Donald Trump indicted (Read 24205 times)

drck1000

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2023, 02:19:40 PM »
Please refresh our memory.

What was Cohen charged and convicted of?

Also, what did Cohen tell investigators about the payment to Daniels?

Lastly, Cohen illegally recorded all conversations with his clients.  Why were there never any conversations with Trump or anyone associated with Trump regarding this matter?

Cohen is an affirmed liar.  He under-reported his taxable income by about $5M, he lied about paying for Daniel's silence, and he sent statements to the Trump organization for legal fees every month to get paid back the money he'd used -- which he fraudulently obtained using a Home Equity Line of credit.  And this is the man you choose to believe.

Typical Liberal idiot with bias-affirming beliefs.
What happens when people parrot only the headlines.  Not taking time to do their own due diligence. . .

QUIETShooter

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2023, 02:22:47 PM »
Worse than what? Depends which puke we're talking about (too numerous to mention) What did they do? All kinds of tewwibble tewwible tings.... :rofl: Did they give Top Secret documents to the Russians? You really think Trump is the sole leader allegedly to do this?  :rofl: Did they attempt to destroy democracy? Yes.  Countless, countless times.  Even as you speak

Sometimes you gotta know when to save your bullets.

Flapp_Jackson

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #22 on: March 31, 2023, 02:35:09 PM »
What happens when people parrot only the headlines.  Not taking time to do their own due diligence. . .

According to the allegations, "Unnamed executives at the Trump Organization directed that Cohen be paid $420,000, which would reimburse him for his payment, along with additional money for taxes and expenses and a $60,000 bonus, filings said. One executive told another to falsely describe the fees as legal expenses and describe the first two monthly payments as a “retainer,” according to court papers."

So, Cohen got convicted in part because he was stupid.  If the Trump Org was going to reimburse him for taking out a HELOC to pay Daniels, PLUS taxes and interest/expenses, PLUS a bonus, why the hell would be try to hide $4M-$5M of income from the IRS?  I guess greed is a powerful motivator.

I think Trump's biggest weakness has been his trust of people that should not have been trusted.  Cohen proved to be a criminal in his own right. 
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the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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hvybarrels

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #23 on: March 31, 2023, 02:35:29 PM »
Those have all been investigated and the accused even testified to congress and the result was zero.

*was

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drck1000

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2023, 02:43:23 PM »
According to the allegations, "Unnamed executives at the Trump Organization directed that Cohen be paid $420,000, which would reimburse him for his payment, along with additional money for taxes and expenses and a $60,000 bonus, filings said. One executive told another to falsely describe the fees as legal expenses and describe the first two monthly payments as a “retainer,” according to court papers."

So, Cohen got convicted in part because he was stupid.  If the Trump Org was going to reimburse him for taking out a HELOC to pay Daniels, PLUS taxes and interest/expenses, PLUS a bonus, why the hell would be try to hide $4M-$5M of income from the IRS?  I guess greed is a powerful motivator.

I think Trump's biggest weakness has been his trust of people that should not have been trusted.  Cohen proved to be a criminal in his own right.
Being stupid is a crime?   :P

[sarcasm\]

Flapp_Jackson

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #25 on: March 31, 2023, 05:06:59 PM »
Being stupid is a crime?   :P

[sarcasm\]

Not all stupid people are criminals, but most criminals are stupid -- that how we find out they're criminals.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

changemyoil66

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #26 on: March 31, 2023, 05:18:15 PM »
Cohen went to prison and the court case revealed proof the Cohen performed this action at the direction of Trump. You can't direct someone to commit a crime, have them go to prison, and expect not to have consequences. It's not political. Just wait for the other indictments to follow. Should be interesting.
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ren

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #27 on: March 31, 2023, 05:54:11 PM »
Someone who has not read any prior threads as suggested, wont bother to read past article headlines to.


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groveler

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #28 on: March 31, 2023, 08:08:10 PM »
Those have all been investigated and the accused even testified to congress and the result was zero.
Investigated by Democrats doesn't count.
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eyeeatingfish

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #29 on: March 31, 2023, 09:06:41 PM »
I agree with this whataboutism.  The docs are currently sealed, so the media is speculating.  And with their current speculation, it would be a nothing burger.  2 other times they tried to get Trump on this and there wasn't enough evidence of a crime committed.  Letter from Stormy saying she never had an affair and is stating so not under a NDA.  And letter from Cohen saying he chose to pay her and never got reimbursed.  With these 2 keys, the other 2 attempts fell short.

But what I do disagree with you about is that "this better not be a political thing".  This is 100% political. Esp when the DA said that he's making it a priority to go after Trump.  This alone should cause zero indictments as he is no longer neutral.

There will be zero damage from this nothing burger to the left.  Like Russia, the media will cover for them and sweep it under the rug.  It can only strengthen support from those who already don't trust the fake news.  TDS'ers won't learn or change their minds.

This indictment really isn't comparable to the impeachments. A grand jury decides whether there is enough evidence to proceed. Impeachments are really just political actions and should not be taken inherently as indicative of whether there is actually sufficient evidence.

A better comparison would be the democrat candidate who was charged with similar things for covering up his mistress. His name escapes me but he was never convicted and the charges weren't real strong.

