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Hush Money Trial
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:35 am
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:35 am
Can anyone who may be paying more attention to this than me tell me why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
"Davidson is seen as a vital building block for the prosecution’s case that Trump and his allies schemed to bury unflattering stories in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. He represented both McDougal and porn actor Stormy Daniels in negotiations that resulted in the purchase of rights to their claims of sexual encounters with Trump and those stories getting squelched, a tabloid industry practice known as “catch-and-kill.”
"Davidson is seen as a vital building block for the prosecution’s case that Trump and his allies schemed to bury unflattering stories in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. He represented both McDougal and porn actor Stormy Daniels in negotiations that resulted in the purchase of rights to their claims of sexual encounters with Trump and those stories getting squelched, a tabloid industry practice known as “catch-and-kill.”
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:36 am to Tigers4Lyfe
why do we all have to pretend like this is anything but a sham? 
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:36 am to Tigers4Lyfe
Trump should have had 56 high-ranking Security Officials sign off on a piece of paper declaring it "Russian Disinformation."
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:38 am to Tigers4Lyfe
All I know is...if Trump died tomorrow, CNN would go out of business
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:40 am to Tigers4Lyfe
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Can anyone who may be paying more attention to this than me tell me why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
It's not.
Funny, nothing happens with Slick Willy and Paula Jones...
But that's (D)ifferent.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:42 am
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:43 am to Tigers4Lyfe
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me why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
Because the DA is a Democrat, and the judge is a Democrat, and they know the jury pool will be mostly Democrats.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:45 am to Tigers4Lyfe
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why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
NY has a pretty wacky business records law.
It wouldn't be illegal to just buy the story outright, but if they concealed the fact that they bought the story, it could violate the NY law.
Same with the sex hush money stuff.
If they had just written a check from Trump Corp (whichever company was involved) or Trump personally, there would be no issues. That is not what they did.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:48 am to Tigers4Lyfe
frick that arrogant a-hole (who has never achieved anything and was an horrific president) and frick Biden too. It’s a shame after 4 years, these are still our only options.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:51 am to Tigers4Lyfe
I am not a Trump fan, but his trial is reaching at best.
Its because he classified the payment to Cohen (for stormy) as a legal fee. The prosecutor is claiming that he falsified business expenses... which is a misdemeanor, but it can be a felony if you are doing it to cover up other crimes.
its just a stretch to claim these are felonies... at best they are illegal in an indirect way.
There are so many legitimate problems with Trump... Alvin Bragg is just trying to make a name for himself in NYC with this bs.
Its because he classified the payment to Cohen (for stormy) as a legal fee. The prosecutor is claiming that he falsified business expenses... which is a misdemeanor, but it can be a felony if you are doing it to cover up other crimes.
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all 34 counts against Trump are classified as felonies—with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arguing that the allegedly falsely labeled payments were done to cover up other crimes, including Cohen’s campaign finance crimes and alleged tax issues, as the payments to Cohen were falsely characterized as income rather than repayments.
its just a stretch to claim these are felonies... at best they are illegal in an indirect way.
There are so many legitimate problems with Trump... Alvin Bragg is just trying to make a name for himself in NYC with this bs.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:54 am
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:55 am to Tigers4Lyfe
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Can anyone who may be paying more attention to this than me tell me why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
Because Trump has a (R) instead of a (D) next to his name. It’s a simple as that.
Welcome to the Banana Republic of America.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:57 am
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:57 am to Tigers4Lyfe
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Can anyone who may be paying more attention to this than me tell me why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
It is not illegal, but it is not what he is charged with nor is it an element of the crime he is charged with. It is however a part of the fact pattern which makes his alleged business record violations illegal. This is similar to the NY Executive Law 63(12) trial that preceded it in that it is a late that is broken all the time and his company and maybe he is actually guilty. Both are unique laws to NY and likely every business of any size is guilty of breaking them. It is selective enforcement although that is not unconstitutional and happens thousands of times a day across the US, most are not politically motivated.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:58 am to Tigers4Lyfe
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Can anyone who may be paying more attention to this than me tell me why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
In a nutshell, they are saying OMB was using campaign funds to pay them off.
It's unfortunate in a couple of ways. Unfortunate for the governement that this is the same case that got dropped because there was nothing they could convict OMB on a couple of years ago. Unfortunate for Trump, that no matter where he goes to court, it's stacked against him.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:05 am to Tigers4Lyfe
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Can anyone who may be paying more attention to this than me tell me why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
As far as I can tell, it's not. I believe the issue is the misuse, or misappropriation of campaign funds.
The morality of it isn't on trial, it's the legality of what account it came from??
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:06 am to Tigers4Lyfe
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Can anyone who may be paying more attention to this than me tell me why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
It isn't.
Our own US Congress has a taxpayer funded "slush fund" set aside specifically for this scenario.
They use it when the "worthy" Uniparty stooges need it.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 12:56 pm to Tigers4Lyfe
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Can anyone who may be paying more attention to this than me tell me why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
It’s not. It’s a total waste of time to prove that Trump tried to hide unflattering stories when none of the activity is illegal.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 1:30 pm to Tigers4Lyfe
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Can anyone who may be paying more attention to this than me tell me why it's illegal to bury unflattering stories?
The claim that candidate Trump was interfering with the election by doing so is all you need to know.
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