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    Default Remember when a DEMOCRAT presidential candiadte paid hush $ and got away with it?



    • DEMOCRAT candidate John Edwards paid $700,000 in hush money to a mistress during his campaign.
    • His wife was dying of cancer while he fathered a love child on a woman who had been paid more than $100,000 by his campaign to make campaign videos.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards_extramarital_affair

    Since he was prosecuted and acquitted, what makes today's DEMOCRATS think they can get Trump, especially since the Department of Justice says it's unconstitutional to indict an incumbent president?

    The jury returned a not guilty verdict on the key charge in the federal campaign corruption trial against Mr. Edwards – that the former Democratic presidential candidate allegedly helped to illegally funnel over $700,000 in hush money from heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon. The jury deadlocked on the five other counts against him, and Judge Catherine Eagles declared a mistrial.

    The verdict came on the ninth day of deliberations at the federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., as a diverse jury attempted to weigh the prosecution’s contention that Edwards illegally used campaign donations to hide a mistress, Rielle Hunter, and a love child from voters and his ailing wife. The long deliberations, with the jury asking the judge for dozens of exhibits, suggested that jurors were struggling with complex and often vague campaign laws that require prosecutors to prove “intent” to break election law.


    https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2012/0531/Is-John-Edwards-verdict-the-last-straw-for-campaign-finance

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    Yup, but that does not excuse Trump from being punished.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmymccready View Post
    Yup, but that does not excuse Trump from being punished.
    You Mclied when you McClaimed to be McIgnoring me.

    DOJ says sitting presidents can't be indicted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post


    • DEMOCRAT candidate John Edwards paid $700,000 in hush money to a mistress during his campaign.
    • His wife was dying of cancer while he fathered a love child on a woman who had been paid more than $100,000 by his campaign to make campaign videos.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards_extramarital_affair

    Since he was prosecuted and acquitted, what makes today's DEMOCRATS think they can get Trump, especially since the Department of Justice says it's unconstitutional to indict an incumbent president?

    The jury returned a not guilty verdict on the key charge in the federal campaign corruption trial against Mr. Edwards – that the former Democratic presidential candidate allegedly helped to illegally funnel over $700,000 in hush money from heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon. The jury deadlocked on the five other counts against him, and Judge Catherine Eagles declared a mistrial.

    The verdict came on the ninth day of deliberations at the federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., as a diverse jury attempted to weigh the prosecution’s contention that Edwards illegally used campaign donations to hide a mistress, Rielle Hunter, and a love child from voters and his ailing wife. The long deliberations, with the jury asking the judge for dozens of exhibits, suggested that jurors were struggling with complex and often vague campaign laws that require prosecutors to prove “intent” to break election law.


    https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2012/0531/Is-John-Edwards-verdict-the-last-straw-for-campaign-finance
    What do you mean, got away with it? His career in politics ended because of it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    What do you mean, got away with it? His career in politics ended because of it.
    He wasn't convicted, and rabid, partisan DEMOCRATS like you would still support him, I suspect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    He wasn't convicted, and rabid, partisan DEMOCRATS like you would still support him, I suspect.
    He wasn't convicted because of a mistrial. Sorry but I would not support a guy who cheated on his dying wife, conceived a child with his mistress and then lied about it for years.

    I understand trump voters would probably push that aside, though, had trump been in that position.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    He wasn't convicted, and rabid, partisan DEMOCRATS like you would still support him, I suspect.
    So IOW, saying "he got away with it" was just more of your usual bullshit.

    Got it.
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    C'MON MAN!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    He wasn't convicted because of a mistrial. Sorry but I would not support a guy who cheated on his dying wife, conceived a child with his mistress and then lied about it for years.

    I understand trump voters would probably push that aside, though, had trump been in that position.
    Two Americas!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post


    • DEMOCRAT candidate John Edwards paid $700,000 in hush money to a mistress during his campaign.
    • His wife was dying of cancer while he fathered a love child on a woman who had been paid more than $100,000 by his campaign to make campaign videos.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards_extramarital_affair

    Since he was prosecuted and acquitted, what makes today's DEMOCRATS think they can get Trump, especially since the Department of Justice says it's unconstitutional to indict an incumbent president?

