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  • Originally posted by snapper View Post
    Let me see if I can get this story right - I doubt it but I'll a try... There was no affair/consensual improper relations between some Lady known for making 'adult films' and a guy who claims he best strategy with a Lady is to grab them by the private bit. Nothing to see. Ok.

    But his lawyer, Cohen - also involved in other murky business deals with Moscow which absolutely never happened too - mortgaged his house (or one of his properties) to pay off a Lady of little repute to the tune of $130,000 to keep her quiet about nothing. Hmm... Sure about that?

    Also Cohen made some bogus company to make the transaction with this Lady but never mentioned a dickie bird to his client who this Lady falsely claimed to have improper relations with. Entirely Cohen without acting without instructions or warning Trumpkin at all. This is where I begin to have doubts myself. Lawyers do not act without instructions.

    So then Cohen gets raided by Police who grab a whole load of his files because of Moscow related murky stuff. He claims unfair in relation to the Lady allegation and the pay off he made of his own accord because of client - lawyer confidentiality... although he said he acted without instruction. This seems just contradictory if I understand it clearly.

    Then Trumpkin gets filmed saying he never knew a thing about this payment that his lawyer mortgaged property to make - "ask Cohen" so again no instructions were given so why claim confidentiality?

    Then in court they - including Trumpkin himself - argue client - lawyer confidentiality regarding the documents the Police nabbed from Cohen. At this point clearly a building is catching fire somewhere; someone is fibbing and it is clear Trumpkin is in on it.

    So then having argued confidentiality regarded the files the seized by Police Trumpkin then goes on TV and says Cohen is more of business man and represents him as a lawyer on a fraction of his overall legal - thereby reversing the confidentiality argument made in court... Oops.

    Now we have this new idiot reversing the whole original mess; Cohen was repayed by a monthly retainer fee - which presumably Trumpkin knew about. But he never knew about this payment made by Cohen and he can't be subpoened (by Mueller) because he is too busy and his daughter can't be she is a "fine Lady" but her husband, Kushner, can...

    Only the best people?

    Please feel free to point out if I got the story so far wrong... unbelievable.
    Still not a crime under FEC regs. Its not a contribution or in kind contribution and is specifically excluded from being counted as such by FEC regs so says the man who wrote them. Meanwhile the FEC is beign sued to force them to look at 84 MILLION dollars in illegal campaign contributions by the HRC16 campaign via illegal pass throughs of state parties.

    https://www.opslens.com/2018/05/04/p...-fec-chairman/

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...complaint.html

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    • Originally posted by zraver View Post
      Still not a crime under FEC regs. Its not a contribution or in kind contribution and is specifically excluded from being counted as such by FEC regs so says the man who wrote them. Meanwhile the FEC is beign sued to force them to look at 84 MILLION dollars in illegal campaign contributions by the HRC16 campaign via illegal pass throughs of state parties.

      https://www.opslens.com/2018/05/04/p...-fec-chairman/

      http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...complaint.html
      When in doubt, change the subject.
      Trust me?
      I'm an economist!

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      • Originally posted by zraver View Post
        Still not a crime under FEC regs. Its not a contribution or in kind contribution and is specifically excluded from being counted as such by FEC regs so says the man who wrote them. Meanwhile the FEC is beign sued to force them to look at 84 MILLION dollars in illegal campaign contributions by the HRC16 campaign via illegal pass throughs of state parties.

        https://www.opslens.com/2018/05/04/p...-fec-chairman/

        http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...complaint.html
        I am not a judge or jury and neither are you. But this affair that absolutely never happened did not occur in 2006. It was not until 2016 that Cohen took it upon himself to mortgage his property to make this payment - allegedly without mentioning to Trumpkin who did but did not at the same repay Cohen. This was done to save Trumpkin's family any unnecessary upset about this thing that never happened according to one version but according to Giuliani specifically to stop it coming out before the election... Well it seems pretty obvious given the timing that it was about the election so it may be upto a court to decide if could be regarded as a campaign contribution.

        I rather think Cohen has been broken and spilled the beans. Apparently they were logging his calls including one with White House. Seems they may have him on money laundering charges too - quelle surprise. If he has spilled the beans it will get alot worse for Trumpkin.

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        • Originally posted by snapper View Post
          Well it seems pretty obvious given the timing that it was about the election so it may be upto a court to decide if could be regarded as a campaign contribution.
          Nope the FEC explicitly excluded such payments as counting. Further no one in Congress has been indicted for the hush fund payments they have had made.

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          • Eric Schneiderman, legal eagle, crusader against Trump, champion of #metoo, defender of women... Oh no wait, actually a gf choking, booze chugging, two faced hypocrite who claims he's the law and threatens to kill his exes so he can keep beating them and calling them his whores and slaves:

            https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-...physical-abuse

            I have no words for this scumbag.
            Last edited by citanon; 08 May 18,, 04:41.

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            • Originally posted by zraver View Post
              Nope the FEC explicitly excluded such payments as counting. Further no one in Congress has been indicted for the hush fund payments they have had made.
              As I understand there are things called "in kind contribution"? So Cohen, entirely off his own bat, mortgages a property to raise $130,000, creates a company and gets some dubious lady to agree not to talk about something that did not happen 10yrs ago days before the election because in Giuliani's own words "imagine if came out just before the last debate" - so specifically in order to help Trumpkin - and does not mention it to Trumpkin who nonetheless is repaying him and you are arguing that this does not count as a contribution? If that goes to a jury I do not fancy your chances.

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              • Originally posted by snapper View Post
                As I understand there are things called "in kind contribution"? So Cohen, entirely off his own bat, mortgages a property to raise $130,000, creates a company and gets some dubious lady to agree not to talk about something that did not happen 10yrs ago days before the election because in Giuliani's own words "imagine if came out just before the last debate" - so specifically in order to help Trumpkin - and does not mention it to Trumpkin who nonetheless is repaying him and you are arguing that this does not count as a contribution? If that goes to a jury I do not fancy your chances.
                Jury?
                We don’t need no stinking jury!
                Trust me?
                I'm an economist!

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                • Originally posted by citanon View Post
                  Eric Schneiderman, legal eagle, crusader against Trump, champion of #metoo, defender of women... Oh no wait, actually a gf choking, booze chugging, two faced hypocrite who claims he's the law and threatens to kill his exes so he can keep beating them and calling them his whores and slaves:

                  https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-...physical-abuse

                  I have no words for this scumbag.
                  He resigned. President Spanky, who has had women accuse him of abuse and is a self confessed pussygrabber not only did not resign, but also denigrated abused women by siding with their abusers at every occassion. Yet you have praise for Spanky. That makes you a hypocrite.
                  "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" ~ Epicurus

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                  • Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
                    Well, when the second thing happens, that's when you go pretend to run some errands, go meet your buddies at the bar, and hope she doesn't figure it all out when you get home.
                    I am unattached, but by observing my married colleagues, "pretend" is the operative word in the sentence. Also, the qualifier "successfully" should probably be added to it.
                    All those who are merciful with the cruel will come to be cruel to the merciful.
                    -Talmud Kohelet Rabbah, 7:16.

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                    • Originally posted by citanon View Post
                      Eric Schneiderman, legal eagle, crusader against Trump, champion of #metoo, defender of women... Oh no wait, actually a gf choking, booze chugging, two faced hypocrite who claims he's the law and threatens to kill his exes so he can keep beating them and calling them his whores and slaves:

                      https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-...physical-abuse

                      I have no words for this scumbag.
                      I'm pleased to see you so animated on the subject of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. I'm sure we can both agree that any men responsible for sexual abuse of women have no place holding public office. We do agree on that.....don't we?
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                      • You know, I've read through this entire list of allegged misconduct:

                        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona...ct_allegations

                        And I must say it's some pretty tepid stuff. Par for the course for powerful men of his era and downright tame compared to say, Bill Clinton.

                        Theres plenty of awkwardness, grabbing of boobs and butts and surprise kissing, but when the women involved told him to fuck off he did.

                        The only incident of real concern is the alleged rape of ivana, but she had this to say:

                        Years later, Ivana said that she and Donald "are the best of friends".[1] In a July 2015 campaign endorsement, Ivana said: "I have recently read some comments attributed to me from nearly 30 years ago at a time of very high tension during my divorce from Donald. The story is totally without merit."[2][23]

                        This is a guy who's adored by his children. I find it highly unlikely that he abused his partners well in private .

                        Then you get accounts from stormy Daniels and Karen McDougall, and what are they saying? That he was a monster?

                        No, actually one said she really liked him and he hurt her feelings by paying her, the other said he had her spank him with a times magazine.

                        Does this sound like a woman hating monster on par with the evil if a guy like Schneiderman, who slapped successive girl friends until their ear drums burst, who choked them, who threatened to kill them, who threatened to use the powers of his office against them, and who was coded out on alcohol and drugs every evening?

                        To me, the worst part of what Schneiderman did wasn't even the violence. It was the betrayal. It was the callous psychopathic manipulation and abuse of those who loved him.

