delta1 wrote:he was running for President...getting hammered in the press about sexually assaultive behavior, then the "Grab their Puzzies" tape was revealed....protect my wife or protect me and my chances for POTUS?
btw: Pecker supports Cohen's statement: Trump was in the meeting when they discussed how to arrange the payments with the intent to influence the election...
OK, if you see one and I see the other...fine...let's see how this all plays out..
"Reasonable people can disagree about whether it's wrong to pay hush money to somebody to stop them from disclosing alleged improprieties sexually. Reasonable people can say that's wrong or that's right. It's not illegal," Dershowitz said.
He explained that a presidential candidate could give cash to an individual and explicitly state not only that the payment is to buy their silence about alleged improprieties, but also that it is specifically designed to help their campaign, and that still would not be a crime.
"Whether you think it's wrong or right, I don't understand the case for how it's illegal," Dershowitz said. "If you look at the very, very complicated campaign laws, the one thing that comes out simply is that a candidate may himself or herself contribute as much as they want to a campaign."
He warned against "criminalizing political sins," arguing that blurring the line between "wrong" and "crime" endangers the rule of law.