(10-18-2019, 08:36 AM)Gabe Wrote:

(10-17-2019, 05:11 PM)jj82284 Wrote: Speak more about the campaign finance

I believe it's more likely that he'll get busted for soliciting/pressuring foreign interference in US elections, given what's going on/leaking/being said right out in the open. However, 4 campaign finance arrests (one voluntarily turning himself in - which potentially means that dude will spill some beans) and a $500k payout paired with SDNY criminal investigation wouldn't make me feel great about my chances, were I Rudloph.

As far as campaign finance, the money is going in the wrong direction.  The first two had to do with contributions made by his client to a super pac.  Which incidentally is generally handled as  a civil matter.  

As far as soliciting interference, did he ask anyone to criminally penetrate software?  Did he ask anyone to intimidate voters?  No.  That's criminal election "interference"  Investigating or doing opposition research isn't a crime.  This is the problem with the left and this whole nebulous affair.  Pronouncing people guilty in the public square of acts that are not criminal in nature is a gross abuse of power.

A lot of people have compared with the Democrats are trying to do with this inquiry to the function of a grand jury. The natural trade-off under our system of justice to have an ex parte proceeding like a grand jury is the promise of confidentiality. The idea that a prosecuting attorney with use of a grand jury would be free to selectively leaked portion to testimony while concealing others to promote and Poison the Well of public opinion is asinine on his face. The idea that we are citing random leagues an innuendo to decide the fate of a duly elected president of the United States is an affront to the Constitution the rule of law due process and common decency.

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