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(14,732 posts)IOKIYAR
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(52,491 posts)Freethinker65
(10,106 posts)Now that Trump can no longer use his tax exempt charitable Foundation as his personal slush fund with no repercussions, he just switched to his campaign fund coffers which can easily be replenished with a few Tweets begging for donations to protect the innocent unborn from Hillary and Nancy Pelosi.
SayItLoud
(1,702 posts)I'll pay for your legal expenses and, if you are convicted I pardon you.
No obstruction to the rule of law here.
rzemanfl
(29,583 posts)and could be subjected to bar discipline.
procon
(15,805 posts)TrollBuster9090
(5,955 posts)It's just that pesky business about it being against the law that keeps getting in the way. Damned BIG GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But what if those campaign donors knew exactly what the money was going for? What if, in fact, they told the campaign that their donation was conditioned on it being spent on Cohen's defense? Which is to say, what if the Trump campaign is acting as a money laundering service for some well-heeled heel to conceal his involvement in paying for Michael Cohen's defense?
Gothmog
(145,861 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,037 posts)Trump added that Cohen handles only "a tiny, tiny little fraction" of the president's "overall legal work" but "represents me on some things ... like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal."