Posted on 04/18/2018 11:20:47 AM PDT by libstripper
Bradley Smith has thoroughly debunked one of the rationales for the seizure of attorney-client privileged communications in attorney Michael Cohen's office on suspicion of violation of federal election laws. One[i] of the allegations is that the hush money paid to Stormy Daniels amounted to an in-kind campaign contribution, far exceeding the amount permitted an individual to contribute. Smith demonstrates that this is nonsense in his Wall Street Journal column, titled "Stormy Weather for Campaign Finance Laws."
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
If the pretext was election law, it should have went to the FEC and not the SDNY.
Clear and obvious violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Here’s a link to a website that appears to have the full text of the WSJ column:
www.jetsaddicts.com/forum/otl-off-topic-lounge/10462-stormy-weather-for-campaign-finance-laws
They will try to get him for bank fraud for lying about the purpose of his home equity loan.
Show me the man, I will show you the crime.
These guys are now so far beyond the pale they have treaded into the land of misuse of procedure in the furtherance of a constitutional violation. It is a civil rights violation and I think the appropriate statute is 18usc242:Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
For the purpose of Section 242, acts under “color of law” include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the their lawful authority, but also acts done beyond the bounds of that official’s lawful authority, if the acts are done while the official is purporting to or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. Persons acting under color of law within the meaning of this statute include police officers, prisons guards and other law enforcement officials, as well as judges, care providers in public health facilities, and others who are acting as public officials. It is not necessary that the crime be motivated by animus toward the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin of the victim.
The offense is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a life term, or the death penalty, depending upon the circumstances of the crime, and the resulting injury, if any.
A perfect example of the Justice Dept engaged in unconstitutional activity, tried by the Justice Dept.
A special prosecutor appointed by the congress is the only solution to this conundrum.
This is all a ruse to obtain all information related to Trump and turn it over to the NY state AG. Getting cases against Trumph in state court on real estate dealings is where they are headed. Pretty much a replay of the Trump University case.
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