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This wasn't Trump paying for sex, it was paying hush money that was an illegal campaign contribution. Getting paid for sex was Stormy Daniels day job, and she has been clear that her sex with Trump was consensual and not for work. Although I think more emphasis should be drawn to her claims that Trump was a boring lay (just because that would hit Trump hard in the ego and get him to act out in response).keith wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:38 pm I think I agree with Humble.
At the end of the day, I dont see the payment to Stormey as any big deal. The defamation thing is important to her, of course, but paying someone for sex isn't much of a crime to go to the wall for.
That she was one of history's all time most expensive hookers doesn't really change the fact that she got paid for sex.
The source of the funds is the only thing that is worth the effort. Does anybody get jail time for misuse of campaign funds? How many other candidates have been prosecuted for paying for a little comfort?
Oh please.Slarti the White wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 6:37 pm The only way I believe the latter could work is if RICO charges were brought as Trump insulates himself like a mafia don.
Get Orly to file the RICO charges. I hear she has a lot of experience and success with that.chancery wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 8:22 pmOh please.Slarti the White wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 6:37 pm The only way I believe the latter could work is if RICO charges were brought as Trump insulates himself like a mafia don.
Just forget about RICO. It's never RICO.
I know that's what she said and that is how it has been framed.Slarti the White wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 6:37 pm
This wasn't Trump paying for sex, it was paying hush money that was an illegal campaign contribution. Getting paid for sex was Stormy Daniels day job, and she has been clear that her sex with Trump was consensual and not for work.
I think the difference is that the money got paid later. She certainly had motives for sleeping with him (and, as a sex worker, it's not surprising that she would be willing to sleep with a powerful man to attempt to gain advantage), but a huge cash payout wasn't one of them. This was essentially the consensual version of the casting couch -- something Stormy seems unembarrassed by... and a view of Trump that he knew could cost him politically.keith wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:10 amI know that's what she said and that is how it has been framed.Slarti the White wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 6:37 pm
This wasn't Trump paying for sex, it was paying hush money that was an illegal campaign contribution. Getting paid for sex was Stormy Daniels day job, and she has been clear that her sex with Trump was consensual and not for work.
But she had sex with him and because she had sex with him, she got paid a huge amount of money.
A hooker's salary IS ALWAYS 'hush money' - its part of the bargain.
He can also decline to participate with the trial, if he so chooses. He just can't decline to serve out his sentence if he's found guilty.
The Supreme Court amendments provide that a defendant has waived his right to be present at the trial of a capital or noncapital case in two circumstances: (1) when he voluntarily absents himself after the trial has begun; and (2) where he “engages in conduct which is such as to justify his being excluded from the ...
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@AriMelber
- Trump didn’t lie when he said he didn’t know about the $130K payment to Stormy Daniels, even though it wasn’t true, because he decided not to violate a confidentiality agreement, which was the right thing to do. So it’s not a lie.
Got it?
Bernie Kerik upped the ante Tuesday night in his nasty legal fight with celebrity-repping lawyer Joe Tacopina, accusing his ex-buddy in new legal papers of extramarital affairs with TV stars, prescription-drug abuse – and even racketeering.
The disgraced former NYPD commissioner added the stunning new allegations – all of which Tacopina vehemently denies — to a Manhattan federal court complaint amending a previous malpractice lawsuit he filed in January against the lawyer.
The RICO suit seeks a court order to dissolve Tacopina’s law firm, claiming it participated in “racketeering activity” since 2006 to boost profits.
It accuses Tacopina of “inappropriate manipulation of the media to falsely inflate” his “public image” — including through “countless” extramarital affairs.
The suit doesn’t name names, but one of its bombshell claims is that Tacopina had an affair with a married “producer from a major TV network” who’s husband he knew as an “acquaintance.”
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Trump NY defense: I was extorted. That is an admission he paid $ (which he had been denying) and the $ was not for legal fees (the cover story). Because the NY criminal case reportedly focuses on the crime of making false business records -- his "defense" is an confession.
I suppose he thinks it's the white collar equivalent of claiming the homicide was in self-defense. "I broke the law, paid the hush money in an illegal way, lied about it, and tried to cover it up because I was the victim of a crime."Kendra wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:53 am@AWeissmann_
Trump NY defense: I was extorted. That is an admission he paid $ (which he had been denying) and the $ was not for legal fees (the cover story). Because the NY criminal case reportedly focuses on the crime of making false business records -- his "defense" is an confession.
Trump is now saying there was no sex. She claims to be able to identify his penis. She is just going to have to make an in-court identification I guess.
Stinkhorn?Dave from down under wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:15 pmA identification line up?????
Donnie,
White Button,
Crimino,
Portabello,
Shiitake.
I was watching Irma la Douce (1963) last night. It stars Shirley MacLaine as Irma, a prostitute, and Jack Lemmon as Nestor, who starts out as a police officer. When Irma fails to recognize Nestor out of uniform the next day, which Nestor finds hard to believe, she explains "I don't remember faces". The implication is clear.
