Posted on 03/24/2023 7:24:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Podcast host Joe Rogan this week threw cold water on speculation of a pending indictment of former President Trump.
“They’re talking about arresting him for paying a girl to stop talking about them having sex. I thought that was a good deal. I thought it’s a good deal,” Rogan said on an episode of his podcast this week. “You pay someone … Didn’t Clinton do that? Didn’t … John Edwards got in trouble for doing that, but he didn’t go to jail. I don’t believe he went to jail.”
An AP fact check earlier this week found comparisons circulating on social media between Trump and Clinton’s so-called hush money payments to be misleading. Clinton’s $850,000 payment to Paula Jones in 1998 settled a civil lawsuit, with the AP noting the payment was public and legal, and the funds did not come from the government, nor did they amount to a campaign contribution.
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So did a whole lot of Congress Critters and Senators...
Congress paid out $17 million in settlements. Here’s why we know so little about that money.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/settlements-congress-sexual-harassment/index.html
I thought America said it didn’t matter where or who you put your Peter in. You can even lie to a grand jury about it and not be removed from office. It doesn’t have any bearing on how a person can be President. I guess they’re changing the rules back to pre-Clinton.
With the Left everything is “situational”. No consistent standards apply to them.
Clinton paid out money to a woman from his own pocket, and here’s why that’s OK ...
Edwards paid out money to a woman from campaign funds, and got into trouble, but not much trouble, and here’s why it’s OK ...
Trump didn’t pay any money to a woman. His lawyer did, but Trump did not get involved in the payment at all. And here’s why that’s the crime of the century ...
Hey “fact” checkers, did you ever hear of an analogy!?
How about Congress has a fund for this. How many members of congress need to be charged?
Congress has an entire fund just to pay hush money
Clinton lied under oath.
Trump did nothing, his lawyer own his own accord and with his own money paid off a lying slut trying to blackmail Trump.
Trump is 100% innocent, and besides the statute of limitations has already expired.
“Everyone lies about sex.” - Jerry Rivers, a.k.a. Geraldo Rivera 1997
“Everyone lies about sex.” - Jerry Rivers, a.k.a. Geraldo Rivera 1997
Their personal sexploits. Anyone elses gets front page Enquirer coverage.
why do we never hear about the $300,000 stormy daniels had to pay trump? what was that all about?
As per usual, Joe is only half right. The correct question is, how many times did Der Schlickmeister pay hush money to his partners in adultery?
So, Clinton paid money “out of his own pocket” to Paula Jones.
I doubt it.
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