He wasn't charged with paying off a porn star.
But assuming you are actually following the thread of the conversation, paying off a porn star could well have been.
That was the point of arguing that he was actually doing it to protect Melania.
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But assuming you are actually following the thread of the conversation, paying off a porn star could well have been.
That was the point of arguing that he was actually doing it to protect Melania.
They are determined NOT to understand that.
If he had just paid it himself, it wouldn't have been a crime.
AFAIK a record of such a payment would have been accessible to the public as a campaign expense.
Using the personal funds of the candidate - FEC.gov
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You have to remember that for Butler, messaging is the single most important thing about politics.
If you are determined for it not to make sense, then it will never make sense to you, no.
"Magically"Misdemeanors which were then magically transformed into felonies.
Come on man, stop drinking the koolaid
It was an option, just not one he wanted to exercise.AFAIK a record of such a payment would have been accessible to the public as a campaign expense.
So that was not an option because it would defeat the purpose which was to keep it secret from the voters.Using the personal funds of the candidate - FEC.gov
Federal Election Commission rules defining the personal funds of a candidate. Learn how the candidate may spend, contribute or loan unlimited personal funds to the candidate's campaign for federal office, and how this is reported.
And, again, if he justified it as protecting his brand and his wife, he probably would have gotten away with not reporting it because it would be considered something he would have spent money on anyway.
My guess is that non reporting it could draw attention to it and be disputed and discussed and it was more convenient to commit a crime to avoid attention.
Messaging is very important in politics.
Some people think governing and policy is also actually important.
If it had come out at the right moment, it might have had an effect.
Coming out later (as it did in 2018), very few people cared.
More AIPAC funding.
Why do you back a guy that only cares about other billionaires?
