
LINKSteve Bannon, former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, was arrested in New York Thursday on charges of using the viral “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign to enrich himself.
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LINKSteve Bannon, former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, was arrested in New York Thursday on charges of using the viral “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign to enrich himself.
You mean this one?
Let's keep things in their proper perspective okay?Per wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:19 amStrangelove wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:26 pmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Da ... ite_note-1Per wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:22 pmStrangelove wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 5:06 pm
“Look at the facts… Paid off porn star… Russia lies… Racism… Children in cages… Conspiracy theories.”
Stormy Daniels eventually admitted she never actually had an affair with "My orange hero"
Source on that?![]()
So why did he pay her USD 130,000 from campaign funds?![]()
"Daniels later signed a statement witnessed by both her lawyer and publicist denying that she had an affair with Trump."
(check the link in that article for more info if you like, also google is your friend)
And it wasn't Trump who paid the $130K, it was Cohen.
(Remember? Cohen was the one convicted of wrongdoing, not "My orange hero")
Crazy Mika... and apparently you... are still accusing Donny of things he has long been cleared!
Apparently Cohen paid her off because he couldn't get ahold of Don in the midst of the hectic campaign.
(Stormy came out of the woodwork a few weeks before the election, threatening to go public with her lies)
OK, couple of things...
1) Mika (is that her name?) stated that Trump paid off a porn star.
Not that he had an affair with said porn star.
Cohen paid Stormy 130,000 in hush money on Donnie's behalf.
Donnie later reimbursed Cohen, thus confirming that it was on his behalf.
Thus the statement can be confirmed to be true.
Stormy Daniels obviously has a habit of talking out of her ass.Per wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:19 am 2) Checking your source, the written statement that she had not had a relationship with Trump was mentioned in an article published on Jan 31st 2018.
On March 25th, 2018, Stormy was on 60 minutes, confirming that she had met with Trump twice, but only had sex with him on the first occassion, after first spanking him with a copy of Forbes magazine. She also mentioned that her former business advisor/lawyer had forced her to sign several false statements about her relations with Trump. Possibly referring to those mentioned in the article on Jan 31st?![]()
(this is on the same wikipedia page you linked to)
.... aaaand there he goes again!
What??
Fantasize all you like, but you have zero evidence in the real world that Donny did anything wrong here.Per wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:19 amAh, but that is just because the consitution protects a sitting president from prosecution.Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:26 pm 3) (Remember? Cohen was the one convicted of wrongdoing, not "My orange hero")
There is little chance that the department would file charges against Mr. Trump, regardless of what the evidence shows, because its Office of Legal Counsel has opined that the Constitution makes sitting presidents immune from prosecution.
But Mr. Cohen, after the raid last month, is under intense legal pressure.
Once Donnie is out of office, the prosecutor can choose to charge him for the same offences that Cohen was committed of doing on his behalf, if the statute of limitations has not expired by that time, that is.
Now you're just being silly, you know damn well Sweet Donny can't control folks choosing to lie to investigators on various things.Per wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:19 amTrump had NOTHING to do with the Trump election campaign????!!!!!Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:26 pmAGAIN
... President Trump had nothing to do with that!![]()
You're accusing him of being a... uhm... sock puppet...? Marionette...? Manchurian candidate...?![]()
True, but it was never established whether their efforts actually helped Trump to any substantial degree.Per wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:19 amSure... I know there are some yellow roses that really smell like shit.Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:26 pm AGAIN... Mika was accusing "My orange hero" of "Russia lies".
As you know, this has been thoroughly investigated and Lord Trump came out smelling like a rose...![]()
And again, there was ample evidence that the Russians interfered with the election to benefit Trump.
That's right, they spent years and billions of dollars and years looking for something, anything and found nothing nada zilch.
He pardoned them because it has been established it was a witch hunt.
