re: #350 freetoken

But we don’t know that, do we?

Wasn’t Rudy’s justification for his ramble that he wanted to show that the money did not come from the campaign, but from Trump personally?

Yes, that was exactly the point of his entire spiel. But as I mentioned earlier, that opens up a whole batch of other problems for Drumpf. If it was Drumpf money, it had to be declared. And it should have showed up on Cohen’s returns, also, if it was reimbursed over a calendar year (and Rudy said it was spaced out over time, i.e. from 2016 through 2017).

So, depending on what they filed, even if it had nothing to do with the Campaign money, it should have shown up on both Drumpf and Cohen’s 2016 and 2017 personal tax returns. Because it was, you know, money paid to a third party by Cohen and then reimbursed to Cohen by real money from Drumpf. My understanding is that those transactions had to be declared, or they were both guilty of tax fraud.

So Rudy helped Drumpf by killing the concept that the hush money came from the Campaign and screwed both Drumpf and Cohen by saying that it was “funneled” personal money which I can promise you did not show up on any tax filing.

Let’s all say this together, shall we? “Illegally Laundered Hush Money.”

Do you like the sound of that? I do! It’s the tinkling bells of a felony. A high crime or misdemeanor.

Dollar Bill certainly had the cash to pay off Monica Lewinsky, but he didn’t. If he had, he would certainly been convicted by the Senate.

In my opinion, of course.