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    “When the FEC wrote the regulation that says what cons utes campaign expenditures and what cons utes personal use, it rejected specifically the idea that a campaign expenditure was anything related to a campaign, and instead says it has to be something that exists only because of the campaign and solely for that reason.”—Bradley Smith former FEC Chairman
    Who also happens to be a GOPer. Nice and balance.

    This was a criminal act.

    Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday to eight criminal charges, including two campaign finance violations in which he directly implicated Trump.
    Criminal AKA crimes.

    Dan Petalas, former acting general counsel and head of enforcement at the FEC who signed the settlement agreement with the Obama campaign, said such infractions are far more common than criminal violations to which Cohen pleaded guilty.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.67f4015ef4cf

    Excellent article breaking down the difference between Civil infraction vs Criminal.

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    The payments weren’t campaign expenditures. Money from the campaign wasn’t used.
    you're saying he plead guilty to things he is not guilty of

    thats different than saying he plead guilty to crimes that aren't crimes ... which implies its some made up law

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    So TSA is saying Flynn and Cohen and probably Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to crimes they didn't commit.

    What are the odds?

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    So TSA is saying Flynn and Cohen and probably Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to crimes they didn't commit.

    What are the odds?
    believe in Q

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    TSA.. Truth isn't truth


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    These payments were made only because there was a campaign and solely that reason.
    solely that reason

    Are there no other reasons you can think of that a husband and father would have for not wanting an affair exposed publicly?

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    solely that reason

    Are there no other reasons you can think of that a husband and father would have for not wanting an affair exposed publicly?
    on the eve of an election?

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    TSA.. Truth isn't truth

    truth isn't truth

    crimes aren't crimes

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    “Cohen implicated Trump” is all the prosecutor was after. They know a campaign finance charge will never hold up in court against Trump. Nothing will come of this concerning Trump.

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    solely that reason

    Are there no other reasons you can think of that a husband and father would have for not wanting an affair exposed publicly?
    on the eve of an election?

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    “Cohen implicated Trump” is all the prosecutor was after.
    Sooooooooooo deep state.

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    on the eve of an election?
    Dodge #1

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    On the eve of an election, no.

    No is my answer, TSA.

    The timing s on your family man conspiracy theory.

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    “Cohen implicated Trump” is all the prosecutor was after. They know a campaign finance charge will never hold up in court against Trump. Nothing will come of this concerning Trump.
    No, it directly implicates Trump. During the election, chicken er, with multiple felonies.

    That is some weapons grade delusional bull you got there.

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    “Cohen implicated Trump” is all the prosecutor was after. They know a campaign finance charge will never hold up in court against Trump. Nothing will come of this concerning Trump.
    God bless you, a TRUE AMERICAN.
    THANK YOU for your commitment to the messaging!
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    solely that reason

    Are there no other reasons you can think of that a husband and father would have for not wanting an affair exposed publicly?
    If Trump has other reasons he can explain them in an interview with Robert Khuzami.

    Pretty simple.

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    solely that reason

    Are there no other reasons you can think of that a husband and father would have for not wanting an affair exposed publicly?
    Sure.

    Problem is that they were made right before the election and per the plea BECAUSE of the election.

    Do you have some evidence to support some other thesis?

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    God bless you, a TRUE AMERICAN.
    THANK YOU for your commitment to the messaging!
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    @ realdonaldtrump @ infowars @ prisonplanet @ tuckercarlson
    ROFL...

    masterful. Props.

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    No, it directly implicates Trump. During the election, chicken er, with multiple felonies.

    That is some weapons grade delusional bull you got there.
    You’re blinded by your hatred of Trump. Wasn’t a campaign expenditure. Campaign money wasn’t used. Cohen didn’t even commit a crime by making the payment.

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    You’re blinded by your hatred of Trump. Wasn’t a campaign expenditure. Campaign money wasn’t used. Cohen didn’t even commit a crime by making the payment.


    It was a thing of value, chicken er. That is the way the law works. Sorry, you fail so hard.

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    You’re blinded by your hatred of Trump. Wasn’t a campaign expenditure. Campaign money wasn’t used. Cohen didn’t even commit a crime by making the payment.
    The developments of today will permit us to have the stay lifted in the civil case & should also permit us to proceed with an expedited deposition of Trump under oath about what he knew, when he knew it, and what he did about it. We will disclose it all to the public.

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    You’re blinded by your hatred of Trump. Wasn’t a campaign expenditure. Campaign money wasn’t used. Cohen didn’t even commit a crime by making the payment.
    Crime isn't crime.

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    You’re blinded by your hatred of Trump. Wasn’t a campaign expenditure. Campaign money wasn’t used. Cohen didn’t even commit a crime by making the payment.
    However, under federal campaign finance rules, a contribution is “anything of value given, loaned or advanced to influence a federal election.”

    A “knowing and willful” violation of those rules — which Cohen admitted to — can lead to criminal charges.

    Excessive in-kind contributions do not usually result in criminal prosecution, said Jonathan Biran, a partner at Biran Kelly and former prosecutor with the Justice Department’s public integrity unit.

    “What sets this apart is the amount of the things of value — and also, one might argue, the importance of the issue that was the subject of these payments,” he said. “In other words, to prevent the surfacing of these allegations.”
    Oh er of chickens, it matters all whether campaign funds were used or not.

    Do you want the law? I can lay that smackdown on your dumb ass too.

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    You’re blinded by your hatred of Trump. Wasn’t a campaign expenditure. Campaign money wasn’t used. Cohen didn’t even commit a crime by making the payment.
    https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30116
    (i) expenditures made by any person in cooperation, consultation, or concert, with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate, his authorized political committees, or their agents, shall be considered to be a contribution to such candidate;
    Yes or no, chicken er, was this an "expenditures made by any person in cooperation, consultation, or concert, with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate"

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