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Michael Cohen pleads guilty, say Trump directed him to commit the crimes
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We show less advertisements to registered users. Accounts are free; join today! (08-22-2018, 07:18 AM)jj82284 Wrote:(08-21-2018, 09:26 PM)mikesez Wrote: Collusion (between his campaign and Russia) is just one possible thing that they might pin on Trump. Neither of those things mean what you think they mean.
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(08-22-2018, 12:15 PM)mikesez Wrote:(08-22-2018, 07:18 AM)jj82284 Wrote: 1.) That's not true (bolded above). U haven't been following along. The money in question was michael Cohen's private funds and Trump organization corporate funds. That's why the former chairman of the federal election commission confirmed that these payments do not qualify as campaign contributions. Which part is incorrect? (08-22-2018, 01:02 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:(08-22-2018, 12:15 PM)mikesez Wrote: Neither of those things mean what you think they mean. 1) Here's a former chairman of the FEC saying that these payments ARE campaign contributions. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-lawyer-mi...els-860084 I don't know which former chairman you're citing. In any case, what the former chairman says is simply a very informed opinion. Legally, only what the current chairman, and current prosecutors and judges say matters, but the opinion of this former chairman helps us predict what the opinion of the current ones will be or should be. 2) We don't have good information on how many times Trump has been audited, or what was found. Those are all private matters that can only be disclosed by Trump.
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We show less advertisements to registered users. Accounts are free; join today! (08-22-2018, 01:17 PM)mikesez Wrote:(08-22-2018, 01:02 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: Which part is incorrect? Bradley Smith. I posted the article in this thread. Moreover step back and consider the logic. It is not asserted that Michael Cohen accessed Trump's Campaign funds to arrange a payment. It is asserted that he used his personal money and the position of the prosecutors is to reclassify that payment as a campaign EXPENSE to taint the transaction. The problem is, if that EXPENSE is in fact a bona fide campaign EXPENSE then Trump and Cohen could have used the money raised from campaign contributions instead of their OWN money. More importantly, the statute also requires specific intent to violate the law itself. If a reasonable person, Bradley Smith quslifies, could have seen the payment as a personal or secondarily personal EXPENSE then that means there was no criminal intent even if the current FEC deemed the payments campaign contributions. That's why this was a part of a grand plea agreement and not specifically these charges that are generally handled by the FEC with the possibility of a civil penalty not pre-Dawn raids. (08-22-2018, 01:59 PM)jj82284 Wrote:(08-22-2018, 01:17 PM)mikesez Wrote: 1) Here's a former chairman of the FEC saying that these payments ARE campaign contributions. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-lawyer-mi...els-860084 I don't know which former chairman you're citing. In any case, what the former chairman says is simply a very informed opinion. Legally, only what the current chairman, and current prosecutors and judges say matters, but the opinion of this former chairman helps us predict what the opinion of the current ones will be or should be. ![]()
Also Rosie odonell has ADMITTED to doing everything Cohen is accused of in a systemic way over many campaign cycles. Where's the no knock warrant.
The Clinton campaign failed to disclose 12 million dollars in.campaign fees to Perkins quoi. Where's the predawn raid. That money was used to pay a foreign agent (Christopher Steele big violation) to pay RUSSIAN SOURCES for the fraudulent DOSDIER.
(08-22-2018, 02:21 PM)jj82284 Wrote: Also Rosie odonell has ADMITTED to doing everything Cohen is accused of in a systemic way over many campaign cycles. Where's the no knock warrant. Well, some Donkeys are more equal than Elephants. “An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato
We show less advertisements to registered users. Accounts are free; join today! (08-22-2018, 02:21 PM)jj82284 Wrote: Also Rosie odonell has ADMITTED to doing everything Cohen is accused of in a systemic way over many campaign cycles. Where's the no knock warrant. Rosie may have exceeded the individual donation cap by a few thousand. She did not give for a specific project on the campaign and doesn't appear to have had any direct influence or personal contact with the candidates. It appears her money was intended to amplify that candidate's message, just like most contributions to most candidates Cohen exceeded the contribution limit by tens of thousands of dollars, and did it for a specific project of supressing a message. These are the kinds of things prosecutors think about in using their discretion to decide whom to prosecute.
