Prosecutors probing potential links between Trump Organization executives and hush-money payments: r

[Emjay]

The curiosity to which I referred was actually reading the article that explains why the payments are problematic. Try it. As far as ‘female charms’ go, it was Trump who sought them out and had Schiller deliver them, like a pimp. Strange how the republicans ‘came around’ when they knew they’d lose control of the House, isn’t it? Seems a lot like the days when they passed a clean repeal of Obamacare, knowing it would be vetoed and had no chance of being overridden.   

Ed, Ed, don't I remember you salivating over that leaked conversation wherein Trump described how a certain kind of woman would go after rich guys ... no holes barred (if you should excuse the expression).  Trump outlined it exactly and he did not have to seek them out.

You have a very odd view of life.  Who do you like in politics?  I like quite a few Republican Senators and I like the President, not because of his dubious relations with women but because he's been a very good President.  I have never found any of your posts praising anyone ... maybe I missed it.

[edpc]

Ed, Ed, don't I remember you salivating over that leaked conversation wherein Trump described how a certain kind of woman would go after rich guys ... no holes barred (if you should excuse the expression).  Trump outlined it exactly and he did not have to seek them out.

You have a very odd view of life.  Who do you like in politics?  I like quite a few Republican Senators and I like the President, not because of his dubious relations with women but because he's been a very good President.  I have never found any of your posts praising anyone ... maybe I missed it.

If you’re referring to the Access Hollywood tape, you’re 180° out of phase with what he was saying. The person I like down the road is Cotton. At one time, it was Thune, but I don’t think he has further aspirations. As far as personal heroes go, mine is Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington. See if you can figure out the wry reason.

[Emjay]

If you’re referring to the Access Hollywood tape, you’re 180° out of phase with what he was saying. The person I like down the road is Cotton. At one time, it was Thune, but I don’t think he has further aspirations. As far as personal heroes go, mine is Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington. See if you can figure out the wry reason.

It's easy to admire a war hero but admiring a politician takes a little work because there's always some compromise there and some mixed decisions. 

I understood exactly what Trump was saying.  He was saying it is beyond easy to attract a certain kind of woman if you're a rich dude.

But I would like to know why you admire Pappy, especially if it is a wry reason, or even a whole-wheat reason.

[edpc]

But I would like to know why you admire Pappy, especially if it is a wry reason, or even a whole-wheat reason.

He’s my hero, because he understood the absurdity of hero worshipping, when he wrote....

“If this story were to have a moral, then I would say: ‘Just name a hero and I’ll prove he’s a bum.’”

[Cyber Liberty]

What is the crime, Ed?  Paying a prostitute?  I don't believe there is much appetite for charging Johns with crimes ... not enough room in the jails.  Whatever Trump did or did not pay, he did not use government funds.

Nor campaign funds.

[Wingnut]

“If this story were to have a moral, then I would say: ‘Just name a hero and I’ll prove he’s a bum.’”

"I guess a legend and an out-of-work bum look a lot a like, daddy."
- Little Enos Burdette.

[mrclose]

Doesn't Congress have it's own 'slush fund' to pay off their hookers and mistresses?

Did they (Congress Critters) contribute to this "hush fund" from their own wallets or did the money come from 'contributions?

I haven't heard, is Mueller investigating this too?
Maybe Trump got the money from there?  

[Oceander]

Nor campaign funds.

No, but the payment was clearly intended to keep her quiet during the campaign, and that makes the payment a campaign contribution under federal election law.  The fact that it wasn’t disclosed is what would make it an illegal campaign contribution.  The source of the money is not relevant under the law. 

[Sanguine]

No, but the payment was clearly intended to keep her quiet during the campaign, and that makes the payment a campaign contribution under federal election law.  The fact that it wasn’t disclosed is what would make it an illegal campaign contribution.  The source of the money is not relevant under the law.

He's going to claim that he didn't want his wife to know and it had nothing to do with election.

[edpc]

He's going to claim that he didn't want his wife to know and it had nothing to do with election.

