But…That’s not what he’s being charged with though. They’re trying to thread the needle of proving he made the payment to help his campaign and knowingly break a NY State campaign finance law rather than doing it just to spare his family embarrassment. And if he knew all about that law he would have known that this wouldn’t have been discovered until AFTER the election, making it useless to hide.
Paying Stormy isn't a crime, and the defense never denied she was paid. The counts are all falsifying business records in furtherance of another crime, which hasn't been clearly stated yet, but based on final arguments, is election fraud.1. I have no doubt trump knowingly paid stormy Daniels to be quiet about their sexy time...(no pukeface emoji).
2. This all seems like a real stretch, and I see why the feds passed it up.
3. The fact that the Judge and the Prosecutor stated their intention to get Trump shortly before any of this was brought up makes it feel more than a little slimy. This feels like an attack on a former president by a couple people in power with a political agenda, and that's not a good precedent to set.
I voted "guilty," but I don't think that's what's best for anyone involved.
Wonder what McDonald’s dining room has been commandeered for the Trump team’s war room as they wait on the jury.
Dude, CNN has had a running commentary on everything said in the courtroom during the trial. Get over your weak ass self.
Perhaps… but “the Stare” has done a very credible job of “threading the needle” showing there was a payoff, Trump knew about the payoff and that the payoff was needed because Trump understood the savage the porn star infidelity story would do to his campaign. Your definition of reasonable doubt is different than mine…there is “reasonable doubt” that you or I will not wake up tomorrow.
Finance… were you “in the court room”? Having someone read excerpts from commentary in the court room is not “being there”…Sineonevwith a job, like Paris was not privy to what you speak of. Gelksbelks, I’m retired… I never paid attention to the trial “live” as there was living a life to be done.
Who could have predicted that an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of the Trump Org. would be convicted of multiple felonies, including fraud and perjury, and eventually serve jail time?
It's pretty clear this was done to benefit the campaign rather than his family. Peckers testimony showed that. And it's not required that he knew the exact law he was breaking. Just that he was falsifying financial records to suppress information that might be of high interest to the voters. On that, the prosecution easily met that standard.
No. He’s charged with “falsifying financial records with intent of covering up a crime” and the prosecution can’t and won’t even say what crime he was covering up.
When the jury says they are done
Not yet. Judge is giving jury instructions. My guess is after the free lunch.
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The controller said that Trump personally had to sign off on any checks over $10k, that he paid close attention what was being paid, and that the payments for Cohen were out of the typical pattern in which he was usually paid. Trump signed the checks, he wanted to story gone, and the checks were reported as legal expenses when they weren't. His defense hasn't even given a plausible reason how he signed the checks without knowing what they were. There's not reasonable doubt at all.
I heard that today’s lunch is ham sandwiches, potato salad, and Lays chips. That’s what I heard anyway but don’t quote me.
Nice little farmer lunch. Maybe put some chips on the sammie.
To be honest, that poster believes his superhero is worth 8 billion dollars. So, it's not likely, he is capable of relevant thinking.
The gal Trump banged and his best employee for years, you mean?