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(08-22-2018, 04:19 PM)mikesez Wrote:(08-22-2018, 02:21 PM)jj82284 Wrote: Also Rosie odonell has ADMITTED to doing everything Cohen is accused of in a systemic way over many campaign cycles. Where's the no knock warrant. Lol, whatever. He paid a nuisance claim through an NDA as a business attorney would and does every damn day. This is political poppycock and it's sad to see so many people latching onto it as their last, best, great hope to impeach Donald Trump. “An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato
(08-22-2018, 01:59 PM)jj82284 Wrote:(08-22-2018, 01:17 PM)mikesez Wrote: 1) Here's a former chairman of the FEC saying that these payments ARE campaign contributions. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-lawyer-mi...els-860084 I don't know which former chairman you're citing. In any case, what the former chairman says is simply a very informed opinion. Legally, only what the current chairman, and current prosecutors and judges say matters, but the opinion of this former chairman helps us predict what the opinion of the current ones will be or should be. If you think that Cohen was intending to use his own money to defend his much more wealthy friend, and that friend wasn't either coercing him or promising to pay him back later, I have beachfront property in Arizona to sell you.
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(08-22-2018, 04:27 PM)mikesez Wrote:(08-22-2018, 01:59 PM)jj82284 Wrote: Bradley Smith. I posted the article in this thread. Keep trying Hillary. “An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato
(08-22-2018, 04:31 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:(08-22-2018, 04:27 PM)mikesez Wrote: If you think that Cohen was intending to use his own money to defend his much more wealthy friend, and that friend wasn't either coercing him or promising to pay him back later, I have beachfront property in Arizona to sell you. Name calling is unbecoming. And 2016 was two years ago. Our choice today is Trump or Pence.
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(08-22-2018, 04:35 PM)mikesez Wrote:(08-22-2018, 04:31 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Keep trying Hillary. Lol, you misspelled Ford. “An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato
(08-22-2018, 04:35 PM)mikesez Wrote:(08-22-2018, 04:31 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Keep trying Hillary. I"m just wondering at what point the liberals will realize they really don't want Pence in office as POTUS. If Trump were to be thrown out of office it would be not too long after when they figure it out. Trump is a loudmouth fool (who has done some good, yes, but still a loudmouth fool) who isn't really a Republican out to take away all the things the liberals said he was going to do. Pence? That man is a hardcore neo-con Bible-thumping Republican who would throw everything the liberals have now back to the stone age. Specifically LGBTQ rights and anything else he perceives as "of the devil". I do not want that man in office more than I don't want Trump there. I may not agree with many of the LGBTQ views or whatever you want to call it, but equal rights means equal for all even if we don't agree with it. We show less advertisements to registered users. Accounts are free; join today! (08-22-2018, 04:19 PM)mikesez Wrote:(08-22-2018, 02:21 PM)jj82284 Wrote: Also Rosie odonell has ADMITTED to doing everything Cohen is accused of in a systemic way over many campaign cycles. Where's the no knock warrant. Rosie's conduct was a.) Systemic and over many campaign cycles b.) By her own admission she knew the individual limit and had criminal intent to exceed it using fraudulent means. C.) Plain on it's face a contribution for the purpose of a SOLE CAMPSIGN EXPENSE. As to amount ask Dinesh Dsouza. Cohen's activity was a service as part of a pre-existing business relationship as part of a pre-existing dispute about activity that predated the campaign that had a reasonable alternative purpose that existed independent of the campaign itself. And again, if this was a plain face campaign EXPENSE, TRUMP SELF FINANCED MOST OF HIS CAMPAIGN. he could have appointed cohen head of some committee on ndas or communications and created an account operable at his discretion to pay the expenses. It was viewed as a non campaign EXPENSE and could have been structured as such. (08-22-2018, 05:49 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:(08-22-2018, 04:35 PM)mikesez Wrote: Name calling is unbecoming. And 2016 was two years ago. Our choice today is Trump or Pence. Excellent point! IF the liberal wing gets their wish they may regret it. The anyone but Trump crowd is so narrow sighted they can't even perceive the unintended consequences.
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At some point you just have to let go of what you thought should happen and live in what is happening. (08-22-2018, 05:49 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:Wait... I thought Pence was a great guy? Several people on here applauded Pence as VP.....(08-22-2018, 04:35 PM)mikesez Wrote: Name calling is unbecoming. And 2016 was two years ago. Our choice today is Trump or Pence. |
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