                        With Trump, as far as I can gather, the closer a women got to him the better he treated them. One look at Melania and you know she isnt getting abused by anybody. One look at ivanka and you know she never saw her dad abuse her mom.

                        With Schneiderman, the closer the women got, the worse the abuse, to the point where they feared for their lives, for good reason.

                        If you two see equivalence in that, might be time to examine just how thick those partisan glasses have gotten.

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                        • Some more food for thought:

                          https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/23/polit...hts/index.html

                          https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stormy-...tes-interview/

                          McDougall: he and I really loved each other.
                          Daniels: he made me watch/ an entire episode of shark week.

                          The horror, the horror!

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                          • Originally posted by snapper View Post
                            As I understand there are things called "in kind contribution"? So Cohen, entirely off his own bat, mortgages a property to raise $130,000, creates a company and gets some dubious lady to agree not to talk about something that did not happen 10yrs ago days before the election because in Giuliani's own words "imagine if came out just before the last debate" - so specifically in order to help Trumpkin - and does not mention it to Trumpkin who nonetheless is repaying him and you are arguing that this does not count as a contribution? If that goes to a jury I do not fancy your chances.
                            The FEC test to determine campaign v personal is whether or not the payment would have been made irrespective of the candidacy. DoJ tried and failed to get Edwards on the same thing. Powerful men pay to have affairs covered up. Cohen was not just a campaign supporter as in the Edwards case but a reimbursed long term retainer attorney.

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                            • citanon,

                              You know, I've read through this entire list of allegged misconduct:
                              trying to compare degrees of sexual harassment is not exactly a winning game.

                              suffice it to say that if Schneiderman did those things, he should be tossed out and prosecuted. i also agreed with Al Franken getting forcibly pushed out the door-- despite this being disadvantageous politically.

                              the dissonance is worse for the "religious right" and the "law and order/morals" types within the GOP. if you want thick partisan glasses, just check out the people comparing trump to King David, lol.
                              There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac Asimov

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                              • Originally posted by citanon View Post
                                You know, I've read through this entire list of allegged misconduct:

                                https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona...ct_allegations

                                And I must say it's some pretty tepid stuff. Par for the course for powerful men of his era and downright tame compared to say, Bill Clinton.

                                Theres plenty of awkwardness, grabbing of boobs and butts and surprise kissing, but when the women involved told him to fuck off he did.

                                The only incident of real concern is the alleged rape of ivana, but she had this to say:

                                Years later, Ivana said that she and Donald "are the best of friends".[1] In a July 2015 campaign endorsement, Ivana said: "I have recently read some comments attributed to me from nearly 30 years ago at a time of very high tension during my divorce from Donald. The story is totally without merit."[2][23]

                                This is a guy who's adored by his children. I find it highly unlikely that he abused his partners well in private .

                                Then you get accounts from stormy Daniels and Karen McDougall, and what are they saying? That he was a monster?

                                No, actually one said she really liked him and he hurt her feelings by paying her, the other said he had her spank him with a times magazine.

                                Does this sound like a woman hating monster on par with the evil if a guy like Schneiderman, who slapped successive girl friends until their ear drums burst, who choked them, who threatened to kill them, who threatened to use the powers of his office against them, and who was coded out on alcohol and drugs every evening?

                                To me, the worst part of what Schneiderman did wasn't even the violence. It was the betrayal. It was the callous psychopathic manipulation and abuse of those who loved him.

                                With Trump, as far as I can gather, the closer a women got to him the better he treated them. One look at Melania and you know she isnt getting abused by anybody. One look at ivanka and you know she never saw her dad abuse her mom.

                                With Schneiderman, the closer the women got, the worse the abuse, to the point where they feared for their lives, for good reason.

                                If you two see equivalence in that, might be time to examine just how thick those partisan glasses have gotten.
                                Yes, because you were there with Trump the entire time he interacted with these women, you know exactly what hapened.

                                Also, no one said Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal were abused, so stop setting up strawmen. Others, such as Summer Zervos and Jill Harth, did, and they tok their cases to court. Many others, like Jessica Leeds and Kristin Anderson have come forward with accounts of how he has tried to force himsef on them. some of these accounts go back to the '80s.

                                In your world, choking is bad (and rightly so) but boobs and pussy grabbing are "pretty tepid", never mind the fact that when powerful people do them, the women concerned may feel just as helpless.

                                It is shameful and disgusting that you are trying to find equivalence between levels of sexual abuse, just because in once case it is done by a man you endorse.
                                "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" ~ Epicurus

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