GoCubsGo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:51 pm
Vrede too wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:46 pm
Does anyone know why only the hush money payment to Stormy is being discussed and not the one to
Karen McDougal?
Trump didn't pay her off illegally.
Read the entire section.
In August 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws, admitting paying hush money of $130,000 and $150,000 "at the direction of a candidate for federal office" to two women who alleged affairs with that candidate, "with the purpose of influencing the election". The figures match payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and McDougal....
It's a little more complicated with paying off McDougal because it was funneled through the TRE45QN-friendly
National Enquirer, which bought the rights to McDougal's story then spiked it.
In June 2021, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) found that the National Enquirer violated U.S. election laws and the $150,000 paid by AMI to McDougal amounted to an illegal campaign contribution. AMI agreed to a fine of $187,500. Because the FEC was equally divided on party lines, it could not pursue further investigation into Trump, who accordingly will not be punished or be the subject of further inquiry by the FEC.
If Cohen and the paper trail could convince a jury that the
National Enquirer was reimbursed by Dolt .45 then the unreported McDougal hush money was just as illegal as the unreported Daniels hush money. Why is this not even being discussed?