Interesting. So we are now looking into Trump colluding with tabloids, which is much more believable than him colluding with Russia. Without being an expert on law, is this illegal? It certainly isn't shocking. They would have to prove that he used campaign money. Also I think it excites people because it uses phrases like "influence the election", but the important part is it was to NOT influence the election. Would it have been a crime for the opposition to pay for negative stories in order TO influence the election? I only ask, because I don't know. So far it just looks like an exposure of the POS Trump is that we already knew he was.
One thing that seems off to me is the amounts of $$$ involved. For a dude with billions of dollars and also running for POTUS---how are these dollar figures not higher? Does donald trump ever pay anybody?
Not a big deal. Unless Trump specifically told Cohen to use campaign funds to pay those two women, it's not a big deal for Trump. Also, if Trump told Cohen to reimburse himself with campaign funds, then it would be a big deal. Both of those seem unlikely that Trump did that given he's worth billions and billions of dollars.
I think it would take a lifetime to go thru all the lawsuits that trump has filed and has had filed against him. I know a lot of loaded people are notoriously cheap---but he takes it to the next level. I wonder if anyone has really become rich doing work for donald. You would think his legal team would be swimming in money--but it doesn't sound like thats the case. I wonder what he paid the enquirer guy to do all these favors. Anybody actually worth billions wouldn't do some of the shit he does b/c it wouldn't matter.
In what world has this ever been a real possibility? Y'all think that if Trump was beholden to Russian financial influence that shit wouldn't be in his tax returns which, I assume, Mueller most certainly has?
I think there is a ton of corruption in big business all across the country. Wipe it all out, in my opinion. Clean house. What I don't get is why it takes things like the Trump presidency to get these issues looked into. I mean, Manafort, had committed multiple tax violations. And we're not talking small dollar stuff here. How in the world does that stuff not get tracked down in normal course of business for someone like the IRS or other governing bodies? Crazy. Good news is, there have been several politicians, republican and democrats, that have been charged with corruption and similar crimes lately. I'm all for that stuff.
I'm good. I'm just confident that if there was some big financial smoking gun, Mueller would have it. The investigation would be over. And Trump would be gone. He's not. There isn't any major smoking gun in Trumps financials. This is nothing more than a "I really, really, really, really hope they find something or, well, anything to get Trump!"
I think he and the trump sons are the heads of the organization now....Donald doesn't seem like the type of dad that would shield his sons from going down with him.If it can be proven, Allen Weisselberg likely IS the smoking gun. There is plenty of info out there already.
Then there's this documentary being released next Friday:
Smoking gun for what? Russian connections? I believe the article said they gave immunity in regards to the Cohen case. I read that as it's not full access to open books of Trump since he started business. But, back to my point, the likelihood of anything Russian tied being found isn't even remotely likely. It would have been uncovered ALREADY by Mueller. Y'all holding out hope that there is some giant smoking gun that's gonna show Trump tied to Russia is about as likely as me banging a Playboy bunny.If it can be proven, Allen Weisselberg likely IS the smoking gun. There is plenty of info out there already.
Then there's this documentary being released next Friday:
What crime did he commit? Russian collusion? Hasn't been a shred of actual evidence he tried to work with Russians to impact the election. There were meetings, but not enough to prove he tried to manipulate the election. Next, the campaign finance stuff. Again, unless Trump specifically knew they were paying with campaign funds, I think he's safe.
That's what people have been saying for two years now. It's hard to take any of that seriously when his whole administration, cabinet and everything White House related leaks like a sieve.
I think this investigation may find a lot less russian collusion than they wanted, but it might have unearthed other dirt. They flip enough guys it could really bite DT in the ass. You'd have to have some extremely loyal insiders to ride this one out and Im not sure Trump treated people well enough to have them cover his ass. Whats crazy is a guy would act in the manner he has with crazy crazy crazy ass skeletons in his closet. Why would you even run for POTUS. Hell I couldn't just for the stories my friends could tell people about growing up lol.
Knowing about the Trump Tower meeting, in an of itself, doesn't mean a hill of beans in my opinion. And unless Trump is on tape knowing about the payment to hack Hillary and the DNC, I don't think that's really an issue either. To me, this all has to have Trump on tape ordering this stuff. And like I've said about the payments to the porn star, unless he directed Cohen to use campaign funds, I think that one is on Cohen, not Trump. Nothing in that Cohen case, to me, shows any real evidence of collusion with Russians.
Totally agree. I just don't think they're going to find anything related to Russia or this campaign finance stuff that leads to impeachment or any charges for Trump.
To me, there is a BIG difference between authorizing a payment to pay off a porn star and doing so using campaign funds to do so. Nothing wrong with paying her off as long as he used his money. I would venture to say that happens more than we know for politicians. Unless Trump is on tape agreeing to the use of campaign funds, it's a big nothing burger.
