03-01-2019, 08:53 PM
(03-01-2019, 08:33 PM)fredtoast Wrote: First any lawyer would just point to the fact that Trump paid hush money to two women during the campaign for affairs that were over a decade old. If it had nothing to do with his campaign he would not have waited 10 years to pay them.
A fair point. An easy counter argument was that his running made them come forward, prompting the payments. This still doesn't mean the payments were made to influence the election.
Quote:Second any attorney would point to the fact that Donald continued to lie about the hush money even when the facts of the affaire were public. At that point his wife knew so there was no need for him to lie about it to hide it from her. The only reason he did was because he knew it was an illegal campaign finance violation.
His attorney would point this out? I would hope not. If they signed a NDA, wouldn't Trump be bound by it as well? In any event, as the Obama campaign clearly demonstrated, admitting you made a campaign funding oopsie just results in a fine if you own it.
Quote:Third you have a man willing to confess that it was a campaign finance violation. You can call Cohen a liar all you want, but you can not explain why he would lie about something that sent him to prison.
I don't have to call Cohen a liar, he's been convicted for lying. That rather speaks for itself.
Quote:So there is plenty of circumstantial evidence that points to the payment being because of the campaign. And people get convicted based on circumstantial evidence all the time.
They sure do, because outside of direct witnesses and video all evidence is circumstantial, as you well know.
Quote:BTW I did not realize he had a "well established patter of behavior" when it came to hush money. How many times has he done it and when was the last time before he became a candidate for POTUS?
Ivana and Marla Maples both leap readily to mind.
