McBell
Admiral Obvious
More likely to protect himself from his wife...
wonder what he stood to lose if his wife found out about an affair and filed for divorce....
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Should Donald Trump be Sentenced to Jail for 34 Felonies?
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wonder what he stood to lose if his wife found out about an affair and filed for divorce....
Again, no evidence that Trump was concerned about that, but there was evidence he was concerned about how this would affect his election chances.
McBell
Admiral Obvious
Agreed.
But between the "protecting his wife" and "protecting himself from his wife", I will go with the latter of the two.
If the Jury did, he might have gotten off.
Pogo
Well-Known Member
Trump not only did not say that he made the payment to protect his wife, he denied even making the payment.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Yes, it shows that you are wrong.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Nope, try again. It was proven in court not to be a bookkeeping error. You should have followed the trial. It has evidence and stuff.
Correct. Several, in fact. Specifically, the bookkeeping error was falsifying business records in furtherance of another crime.
Not just that. More to follow. The stakes will be much higher for Smith's prosecutions.
Yes, it is. Trump's methods were criminal.
Trump doesn't care about his wife or anybody else including you. He just told a rally audience that he had sweltering in the noonday Las Vegas sun that he didn't care about them, just their vote. He also complained that people were worrying about the crowd instead of him. As his mind evaporates, his ability to deceive wanes and he starts saying the quiet parts out loud more frequently.
Odd that it hasn't happened yet. But I'm sure there was a prenup that favored Trump (since he's had so much experience in divorces). I won't say anything bad about Melania, but I would be shocked if she had any true feelings for the guy. My guess she lives a separate life and is waiting out Trump's few remaining years. We really don't know anything about his health, but with his stress level, and poor eating habits, and overall poor shape, and his cognitive decline, it's likely not too many years now.
The irony of Trump's actions is that the affair has become an even bigger issue with the coverup crimes making the news daily. He really must have thought he could keep it all hidden by paying people off. He took the risk in cheating, and then it came back to be a liability when he decided to get into politics. And it became a criminal issue. In what way does any of this indicate Trump is a smart man?
In his meeting with his probation officer Trump admitted to still having a gun. He was supposed to lose access to any guns. I'm not sure how he made that mistake, as surely his lawyers are there to make sure Trump is following all the requirements of his conviction. If ever there was a time for him to lie it was then. It will be another strike against him when the judge considers sentencing.
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SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
That's all you have to say? Really?A business record is a form of bookkeeping.
What is Bookkeeping?
Bookkeeping involves the recording, on a regular basis, of a company's financial transactions. With proper bookkeeping, companies are able tocorporatefinanceinstitute.com
It wasn't an error. It was deliberate. Thirty-four times. Hence the verdict.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
There was testimony in the trial that that was not the case. They had kept putting off paying Stormy as long as possible because he did not care if the story came out after the election:
"He said Trump even sought to delay finalizing the Daniels transaction until after Election Day so he wouldn’t have to pay her.
“Because,” Cohen testified, “after the election it wouldn’t matter” to Trump."
Star witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme
Cohen's appearance in court on Monday signals that the trial is entering its final stretch. Prosecutors say they may wrap up their presentation of evidence by the end of the week.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
No, no, she has a good point. It is just like in the terrible accidental death of Julius Caesar. According to history 23 times Roman Senators tripped and accidentally stabbed Caesar. If Caesar could be accidentally stabbed 23 times I do not see how 34 separate times the same bookkeeping errors could not be made to support Trump.
Assassination of Julius Caesar - Wikipedia
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
Touche!No, no, she has a good point. It is just like in the terrible accidental death of Julius Caesar. According to history 23 times Roman Senators tripped and accidentally stabbed Caesar. If Caesar could be accidentally stabbed 23 times I do not see how 34 separate times the same bookkeeping errors could not be made to support Trump.
Assassination of Julius Caesar - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Laniakea
Not of this world
Another crime? Do tell!
Laniakea
Not of this world
Candidates do things all the time to help their presidential run. They make commercials that smear the other guy (slander), they raise money (bribery), and they get other people to talk them up. Then they run those ads on TV like ALL THE TIME just before the election to brainwash the public into voting for them. Ultimately, that's all election interference.
What they should do is simply let their positions be known, have a few debates, and then let the public decide. But no, they interfere by constantly bombarding us with talk about themselves--and the other guy.
Laniakea
Not of this world
It was a payment made to his attorney, and therefore a legal expense.
Laniakea
Not of this world
A Leftist source, therefore not credible.
Laniakea
Not of this world
Juries often get it wrong. They aren't perfect.
And they declare these expenses as campaign expenses, or else they are in violation of the law.
Laniakea
Not of this world
I see you gloss over the fact that they are trying to influence how people are going to vote. That's election interference.