Trump - Impeach me and the market crashes

[AtW]

Paying off a gold-digger is not a crime, no evidence campaign funds were used.

It does not matter if he paid his own money - it was for the purpose of silencing news that could have affected the campaign and therefore must have been declared, which he did not.

Pretty amazing that some people still defend the indefensible - piece of tulip such as Trump

[TwoWolves]

It does not matter if he paid his own money - it was for the purpose of silencing news that could have affected the campaign and therefore must have been declared, which he did not.

Pretty amazing that some people still defend the indefensible - piece of tulip such as Trump

Which is still not a crime, no matter how hard you clap your hands and shout "I believe in fairies". I think that might be another fine - if they can prove that Trump knew about the specific blackmail attempt and Cohen did not just act on behalf of his client.

Find something that can stick, please.

[greenlake]

Find something that can stick, please.

Here you go....

[pjclarke]

The campaign funding failures are not crimes

Well, the prosecutors seemed to think they are, and you seem to be arguing that hotshot lawyer Cohen has needlessly pled guilty to non-crimes. Kinda weird. I refer you to Trevor Potter of the Campaign Legal Center.

Michael Cohen admitted today that he made or facilitated hush money payments to women in coordination with the Trump campaign to keep them silent about affairs they had with Trump. Cohen admitted to making*a $130,000 payment*to Stormy Daniels for the benefit of and*in coordination with*the Trump campaign, and appears to have done so at the behest of Trump himself, which constitutes an excessive and unreported in-kind contribution to the Trump campaign. It also appears that the Trump campaign itself violated the law by accepting this contribution in excess of legal limits and failing to report it.”

“If Trump himself knowingly and willfully violated the law, or engaged in or directed a conspiracy to do so, he too could be facing criminal penalties. Even if his violation is not knowing and willful however, the campaign could be subject to civil penalties, such as fines.”

“In a separate charge, Cohen pled guilty to causing American Media Inc. (AMI), the parent company of the National Enquirer, to make an illegal coordinated $150,000 payment by the publisher of the National Enquirer to silence former Playboy model Karen McDougal. Cohen admitted that the payment was part of an agreement entered into by AMI to influence the 2016 Presidential election by using corporate resources to prevent rumors about Trump’s affairs from becoming public by paying off women who were threatening to go public."

Fewer than 100,000 votes won Trump the presidency. It is not that much of a stretch that had the American people known of the allegations of extra marital affairs and hush money, that margin might have been reduced or even reversed altogether. Certainly the idea that he won fair and square is now as dead and buried as the idea that the Mueller campaign is a 'rigged witch hunt.'

Strange Times.

[AtW]

Which is still not a crime, no matter how hard you clap your hands and shout "I believe in fairies". I think that might be another fine - if they can prove that Trump knew about the specific blackmail attempt and Cohen did not just act on behalf of his client.

Find something that can stick, please.

It is a crime in thr USA, his lawyer pleaded guity to it under oath, he will do 3-5 years now for it (beats a lot more in case of jury conviction)

Jesus, so many morons listen to conman Trump

[DoctorStrangelove]

To be fair, the Dow Jones is quite high at the moment, and it might just crash of it own volition, regardless of anything The Donald does.
We haven't had a market crash for some years now = we're due one soon.

Even more so since I heard the immortal words to the effect that "it's different this time" only the other day.

Run for the hills!

The sky is falling!

[WTFH]

Trump shows his presidential qualities, not just every day on Twitter, but when he threatens the US to say that the markets will crash if he is impeached, and so he should be allowed to do anything he wants to make sure the Dow doesn't crash.
He is a pricktator and failed businessman who thinks he can get away with anything and that everyone can be paid off.

[scooterscot]

Obama is articulate, listened, educated - everything the current occupant of the White house isn't. Amazing US citizens made the choice that they did.

[OwlHoot]

Impeach him for what? ...

I heard some American idiot on Radio 4 yesterday claiming Trump should be impeached for something like "impairing US interests".

When quizzed on the nature of these supposed impairments, it turned out they were basically just policies not supported by Democrats!

[sasguru]

I heard some American idiot on Radio 4 yesterday claiming Trump should be impeached for something like "impairing US interests".

When quizzed on the nature of these supposed impairments, it turned out they were basically just policies not supported by Democrats!

SO you think he's a great president then?