    The jury returned a not guilty verdict on the key charge in the federal campaign corruption trial against Mr. Edwards – that the former Democratic presidential candidate allegedly helped to illegally funnel over $700,000 in hush money from heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon. The jury deadlocked on the five other counts against him, and Judge Catherine Eagles declared a mistrial.

    The verdict came on the ninth day of deliberations at the federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., as a diverse jury attempted to weigh the prosecution’s contention that Edwards illegally used campaign donations to hide a mistress, Rielle Hunter, and a love child from voters and his ailing wife. The long deliberations, with the jury asking the judge for dozens of exhibits, suggested that jurors were struggling with complex and often vague campaign laws that require prosecutors to prove “intent” to break election law.


    https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2012/0531/Is-John-Edwards-verdict-the-last-straw-for-campaign-finance
    Good enough, bitch. Let’s put Orangetweet in front of a jury and see how he fares.

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    Dude, if you want to re-litigate people who are long gone from Political and Public Life ... have at it sport, but use your own money to do just to show us how serious you really are about do it.

    In other News; how about that Milke Pence as Donald Trumps Wing Man? Sat there and watched Donny crash and burn while Nancy and Chuckie laughed their ass off in Trump’s own House.

    Great Job Mike
    ONE-N-DONE, YOU GOT PLAYED; Time To Play-On
    Remember ... ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES ... So STFU Bitch

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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    He wasn't convicted because of a mistrial. Sorry but I would not support a guy who cheated on his dying wife, conceived a child with his mistress and then lied about it for years.
    Wrong.

    Edwards was acquitted of one count Thursday in a corruption case, as the judge declared a mistrial on five other charges on which the jury was deadlocked.

    Some jurors remained unconvinced that he orchestrated an elaborate conspiracy to secretly funnel nearly $1 million that should have been declared as campaign contributions to his mistress and the aides who helped him hide an extramarital affair during the 2008 presidential campaign.

    $200,000 in payments from Virgina heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon were deposited after Edwards dropped out of the 2008 presidential race.

    He suggested there might be a future for him in public life.

    The verdict and the mistrial on the other charges represents some measure of vindication for Edwards who has suffered through a long, slow tumble from grace after revelations in 2008 of the extramarital affair he tried to conceal during his 2008 presidential campaign.

    Edwards and Rielle Hunter, an eccentric videographer, began an affair, which Edwards continued even after it was discovered by his wife, Elizabeth Edwards, who was battling the cancer that took her life in 2010.

    Elizabeth Edwards was so consumed and pained by her husband’s lies that she demanded phone records from campaign staffers to see whether he was calling Hunter and scoured financial records. Because of his wife’s suspicions, Edwards—who became wealthy as a trial lawyer before entering politics—was unable to use his personal fortune to hide the affair.

    The courtroom drama was overseen by an Obama appointee, U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles.


    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-edwards-acquitted-on-one-count-as-jury-deadlocks-on-five-others-and-judge-declares-mistrial/2012/05/31/gJQAffi34U_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2051 24ae8248

    You supported Hillary Clinton, which proves that you will support anyone with a "D" after their name.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DEMOCRAT domer76 View Post
    Good enough, bitch. Let’s put Orangetweet in front of a jury and see how he fares.
    How many times will you ignore the fact that the Department of Justice says it's unconstitutional to indict sitting presidents, DEMOCRAT?

    Loser.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bourbon View Post
    Dude, if you want to re-litigate people who are long gone from Political and Public Life ... have at it sport, but use your own money to do just to show us how serious you really are about do it. In other News; how about that Milke Pence as Donald Trumps Wing Man? Sat there and watched Donny crash and burn while Nancy and Chuckie laughed their ass off in Trump’s own House. Great Job Mike
    Jesus, you're stupid. Pointing out DEMOCRAT history is hardly re-litigating, "expert."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Somad View Post
    So IOW, saying "he got away with it" was just more of your usual bullshit. Got it.
    No, he got away with it, and you're so mad that I reminded you of this sordid slice of DEMOCRAT history.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmymccready View Post
    Yup, but that does not excuse Trump from being punished.
    Have you got something against fucking dumb trollopes?

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