I wish media would stop speculating, just mention he is charged and that the documents are sealed so the evidence and allegations are not yet public. Next story.

The DA is very suspect and the politics cannot be ignored but what I meant was that the evidence better be there. The DA can be political if he wants as long as his case is good. I could have made that clearer, the basis of the case better be more than just politics. Prosecutors get to be political and should never be considered neutral.

You are right TDSers won't change their minds, but if the evidence actually shows Trump comitted a crime, do you think and MAGA people will change their mind?

QUIETShooter

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #30 on: March 31, 2023, 09:14:47 PM »
And the country becomes more and more polarized....
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hvybarrels

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #31 on: March 31, 2023, 11:16:45 PM »
The whole purpose of this farce is to let us know that the totalitarians can come after us any time they want, but they can get away with anything up to and including murder.

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Brystont1

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #32 on: April 01, 2023, 08:11:46 AM »
This indictment really isn't comparable to the impeachments. A grand jury decides whether there is enough evidence to proceed. Impeachments are really just political actions and should not be taken inherently as indicative of whether there is actually sufficient evidence.

A better comparison would be the democrat candidate who was charged with similar things for covering up his mistress. His name escapes me but he was never convicted and the charges weren't real strong.

I wish media would stop speculating, just mention he is charged and that the documents are sealed so the evidence and allegations are not yet public. Next story.

The DA is very suspect and the politics cannot be ignored but what I meant was that the evidence better be there. The DA can be political if he wants as long as his case is good. I could have made that clearer, the basis of the case better be more than just politics. Prosecutors get to be political and should never be considered neutral.

You are right TDSers won't change their minds, but if the evidence actually shows Trump comitted a crime, do you think and MAGA people will change their mind?

I pretty much agree with everything you said. Personally as a “maga” guy if I see strong evidence I’ll accept it for what it is, no one is above the law. However the larger issue will be whether ALL politicians get the same treatment in the future. What I won’t accept is “my side” or people who fight for my beliefs getting tossed in jail while the democrats get to continue doing whatever the hell they want. I better see indictments on both sides.

QUIETShooter

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #33 on: April 01, 2023, 10:23:56 AM »
I pretty much agree with everything you said. Personally as a “maga” guy if I see strong evidence I’ll accept it for what it is, no one is above the law. However the larger issue will be whether ALL politicians get the same treatment in the future. What I won’t accept is “my side” or people who fight for my beliefs getting tossed in jail while the democrats get to continue doing whatever the hell they want. I better see indictments on both sides.

Agree! :thumbsup:

Now you see what we're getting at OP?
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Flapp_Jackson

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #34 on: April 01, 2023, 11:15:11 AM »
Michael Cohen was convicted of lying to Congress.

Hillary Clinton lied to congress on more than one occasion.

Trump's estate was raided because he allegedly mishandled classified government documents.

Hillary admitted to destroying 33K emails, many of which were highly classified.  Having those documents on an illegal mail server and then destroying the evidence while under subpoena to turn them over were both crimes.

General and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was convicted of 2 counts of lying to the FBI.

Hillary was caught in a number of lies made to the public, to Congress and to the FBI.

It's difficult to watch anyone being indicted when it seems only one party must account for their misdeeds.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Flapp_Jackson

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #35 on: April 01, 2023, 11:45:29 AM »
Trump raised over $4M in a single day.

Thanks, NY Grand Jury!!
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Wchiro

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #36 on: April 02, 2023, 02:26:38 PM »
The Prosecutors case is weak as other lawyers have said openly.  The prosecutor is a Soro's plant who got about a $1million campaign contribution from Soros

I don't think this is really about the indictment i think this is about getting Trump supporters angry so they can stage a false flag event where Antifa, BLM, FBI confidential informants and others infiltrate and dress up as Trump MAGA supporters and stage a riot and blame Trump supporters for starting a Civil War.  Like they tried with January 6 which failed and starting to fall apart with all the videos being shown.
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ren

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #37 on: April 02, 2023, 03:01:37 PM »
The Prosecutors case is weak as other lawyers have said openly.  The prosecutor is a Soro's plant who got about a $1million campaign contribution from Soros

I don't think this is really about the indictment i think this is about getting Trump supporters angry so they can stage a false flag event where Antifa, BLM, FBI confidential informants and others infiltrate and dress up as Trump MAGA supporters and stage a riot and blame Trump supporters for starting a Civil War.  Like they tried with January 6 which failed and starting to fall apart with all the videos being shown.

Were those videos "certified"?
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oldfart

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #38 on: April 02, 2023, 03:16:35 PM »
email supposedly from nancy peolosi
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I’m stunned, Deborah.

I just learned that Trump has raised a horrifying $500 MILLION since his MASSIVE election loss — all to endanger our country again.

I hate to alarm you, but this is the kind of cash that could buy Donald Trump the Presidency – and help him destroy our Democracy in the process.

Deborah, I’ll fight tooth and nail to ensure this election-denying extremist and his allies NEVER set foot in the halls of power again.
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ren

Re: Donald Trump indicted
« Reply #39 on: April 02, 2023, 04:15:34 PM »
who's Deborah?
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