07-09-2020, 08:48 PM
(07-09-2020, 08:03 PM)Luminary Wrote:(07-09-2020, 07:03 PM)RickyD Wrote: I'd be mighty interested in exactly what laws they wanna investigate him breaking. Last I heard the simple act of paying someone to be quiet isn't illegal in itself. So unless they were witnesses he paid to not testify or some such, I don't see where they would have the authority.
It's called a Non Disclosure Agreement and they are pretty common.
No, this is nothing more then another fishing trip to see if they can spin anything in his financials in a bad light.
HOWEVER.
I DO see where Team Trump can make a lot of political hay with this....
Such as demanding that a certain taxpayer-paid Congressional slush fund used to secure NDA's from men and women with sexual harassment issues against our congress-critters be opened up to the public.
Or perhaps we can get some of Obama's sealed files opened up...
Even go so far as to revisit Clinton vs Paula Jones.
Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones $850,000 to settle a rape lawsuit out of court...
Isn't that essentially paying "hush money" to silence a woman?
Inquiring minds want to know!!!
As an aside, I'm wondering if Justice Roberts is going to step down in the next few weeks...
They obviously have some dirt on him.
@"Luminary"
If the court rules that President Trump must show his tax returns, I don't see any legal ground left for those you mentioned; they'd have to show theirs. It would be great to watch them sweat when the tables are turned.
Could this be another 5D chess move from President Trump? He always beats them at their own game.