No way did trump say that!

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    5 months ago

    First past the post’s logical conclusion Also paying for sex is not a crime, neither is paying them to shut up about it. Why can’t they use his other real crimes instead of that monica lewinsky bullshit ?

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      5 months ago

      The crime is falsifying business records, not paying for hush money. He also didn’t pay her for sex. She’s a porn actress and model, not a prostitute.

      The documents case is postponed indefinitely by Judge Cannon. The same goes for the Federal election trial by Chutkan, pending SCOTUS’s ruling on presidential immunity. The Georgia election case is pending a state Senate investigation of the DA, Fani Willis.

      Here’s a handy trial tracker by the Associated Press.

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        He didn’t pay her for sex. He pressured her into it. He paid her not to tell anyone until after the election, but hid the payments as compensation for his personal attorney while in office. He’s being charged with falsifying business records.

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          It’s true that sex wasn’t paid for. The role of pressure in this case is complicated.

          If anyone is curious to read Daniels’ own words on this, check out the pdf court transcripts for May 7th and May 9th.

          The transcripts are long, but interesting, and worth reading if you have a few hours. As a normie, I was only interested in the sex stuff. The facts surrounding documents seem pretty clear.

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      Getting a blowjob wasn’t the crime. Lying under oath was the crime.
      Same with this. The sex and hush money isn’t a crime, it’s the false business records that are

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        Makes sense, feels like low hanging fruit with sex based humiliation on the part of the prosecution. I wish they’d go against his worst, actual crimes, especially the presidential crimes and neuter future presidents from doing those crimes as well.