Cohen hearing

[GMDino]

(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.

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. 

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.

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.





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?

Fred you're just an attorney.  How DARE you suggest that there are many ways to get around SSF's (who is well versed in damn near EVERYTHING we talk about on these boards) take on how Trump can simply say he's a lying, cheating jerk and that he paid those women off solely to save the feelings of his wife...who he cheated on (repeatedly).

If you were a hard core Trump supporter you'd understand.