23/24
correct. and he violated NY state law by filing knowingly fa...
zombie-like jet-lagged digit ratio
  04/23/24
is every personal expense that might indirectly benefit one'...
misunderstood brilliant whorehouse
  04/23/24
no, that's why intent matters. was he paying off the whore t...
zombie-like jet-lagged digit ratio
  04/23/24
What if he gets a haircut with specific intent to influence ...
misunderstood brilliant whorehouse
  04/23/24
I bet he even bought a new suit, intending to impress debate...
Histrionic Candlestick Maker Indirect Expression
  04/23/24
Jesus, a campaign donation
hyperactive trust fund
  04/23/24
Successful independent people view it all as "their mon...
Drunken ultramarine dragon volcanic crater
  04/22/24
Cohen is on tape saying Trump never asked him to do it
contagious trailer park puppy
  04/23/24
dumb q
Medicated Step-uncle's House
  04/23/24


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Date: April 22nd, 2024 11:09 PM
Author: soggy bright piazza jew

if the issue was evading campaign disclosure laws so nobody would know about the Stormy connection, why go through Michael Cohen at all? Why not just pay her off personally? What was the legal rationale for the way they did this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603306)



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Date: April 22nd, 2024 11:16 PM
Author: Hairraiser generalized bond area

Didn't want Melania to know

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603319)



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Date: April 22nd, 2024 11:18 PM
Author: Histrionic Candlestick Maker Indirect Expression

no reason, Cohen was a fixer and this is how you pay a fixer, he goes out and gets your shit done then you pay what you owe, it was simply Trump's longstanding (and entirely legal) practice for these types of things

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603321)



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Date: April 23rd, 2024 4:39 AM
Author: zombie-like jet-lagged digit ratio

somewhat right, but what was illegal was calling it legal fees as opposed to a campaign donation. even if it's your own money, you have to report it as a self-contribution

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603629)



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Date: April 23rd, 2024 4:54 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good Corn Cake Menage

Yes. The crime was failing to report it as a campaign expense/donation. The reality is that Trump 100 percent must have known that there were potential campaign disclosure requirements when choosing to pay some whore to keep her mouth shut during the middle of a campaign. But disclosing it would defeat the whole point of the payment. And he probably thought at most there was some fine or slap on the wrist, not actual jail time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603642)



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Date: April 23rd, 2024 4:55 AM
Author: zombie-like jet-lagged digit ratio

correct. and he violated NY state law by filing knowingly false business records and taxes in furtherance / to cover up the campaign expense crime

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603645)



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Date: April 23rd, 2024 5:02 AM
Author: misunderstood brilliant whorehouse

is every personal expense that might indirectly benefit one's political campaign a "contribution"? Does a candidate have to report a haircut because not looking like a slob "influences" voters? If he has a kid to appeal to family values voters, are expenses associated with the kid contributions?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603653)



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Date: April 23rd, 2024 5:31 AM
Author: zombie-like jet-lagged digit ratio

no, that's why intent matters. was he paying off the whore to avoid wife finding out or was he paying off whore to influence election?

that's what the trial will hinge on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603657)



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Date: April 23rd, 2024 2:05 PM
Author: misunderstood brilliant whorehouse

What if he gets a haircut with specific intent to influence the election and would have preferred to go unkempt but for the election?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47604495)



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Date: April 23rd, 2024 3:39 PM
Author: Histrionic Candlestick Maker Indirect Expression

I bet he even bought a new suit, intending to impress debate audiences, and he may have even paid for it with *gasp* his own money

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47604732)



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Date: April 23rd, 2024 6:44 AM
Author: hyperactive trust fund

Jesus, a campaign donation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603674)



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Date: April 22nd, 2024 11:42 PM
Author: Drunken ultramarine dragon volcanic crater

Successful independent people view it all as "their money," they don't think of "personal" vs "business" money in the same way that wagecucks or even public company CEOs do. Makes sense he'd think of his campaign the same way.

Edit: and they are ingrained to run every single penny of expenses thru the business.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603346)



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Date: April 23rd, 2024 12:02 AM
Author: contagious trailer park puppy

Cohen is on tape saying Trump never asked him to do it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603390)



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Date: April 23rd, 2024 12:04 AM
Author: Medicated Step-uncle's House

dumb q

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5520595&forum_id=2#47603398)