Didn’t want her to know what? He still denies any encounters with Daniels and McDougal. There were approximately a dozen accusers of inappropriate behavior, at that point in the campaign. Trump promised in late October of 2016 all the accusers would be sued, after the election. They’d just be among the other people he said were lying. So, the only conclusion one can reach is one or both is not lying, could prove it, and endangered his campaign.

[Cyber Liberty]

No, but the payment was clearly intended to keep her quiet during the campaign, and that makes the payment a campaign contribution under federal election law.  The fact that it wasn’t disclosed is what would make it an illegal campaign contribution.  The source of the money is not relevant under the law.

Right again...   

[Frank Cannon]

Hush money is legal. All this bullshit is the last dying breath of Stupid Bobby and his Russian Collusion investigation that hasn't arrested one Russian Colluding.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Hush money is legal. All this bullshit is the last dying breath of Stupid Bobby and his Russian Collusion investigation that hasn't arrested one Russian Colluding.

If hush money wasn't legal, half of Congress would be indicted.

[DB]

It was apparent awhile ago that Trump's need to do porn actresses and playboy bunnies was the most likely threat to his presidency. The hush payments through his longtime fixer lawyer and the denials that followed are the legal invitations into his private business records which he otherwise could have kept hidden. Records that are likely a treasure trove of sleazy corrupt dealings over many decades. It is who he is.

[Cyber Liberty]

If hush money wasn't legal, half of Congress would be indicted.

That's no defense when half the Congress are filthy Dems.  J/S

[corbe]

   There are two known knowns here.

   1: Had the bimbo's talked in that last sprint of the election, he never would have been elected.
   2: If he goes down the inconsequential NT'ers will be blamed. 

[Oceander]

He's going to claim that he didn't want his wife to know and it had nothing to do with election.

He can claim whatever he wants; the question is what a fact-finder believes. 

[DB]

If hush money wasn't legal, half of Congress would be indicted.

Hush money during a federal political campaign was a legal invitation into his business records/dealings. That was the primary problem with it in terms of tactics. We are way past morality issues with Trump. It will be those business records that will lead to other charges if they come. Records they otherwise wouldn't had legal access to. All because he had to have a porn star and playboy bunny to stroke his ego while his current wife was pregnant.

[Frank Cannon]

If hush money wasn't legal, half of Congress would be indicted.

At least half. $17 million in settlements passed out by Paul Ryan....

https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/trump-paid-stormy-congress-paid-victims-17-million-treasury-whore-real-criminals/

[DB]

   There are two known knowns here.

   1: Had the bimbo's talked in that last sprint of the election, he never would have been elected.
   2: If he goes down the inconsequential NT'ers will be blamed.

I challenge point number 1. I think there's a good chance his supporters would have loved him even more for doing porn stars and playboy bunnies. His anti PC credentials would have been enhanced even more. And his "religious" followers knew his past and voted for him anyway so that wasn't likely to change.

[Oceander]

I challenge point number 1. I think there's a good chance his supporters would have loved him even more for doing porn stars and playboy bunnies. His anti PC credentials would have been enhanced even more. And his "religious" followers knew his past and voted for him anyway so that wasn't likely to change.

Good points.

[Oceander]

Hush money is legal. All this bullshit is the last dying breath of Stupid Bobby and his Russian Collusion investigation that hasn't arrested one Russian Colluding.

Not if it’s paid to influence a campaign.

[RoosGirl]

Wonder if he regrets getting his dick wet in exchange for all the trouble it is causing him now.  Idiot.

[Free Vulcan]

There’s a nice, little, clickable link in reply 13 that will explain it for you. It’s called intellectual curiosity, MJ. Take it out of the closet, try it on, and see how it fits.

Blah bluh blah blah blah. Just because the corrupt SDNY AG's office says it's something doesn't make it so. Words and high edifices built of them are just ethereal wisps of smoke.

Alot of this is manufactured crap under the color of law. After it's over, the DOJ needs to send in a full SWAT team and get these guys for prosecutorial malfeasance, RICO and a whole list after that.

[Wingnut]

Wonder if he regrets getting his dick wet in exchange for all the trouble it is causing him now.  Idiot.

Laying down some track and paying for it is not a crime.