Oh, because Oblahblah is black, any/all accusations against him must be racist??Per wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:19 amIf you cannot see how racist that is, to ridiculously claim that a non white candidate cannot be a true American, then I don't really see the point in discussing this. But I assume that you are, per usual, just trolling, so here goes...Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:26 pm (btw just how the fuck does one twist "the birtherism (sic) shit" into something racist?)
Has any white presidential candidate ever had his birth certificate questioned?
His mother was from effing Kansas.
Got knocked up by an exchange student at college.
Why the hell would she go to Kenya to give birth?![]()
Never mind that the father already had a wife in Kenya... so he surely wouldn't want to bring her there...![]()
It is so ridiculously stupid no sane person would ever give it the time of the day.
But it works just fine as a racist dog whistle for nefarious political motives.![]()
And of course Trump would go there.![]()
Now you are just being obtuse on purpose. Do I need to explain this to you one more time?Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pmFantasize all you like, but you have zero evidence in the real world that Donny did anything wrong here.Per wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:19 amAh, but that is just because the consitution protects a sitting president from prosecution.Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:26 pm 3) (Remember? Cohen was the one convicted of wrongdoing, not "My orange hero")
There is little chance that the department would file charges against Mr. Trump, regardless of what the evidence shows, because its Office of Legal Counsel has opined that the Constitution makes sitting presidents immune from prosecution.
But Mr. Cohen, after the raid last month, is under intense legal pressure.
Once Donnie is out of office, the prosecutor can choose to charge him for the same offences that Cohen was committed of doing on his behalf, if the statute of limitations has not expired by that time, that is.
Oh, they found a lot. Read the Mueller report!Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pmTrue, but it was never established whether their efforts actually helped Trump to any substantial degree.
That's right, they spent years and billions of dollars and years looking for something, anything and found nothing nada zilch.
Now THAT is the real witch hunt!Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pmAnd now the witch-hunters are the ones under investigation for starting this debacle in the first place.
They were convicted in a court of law, given every opportunity to defend themselves against the evidence brought forth by the prosecutor. Are you saying the justice system in the USA is so flawed that even major political players lack the means to properly defend themselves in an open and fair trial!Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pmHe pardoned them because it has been established it was a witch hunt.
Roger Stone was convicted of lying under oath, seven counts of obstructing the investigation, five counts of lying to congress and one case of witness tampering. All these crimes directly connected to the Russia investigation.And btw that "wrong doing" had nothing to do with any of them coordinating with the Russkies to help "My orange hero" win.
Lol!Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pmOh, because Oblahblah is black, any/all accusations against him must be racist??Per wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:19 amIf you cannot see how racist that is, to ridiculously claim that a non white candidate cannot be a true American, then I don't really see the point in discussing this. But I assume that you are, per usual, just trolling, so here goes...Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:26 pm (btw just how the fuck does one twist "the birtherism (sic) shit" into something racist?)
Has any white presidential candidate ever had his birth certificate questioned?
His mother was from effing Kansas.
Got knocked up by an exchange student at college.
Why the hell would she go to Kenya to give birth?![]()
Never mind that the father already had a wife in Kenya... so he surely wouldn't want to bring her there...![]()
It is so ridiculously stupid no sane person would ever give it the time of the day.
But it works just fine as a racist dog whistle for nefarious political motives.![]()
And of course Trump would go there.![]()
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I mean, sure, you can argue the motive wasn't racist but Macchiavellian, win at all costs (I'm sure Trump always fights dirty, he even cheats at golf), but the chosen weapon in this instance was racism.I submit Lord Trump would speak out against ANYONE running for Prez who he thought was ineligible, regardless of race, colour, or creed.
Well, the bulk of your post was about the psychological well-being of some to me unknown talkinghead on American TV.
"Both are prosecutable offences."Per wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:08 amNow you are just being obtuse on purpose. Do I need to explain this to you one more time?Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pm Fantasize all you like, but you have zero evidence in the real world that Donny did anything wrong here.
