Danderman123

You must be senile, since the OP states the opposite of what you just posted.

Donald Trump committed business fraud to cover up an illegal campaign finance violation. As for FEC: Ultimately Mr. Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $1.39 million in restitution, $500,000 in forfeiture, and $100,000 in fines for two campaign finance violations (including the payment at issue in these matters) and other charges. In sum, the public record is complete with respect to the conduct at issue in these complaints, and Mr. Cohen has been punished by the government of the United States for the conduct at issue in these matters. Thus, we concluded that pursuing these matters further was not the best use of agency resources.

I am not going to bother doing the Google thing to quote from Trump's rant the other day, since you paraphrased Trump immediately. The big question is whether Trump's attorney was able to trip up Michael Cohen during the cross examination. Spoiler Alert: Todd Blanche mailed it in, and so the Trump fans here don't have any talking points today to share.

When polls show Biden leading Trump, will you believe them?

Indirectly. You copied Trump's rant the next day, where you stated that NDAs are legal. This was the first time that Trump acknowledged his participation in the NDA with Stormy Daniels.

Polls during a trial are worthless. Polling after a jury verdict is useful. It looks like the prosecution is going to wrap up it's case with Michael Cohen, so Thursday could be the last day. The Defense may start their case on Friday.

This may be a difficult concept for you, but Steve Bannon has been sentenced to prison. If he does not appeal, he goes to prison.

If Bannon doesn't continue his appeals, he goes to jail.

Wow. A classic Gish Gallop. I will give you the same advice I give for anyone who posts a Gish Gallop: don't lead with a lie, because that stops people from reading the rest.

Not a lot of love for Steve Bannon here.

Trump recorded the transactions as "legal services", which is how invoices from attorneys are normally paid. The problem is that the payment to Michael Cohen wasn't for legal services, it was compensation for an illegal campaign finance violation. As for Trump, for the first time, he admitted he knew about the NDA. Oops

NBC reported that Trump carried his online ranting into Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday morning, telling reporters as he arrived, “signing a NDA is not a crime.” NBC noted this was an unusual statement for Trump to make, as he previously claimed no awareness of a non-disclosure agreement with Stormy Daniels. Oops

Trump's DOJ prosecuted Cohen for his campaign finance violation and he went to jail. FEC declined to prosecute Cohen because he already pled guilty. Do you think Trump's DOJ was lying about the payment being a campaign finance violation?

You're doing the crazy breakdown of a crime into it's discrete parts. Let me help you: Cohen paid Stormy Daniels to assist the Trump campaign, which was an illegal campaign donation. Trump reimbursed Cohen, but claimed the payment was for attorney services, not for the hush money payment. The initial campaign finance violation was covered up by Trump not listing the expense as being for hush money, which was fraud.

FEC clearly stated that they declined to prosecute the illegal campaign donation because they knew that DOJ was already working the case.

Trump arranged for Michael Cohen to provide fake invoices, and paid them as if they were for attorney services, when, in fact, the payment was for the Stormy Daniels hush money. Business fraud. To cover up the initial illicit campaign donation.

And vice versa, the other witnesses corroborate Michael Cohen's testimony.

Trump is indicted because he committed business fraud. You don't understand it, that's all.

Covering up a campaign donation by claiming the reimbursement to Michael Cohen was for his legal services, and not the passthrough expense of the payment to Stormy Daniels. It's bad public policy to allow illicit donations to political campaigns

Trump committed business fraud, and faces 34 charges.

In the context of this topic, Trump committed business fraud.

Cohen billed Trump the $130,000 paid to Stormy Daniels as a passthrough, but Trump claimed the payment was for legal services, not for Stormy Daniels to shut up. Everyone knows that, but you insist on trying to confuse people. Perhaps you feel better about yourself for doing that, but I think it's whacked.

You know what Trump did to get himself indicted, but you choose to try to confuse people about it, because you perceive that's your mission.

Only in your mind is the testimony of the witnesses disproven. Tell you what, give us one fact about the case that a witness has testified to that has been disproven. Just one. If you respond with insults or deflection, that means your answer is "none".

You're not going to do that mindless breaking down a crime into it's discrete parts again. You're only describing part of the crime, so anyone reading your post is misinformed. More to the point, unless you are brain damaged, even you know what Trump did to get himself indicted.