Charlie Kirk #wingnut

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For those of you keeping score at home...

In 2016, Hillary Clinton's campaign secretly paid more than a million dollars to foreign spies to create entire fictions out of whole cloth in order to smear Donald Trump as a Russian agent. These concealed payments ultimately led to illegal spying on a presidential campaign and a pointless, multimillion dollar Congressional witch hunt that derailed nearly three years of a presidential term. For these illegal payments, the FEC fined the Clinton campaign just $8,000, and the DNC $105,000.

Trump, in contrast, spent $130,000 to spare his wife the embarrassment of a porn star's extortion attempt. None of the money was used to target Hillary Clinton or any other political opponents. It was done under advice of counsel. The FEC declined to even fine Trump over the payments. Yet he's the one facing four years in prison for an alleged "campaign finance violation."
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Trump, in contrast, spent $130,000 to spare his wife the embarrassment of a porn star's extortion attempt.

Nope. He was worried that it would hurt his presidential campaign if it came out he had cheated on his wife with a porn star.

It's hard to tell which of these fools are grifters and which ones are actually stupid and crazy enough to believe this shit.

The problem with Trump paying $130,000 to quell a scandal is how he recorded this payment as legal fees in his business records.

It was done under advice of counsel.

Trump has said this a lot but didn’t try to bring this as a defense in court and the case that was made in court rejects it. In court his lawyers made the case that Trump didn’t know what the money was being used for. For advice of counsel to apply he would have to know what the money was being used for but relying on his lawyers word that it’s legal. Only one of these two things can be true, either the case Trump just made in court was a lie or advice of council doesn’t apply.
Honestly I’m not sure which is the case. Trump and his lawyers may have decided not to use advice of council for a different reason. Trump has to take the stand if he uses an advice of council defense because Trump’s understanding and beliefs about the situation are directly material. Opening Trump to questions by the prosecution would be really risky even when limited to matters of this case.

Okay Kirk no politician should be above the law. Let's investigate all their crimes. Agree?

“Yet he's the one facing four years in prison for an alleged "campaign finance violation."”
If he’d just paid her cash out of his own pocket, he’d be free and clear.
But NOOOOOO, he’s ALWAYS got to squeeze every penny of profit or advantage. And THAT is what he’s in trouble for.

Blame Hillary for everything, including your car not starting in the morning, but she's history. LOCK HIM UP!

@Titania #198473
Blame Hillary for everything, including your car not starting in the morning

CK: “My car’s gone! Hillary must have stolen it during the night!!”

Trump, in contrast, spent $130,000 to spare his wife the embarrassment of a porn star's extortion attempt.

How is the Orange Abomination’s whoremongering adultery an embarrassment to his wife?

@Bastethotep #198475

Yeah, I kind of doubt she cares who he sleeps with as long as it’s not her.

@Bastethotep #198475
How is the Orange Abomination’s whoremongering adultery an embarrassment to his wife?

Men at the top of the conservative social hierarchy are allowed to do pretty much whatever-the-fuck (emphasis on “fuck” in this particular case) with no obligation or accountability, so if he strays from the marriage, that’s a stain on her honor, not his. It’s the same sort of mentality which leads to blame-the-victim when it comes to rape. But then it also gets mixed with the tradcon ideas of women needing to be protected by men, sometimes including their honor. Wouldn’t be anywhere near the first time a man tries to “protect” a woman from losing honor over the evils which he himself keeps doing to her.

This is ridiculously old-fashioned, not to mention severely dysfunctional. And while any tradcons who are desperate to believe that Trump is one of them might buy that, nobody really cares about whether it’s true except where they can use it as a distraction to avoid talking/thinking about the real issue, which is what he did with the money.

@Bastethotep #198475

It’s also very likely that he wanted to keep it from his wife because the prenuptial agreement gives her more money if she divorces him after an affair.

I would add #conspiracy for libelious claims against Mrs. Clinton.

@Zinnia #198480

Like in Alrawabi School for Girls, where Layan, Ruqayya and Sarah end up socially discredited (and even worse for the former) because of their relations with men.

In 2016, Hillary Clinton's campaign secretly paid more than a million dollars to foreign spies to create entire fictions out of whole cloth in order to smear Donald Trump as a Russian agent.

Who pays you to spread such blatant disinformation? There was evidence of Russian interference, but Trump was not evaluated to directly be implicated, evidence was lacking for it (vs IRT some affiliated). And there was no evidence linking Clinton to investigations. An email server was apparently compromised, though.

Some… thing was elected on - part of its platform - ‘Lock Her Up’.

I don’t think you need to imagine what Hillary will be saying as of nary 24 hours ago, Chuckie Kack.

Nothing alleged about it, now those twelve good people and true have decided that it’s now a proven fact, thus we can say Convicted Criminal Donald Fart.

I trust you’re keeping score, Chucko: Democrats - 34. Trumptards - 0.