In Key Testimony, Cohen Says Trump Promised to Reimburse Hush-Money Payment

[Grokmaster]

Michael D. Cohen, the one-time fixer for Donald J. Trump and the star witness at his criminal trial, described for jurors the “catastrophic” threat Stormy Daniels’s account of a sexual liaison with Mr. Trump posed to his campaign, and his boss’s instruction to pay her to make it go away: “Just do it.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/13/nyregion/trump-trial-michael-cohen

Again: NOT A CRIME.

 

[Grokmaster]

I also believe that trump is on record under oath saying that he reimbursed Cohen for the hush money disbursements.

Not a crime.

 

[Hume]

Again: NOT A CRIME.

Do you think Trump is the Messiah?

 

[Althea]

Not a crime.

Unless you are running for elected office

 

[Hume]

Unless you are running for elected office

And deliberately pay off someone to prevent that information being public.

 

[Yakuda]

I also believe that trump is on record under oath saying that he reimbursed Cohen for the hush money disbursements.

So NOW he isn't liar?

 

[Yakuda]

And deliberately pay off someone to prevent that information being public.

Cite the criminal code

 

[Yakuda]

Unless you are running for elected office

Cite the criminal code.

 

[Althea]

And deliberately pay off someone to prevent that information being public.

These boneheads keep quoting Fox talking points.

To argue that nonsense, you have to ignore quite a bit of fact.

On another note, I found it amusing that the House speaker who recently failed at a multi million dollar attempt to impeach Biden, claimed that this trial is politically motivated.

 

[Yakuda]

These boneheads keep quoting Fox talking points.

To argue that nonsense, you have to ignore quite a bit of fact.

On another note, I found it amusing that the House speaker who recently failed at a multi million dollar attempt to impeach Biden, claimed that this trial is politically motivated.

Cite the criminal code that was violated.

 

[Althea]

And deliberately pay off someone to prevent that information being public.

AND attempt to hide said payments.

 

[Hume]

AND attempt to hide said payments.

Yes, what the trial is about.

 

[Walt]

So if I understands trumpers defense of trump, they admit he had sex with a porn star, had Cohen paid her off, and then falsified business records to make it look like a legal/business expense... But they say there is a technicality that makes it a misdemeanor, not a felony? Not so much a defense as a mitigation.

 

[Into the Night]

Do you think Trump is the Messiah?

Not a religion.

 

[Into the Night]

Unless you are running for elected office

Nope. Not a crime.

 

[Into the Night]

And deliberately pay off someone to prevent that information being public.

Not a crime.

 

[Into the Night]

These boneheads keep quoting Fox talking points.

To argue that nonsense, you have to ignore quite a bit of fact.

On another note, I found it amusing that the House speaker who recently failed at a multi million dollar attempt to impeach Biden, claimed that this trial is politically motivated.

FOX is owned and operated by leftists.
Why would I or any other conservative quote FOX news???

It is not possible to impeach someone that is not in office.

 

[Into the Night]

Yes, what the trial is about.

The trial is not about any crime.

 

[Into the Night]

So if I understands trumpers defense of trump, they admit he had sex with a porn star, had Cohen paid her off, and then falsified business records to make it look like a legal/business expense... But they say there is a technicality that makes it a misdemeanor, not a felony? Not so much a defense as a mitigation.

Hush money is legal. No fraud.

 

[martin]

Not a crime.

The Court has ruled against Trump already on his claim the alleged conduct was not a crime.