If the other substantive weaknesses in the politically constructed Manhattan case against Donald Trump do not lead to a pre-trial dismissal, this one should collapse it.
The Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) explicitly states the payments by President Trump to Stormy Daniels are not an election campaign violation.
WASHINGTON DC – A key member of the Federal Election Commission today rejected the Manhattan district attorney’s indictment of former President Donald Trump as a violation of federal election laws.
“It’s not a campaign finance violation. It’s not a reporting violation of any kind,” said FEC Commissioner James E. “Trey” Trainor. In trying to stretch the law to make it look like a violation, he added, District Attorney Alvin Bragg “is really trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole.”
In a 34-count indictment of Trump, the first criminal case ever against a former president, Bragg charged that a $130,000 payment made by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to porn star Stormy Daniels, which Cohen went to jail for in a plea deal, violated several campaign finance laws that splashed onto Trump. [T]he FEC and Justice Department already considered the case and tossed it.
First, he said, Cohen took the blame in his plea deal. “At the end of the day, there’s the person who committed the crime, and there’s the person who is behind bars because of it,” Trainor said of Cohen.
Second, the paperwork violation in question came well after Trump’s 2016 election, so it couldn’t have been done to help his election.
Third, it is not obvious that the reason for the payment and the reimbursement to Cohen was to influence the election, thus failing the “objective standard” of law. “It has to be something that anybody on the street can look at and say the only reason you did that was to influence the campaign,” said Trainor. “There’s a lot of reasons that he could have done it that aren’t related to him being a candidate for president, and so therefore, it wouldn’t have met the standard as campaign expenditure under federal law,” he added. (read more)
This is the @FEC hearing room. This is where campaign finance violations are tried. pic.twitter.com/OJFxVMiiUl
— Trey Trainor (@TXElectionLaw) April 4, 2023
In regards to the Special Council Guy Jack Smith.
POTUS keeps referrring to the the fact that we don;t
know who he really is.
Well I read somewhere that he had connections to The Hague
and was involved in investigating War Crimes.. so you can
see where they are going with Trump. National Security Risk…
From wiki bio
From 2008 to 2010, Smith worked as Investigation Coordinator for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.[11][10] In that position, he oversaw cases against government officials and militia members accused of war crimes and genocide
The hurdle that TPTB need to clear is that the U.S. is not a signatory to/member of the I.C.C..
This article would be good to print out and pass around to spread the word.
Major news won’t do it.
We must do it.
My fear is that a Manhattan jury will vote to convict without any effort to apply reason , logic or common sense. Hate and emotion will drive their vote to convict. It will be a sham trial. This is chaos
Of course they will.
If you saw the contents of the New York Appelate Courts you’d think Men At Work got the jobs!
That is why Manhattan/NYC, Atlanta/Fulton County and D.C. were selected as venues for these sham proceedings. All of them are deep blue Dem strongholds.
I read Julie Kelly’s piece this morning. Not optimistic.
I did too and it’s funny because Dershowitz claimed that none of these cases were worth a damn.
Julie is a good journalist but Dershowitz is a much better defense lawyer.
I hope this falls apart, and Bragg ends up with egg on his face.
By the way, I love that picture of the true President and the lion.
The Dems absolutely will NOT allow Trump to run again. Jack Smith and Company is where the real threat lies. No one, so far, as escaped conviction for charges brought by the “Government” against anyone involved in J6.
On the other hand, no court has allowed evidence of 2020 cheating to be examined. If Trump is charged here or in Atlanta, his defense must be allowed to expose all the circumstantial, whistleblower, and data evidence of the cheating. In fact, under the Brady rule, the government itself must make that evidence available. Remember when John Ratcliffe said the intelligence community had evidence of foreign interference but would not bring it out for political reasons? If there’s a trial, then we try the facts, and I don’t think Trump will use a DC public defender.
Ahh, yes John, but you must remember it is the JUDGE who controls the proceedings and who decides what “evidence” is relevant under the “Rules of Law” and thus can, and will, block access to “alleged” Brady material because it will be determined to be “irrelevant” because blah, blah, blah and any TRUTH(s) in the matter must be subdued in order to have a “fair and impartial” outcome not only for the prosecution but for the good of The People as well. Understand? Justice in America today! Not happening.
Ask Gen Flynn how that worked out.
Face Reality and cease pushing the myth of Dems against Republicans.
Republicans absolutely will not let President Trump to win.
Not true. A judge dismissed a case when he was shown video of the defendant being let in the Capitol.
That is just the first that comes to mind..
