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Originally Posted by crockett
Umm It was a crime because Cohen was convicted of it...
Fox News helped conceal and cover up the crime of election finance violation, ie the Stormy Daniels payment. Added to this they are now on record as doing it to "protect" Donald Trump's election campaign.. It's one thing if they didn't want to report the store however it's criminals when their reason for not reporting the story is for the same reasons the payments were made.. (ie protect Trump's campaign)
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Crockett, sorry but that's false. It just demonstrates how desperate the Democrats are to find
anything. Paying someone to sign a NDA is not a crime. End of story. Take a minute and read the actual facts:
Michael Cohen Pled Guilty to Something That Is Not a Crime
To the contrary, the law — following our common sense — tells us that the
hush-money payments outlined by the U.S. Attorney are clearly not campaign expenditures. There is no violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act.
To reach the opposite conclusion, the U.S. Attorney is placing all his chips on the language “for the purpose of influencing an election.” Intuitively, however, we all know that such
language cannot be read literally — if it were, virtually every political candidate of the past 45 years has been in near-constant violation. The candidate who thinks “I need to brush my teeth, shower, and put on a nice suit today in order to campaign effectively” is surely not required to report as campaign expenditures his purchases of toothpaste, soap, and clothing.
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Even if it's a violation (it isn't) it's just a $15,000 fine. Obama was fined $375,000. Impeach!
