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Trump Expected To Be Criminally Charged In New York, Report Says
Forbes ^ | March 9th, 2023 | Nicholas Reimann

Posted on 03/09/2023 4:22:06 PM PST by shadowlands1960

TOPLINE Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has asked former President Donald Trump to testify before a grand jury investigating a hush money payment to a porn star in the final stretch of the 2016 presidential campaign, according to the New York Times, in a strong signal that an indictment against the ex-president is near. KEY FACTS It’s not clear if Trump will accept the offer, though it’s rare for prospective defendants to testify, according to the Times report, which cited four unnamed sources “with knowledge of the matter.”

The case centers around a $130,000 payment then-Trump fixer Michael Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels in an apparent attempt to keep her from going public with details of an alleged affair she had with Trump before he ran for office.

osecutors appear likely to argue the Trump Organization illegally reimbursed Cohen the $130,000 through identifying the payment as legal expenses—as falsifying business records is a misdemeanor offense in New York.

They may also argue the payment was a felony violation of campaign finance law since the cash to allegedly kill the story may have functioned as an illegal donation to help the Trump campaign, though that is the subject of legal debate.

A spokesman for Trump’s 2024 campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Forbes.

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
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Wanted Man...

1 posted on 03/09/2023 4:22:06 PM PST by shadowlands1960
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To: shadowlands1960

The walls are closing in...again...


2 posted on 03/09/2023 4:23:49 PM PST by pookie18 (You don’t have to be high on crack to enjoy Pookie’s Toons! - Tell It Right)
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To: pookie18

Given enough time, they will go after his unpaid parking tickets. All to get him on something.


3 posted on 03/09/2023 4:25:01 PM PST by Jonty30 (It is not how many that go into Mexico that counts. It is how many that return from Mexico.)
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To: shadowlands1960

More of this Stormy Daniels BS.


4 posted on 03/09/2023 4:25:09 PM PST by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: pookie18

.. and this is only one of three possible venues... other two being the Fed. and Georgia.


5 posted on 03/09/2023 4:25:35 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: shadowlands1960

They keep trying.
And with respect to a real felon - Bidenmoron - nothing to see, move along, move along.


6 posted on 03/09/2023 4:26:11 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: shadowlands1960

This time they REALLY mean it.

Spit!


7 posted on 03/09/2023 4:26:16 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: shadowlands1960

A country song recorded by some old time greats. “Wanted Man”. Take your pick there’s several. Me I just want him in the White House.


8 posted on 03/09/2023 4:26:20 PM PST by Equine1952
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To: pookie18

Gee. I wonder if bear spray, zip-ties and flagpoles (to be sharpened at a later date) are now going to go flying off the shelves in MAGAland nationwide. lol Better check my stocks tomorrow.


9 posted on 03/09/2023 4:26:24 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Pray for Jim. ***** Donate to FR (Freepathon) )
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To: shadowlands1960
Feral "teens" just ransacked an Asian restaurant yesterday.

NYC is back to it's idyllic 1970s crime heyday and they're focusing on Trump.

I hope the city burns to the ground

10 posted on 03/09/2023 4:26:29 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: shadowlands1960

These democrats are adamant about destroying the country....


11 posted on 03/09/2023 4:27:05 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Da Coyote

Yes. There is open evidence of corruption with the Bidens and not a stone is being turned over.


12 posted on 03/09/2023 4:27:21 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: shadowlands1960

We have him this time ™


13 posted on 03/09/2023 4:27:58 PM PST by gunnut
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To: Equine1952

Written by Dylan but probably most famous for Johnny Cash’s prison album version.


14 posted on 03/09/2023 4:28:39 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: shadowlands1960

“...the cash to allegedly kill the story may have functioned as an illegal donation to help the Trump campaign...’

May. Functioned as.

Preposterous. The loosest of language conveying the wishfullest of thinking.


15 posted on 03/09/2023 4:29:08 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: shadowlands1960

Third World NYC!

We beez restin dat dere presudent guy so’s he wont come after us

Yea! Yea!

Power to da pipples right arm


16 posted on 03/09/2023 4:30:02 PM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jiim)
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To: shadowlands1960

“They may also argue the payment was a felony violation of campaign finance law since the cash to allegedly kill the story may have functioned as an illegal donation to help the Trump campaign, though that is the subject of legal debate.”

Well, can’t get more definite than that.


17 posted on 03/09/2023 4:30:21 PM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: pookie18

Meanwhile, for any man with a microliter of testosterone in his bloodstream, this is all a net positive for His Orangeness.


18 posted on 03/09/2023 4:31:29 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: dforest

The minute she claimed in her 60 Minutes interview that Trump didn’t use a condom, I knew she was FOS. Trump is a well known germaphobe and I’m sure he’d never forego using a condom if he was banging a porn star.


19 posted on 03/09/2023 4:34:17 PM PST by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: pookie18

We’ve seen this movie before.


20 posted on 03/09/2023 4:34:53 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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