The Beast got at least some of what it wants; voters seeing Trump on TV getting charged for a crime. Doesn’t matter it’s phony, for naught or he walks away for now. The election is now tainted and ballot harvesting will take care of the rest.
Actually no. There were no crimes listed, as has been written and spoken by many a!ready, so far.
I said earlier this week somewhere this:
Trump may have sinned, but it appears he did not break man’s law.
Many Politicians have been guilty of lust and have stepped down from their elected jobs, but no one has gone to jail for that sin. The day when politicians felt compelled to resign due to lust or whatever with the other sex ended after the Monica and Bill Clinton affair.
The jury is still out on what to do with Sexual Deviants today. According to Biden we should encourage their behavior and embrace it. It’s looking like that sin will rest on God’s shoulders as well.
Stormy Daniels retracted her statement. So it wasn’t sin – it was extortion.
Instinctively, I don’t think this case will go to trial. It will fall apart and disintegrate. Next up……
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Democrats don’t need the law as long as they have 12 rabid Trump haters and a Marxist judge.
But what does Scottish law say? Lawfare media narratives will travel to any country, culture, or time period to carry out their vendetta against President Trump. American law is of no consequence to them.
It’s all rigged.
This decision will simply be revised to bring it in conformity to the Bragg prosecution.
Baseless charges/indictments will not make a difference; our domestic enemies do not care about the court of public opinion.
But other than all of that?
Seems a lot of people here have given up hope. Defeatism stinks.
they will still convict him, and then epstein him
Bite your fingers.
Can’t help but think some swamp critter had the FEC get out ahead of this in order to protect all those members of Congress who have also paid hush money to settle sexual harassment suits but used that tax revenue slush fund. Odds are there are some very powerful members on that list from both parties.
In essence what the Left is saying is, “If you paid someone to go away and not embarrass you. That is a campaign expense, and if not declared is an FEC violation.
So the logic of their argument goes.
That is so rich.
If that is the base line of FEC crimes and misdemeanors.
What is the intangible value of having the entire corporate MSM pretend the Biden’s dirty laundry does not exist.
Whether a story is talked about or not, the MSM over head costs are fixed. And, still at the end of the day, someone, somewhere is taking the job home with them, “Figuring out how to thread the needle of pretending how the Biden’s dirty laundry does not exist.”
I say an easy two to three billion dollars.
Did the Biden campaign make that declaration?
Just wait for the Georgia indictment. My prediction is Trumps phone call asking the AG if he needs any Federal help getting the vote count correct will be annonced as “bribing the AG”. You know, just like Zuckerberg bribed all the election departments across the US.
The FEC will soon retract or modify it’s statement if recent history applies.
With more than 100KUS$ a year for 3 years, how Bragg could have paid his tuition fees?
tuition fees for harward law school – Recherche (bing.com)
THEY DO NOT NEED A CASE
THEY DO NOT NEED ANOTHER CRIME
They have a rope (the jury) and a tree(the judge) and that is all they will need.
Just watch!
Republicans are so mad at this attack on a former President and current candidate that they promise to never bring charges against a Democrat or very rarely even investigate one….We’re ruled by lying cowards
Sundance & everyone; check this out! (I just posted it on the Open Thread for April 7th, as well.)
Chuck Callesto
@ChuckCallesto
BOMBSHELL ACCUSATIONS: Trump Indictment Was Orchestrated And Planned By The CCP..
Survivor Of The Chinese Communist Party Miles Guo dropped this bombshell.
1 month ago — Guo was raided by 100 FBI agents, arrested and his apt burnt down.. https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/svg/1f914.svg
From NFSC Speaks
5:36 PM · Apr 7, 2023
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NFSC Speaks
@NFSCSpeak
“I’m A Survivor Of The Chinese Communist Party, And Mr. Miles Guo — The Leader And Founder Of The New Federal State Of China — Dropped A Bombshell Two Years Ago. Two Years Ago, He Warned America That The CCP Will Do Anything To Stop President Trump’s 2024 Presidential Bid! This Whole Trump Indictment Was Orchestrated And Planned By The CCP! This Country’s Justice System Has Been Weaponized By The CCP. American Politics Have Become A One Party Game Of The CCP. If We Don’t Stop Them, The CCP Will Determine The Next U.S. President!”
#FreeMilesGuo #TakeDownTheCCP
Nicole (@Nicole7749NYC ) speaking live on RSBN (
@RSBNetwork) outside the bail hearing of Mr. Guo this week.
11:28 AM · Apr 7, 2023 · 1,139 Views