Cohen paid Stormy to be quiet ahead of the elections. You yourself claim it was with the explicit purpose to influence the outcome of the election (Cohen paid her off because ... she was going to go public 3 weeks before the election. I don't know if Cohen believed her or not, but he knew the timing could be disastrous for Don's Presidential hopes.), thus under law, this is money contributed to the Trump campaign by Cohen.
The amount is higher than what an individual is allowed to contribute, and thus a violation of campaign financing laws, even if considered a loan. Now, I don't know the details of how a candidate should address that, but the main thing here is that Trump did not address it. Instead he tried to sweep it under the rug.
The payment to Stormy by Cohen was all over the media by January, so even if Cohen had not talked to Trump ahead of the payment or asked for reimbursement after the fact, by this time there is no way to claim Trump did not know of it.
Once he knew of it, he must either list this as a campaign contribution and report it as such, or - if it is not a campaign contribution - he must report it to the Office of Government Ethics as un outstanding loan or obligation higher than USD 10,000 owed by him personally. He did neither.
In fact, his 2017 financial disclosure form — which he signed in June of 2018, certifying it was “true, complete and correct” — does not list any outstanding loan from Mr. Cohen, campaign-related or otherwise.
This means that he was either in breach of the campaign finance laws or the laws regarding government ethics.
Both are prosecutable offences.
Per wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:46 amOh, they found a lot. Read the Mueller report!Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pmTrue, but it was never established whether their efforts actually helped Trump to any substantial degree.
That's right, they spent years and billions of dollars and years looking for something, anything and found nothing nada zilch.
Only, it is mostly circumstantial evidence...
LMAO at the shoe being on the other foot!Per wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:46 amNow THAT is the real witch hunt!Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pmAnd now the witch-hunters are the ones under investigation for starting this debacle in the first place.![]()
... well I'm a very serious guy!Per wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:46 amThey were convicted in a court of law, given every opportunity to defend themselves against the evidence brought forth by the prosecutor. Are you saying the justice system in the USA is so flawed that even major political players lack the means to properly defend themselves in an open and fair trial!Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pmHe pardoned them because it has been established it was a witch hunt.![]()
Those are some serious accusations!
UMMMMM. That's right, the wrong-doing they uncovered had nothing to do with the original intent of the investigation.
And I didn't expect you to pull the racist card; I thought overplay of the racist card was reserved for paranoid/racist visible minority folk.Per wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:09 amLol!Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pmOh, because Oblahblah is black, any/all accusations against him must be racist??Per wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:19 amIf you cannot see how racist that is, to ridiculously claim that a non white candidate cannot be a true American, then I don't really see the point in discussing this. But I assume that you are, per usual, just trolling, so here goes...Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:26 pm (btw just how the fuck does one twist "the birtherism (sic) shit" into something racist?)
Has any white presidential candidate ever had his birth certificate questioned?
His mother was from effing Kansas.
Got knocked up by an exchange student at college.
Why the hell would she go to Kenya to give birth?![]()
Never mind that the father already had a wife in Kenya... so he surely wouldn't want to bring her there...![]()
It is so ridiculously stupid no sane person would ever give it the time of the day.
But it works just fine as a racist dog whistle for nefarious political motives.![]()
And of course Trump would go there.![]()
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I didn't expect you to pull that card; I thought that was reserved for card carrying racists...![]()
Well in this case it had to do with the question at the time of whether Oblahblah was eligible to hold the office of POTUS
You were doing alright until the last 8 words there... now you're back to square one.Per wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:09 amI mean, sure, you can argue the motive wasn't racist but Macchiavellian, win at all costs (I'm sure Trump always fights dirty, he even cheats at golf), but the chosen weapon in this instance was racism.Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:22 pm I submit Lord Trump would speak out against ANYONE running for Prez who he thought was ineligible, regardless of race, colour, or creed.
Don't you get it man??
As I don’t know who she is, I can’t say that I do...Strangelove wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:37 pmDon't you get it man??
Mika is the female version of YOU!!