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Humans cannot disappoint me in their behavior as I have very low opinions of humans, politicians doubly so. It use to surprise me how low was the price of politician integrity and how cheap they would be in their little perfidious plots to hide their infidelities, both personally and professionally. Nothing surprises me anymore. I continue to laugh that politicians are unable to learn the lesson that it is the cover up and not the crime.
One would need be purposefully obtuse, or well, just pretty clueless, to not admit that very few who are generally aligned against Trump really care about the infidelity... it's been very clear for someone that is not looking to push lies or a false narrative (or just unable to comprehend, but I don't believe them that dense) that the issues are as you state. It's not the 'crime' (infidelity) but again the cover up (illegal acts, coercive tactics if not outright threats, fraudulent representations, and of course more lies from our President and those closest to him... all in the context of his known bragging about sexual assault and decades long history as a man who simply has no respect for women).
This is how I approach it as well. I don't think anybody can honestly argue that Trump didn't sleep with these women, though I definitely acknowledge that you can argue whether that matters politically. But the interesting thing to me is the cover up. Why was McDougal's agreement with AMI, whereas Stormy's agreement was some some frankenstein NDA with the LLC and/or Trump? McDougal's agreement is, for the most part, an otherwise standard agreement that would be enforceable but for the allegations of fraud. And as a lawyer, I'll add that those allegations of fraud are really serious and alarming.
My guess is that they couldn't steer Clifford to the Enquirer in the first place. If she was going to shop it herself (or through someone they couldn't get to), they couldn't use a media cutout to catch and kill.
I believe he's suggesting that he would be able to place a large number of pictures on a CD, and therefore one should guess how many thousands of words that CD is worth.
Yeah, just odd circumstances. Stormy and McDougal were both represented by Davidson and both got about the same amount of money. I'm sure Davidson will clear all of this up when he is deposed.
And what, exactly, do you mean by that?AAABatteries said:
Especially when those pictures are all consecutive and moving very quickly, like what Stormy does for a living.
And they have sound. Including words of their own. And boy howdy do I never want to find out what those words were.
Fill me in where that is wrong...The Indestructible said:
..Trumps friend David PeckerOh, guess I misunderstood the implication.Matthias said:
Given that he told Stormy she reminded him of his daughter, I do not believe what they discussed while in flagrante delicto were "the best words."
Paragraphs 14-16 of the complaint are relevant. She believed (and was told by her lawyer) that AMI would also promote her with monthly columns, covers, etc. In addition to the money, she was also supposed to be getting the benefit of that publicity. But the contract didn't obligate AMI to do that.
But did she receive $150,000.00 of hush money?....I couldn't care less about her getting screwed by her attorney or what she perceived her deal to be...I also couldn't care less about Trump paying hush money....Neither one had to take the money...They could have gone on tour singing their story..
Sure, I guess she received the $150K, but that doesn't really change any of what I said.
The courts couldn't care less about what you couldn't care less about. If she signed the contract under duress or due to a misrepresentation, the agreement won't be enforced.
No. My guess is that she received $90,000.00 of hush money at most and her attorney received $60,000.00 as a fee.
Someone who doesn't care if an individual was fraudulently represented by an arty who had the interests of the other party to that contract in mind tells me that's not a person that has no regard to ethics, no compassion for someone that gets screwed by frauds and criminals and/or someone that has some ulterior motive.
Which is owned by a close personal friend of Trump's. If Trump had just been a real estate developer, that might have been OK. But he was a candidate for federal office. And this was in the middle of the general election campaign. It seems clear that the intent was to keep the story under wraps during the campaign. And providing an in-kind service (payment of hush money) to benefit a campaign is illegal under the federal election laws.
McDougal's complaint quoted the fee arrangement with Davidson. I don't remember exactly, but it was high. 40 or 45 percent.
McDougal didn't just bargain for $150,000.00. She also bargained for upwards of 200 columns for magazine properties owned by the defendants and a few magazine covers. These terms were very important to her because she wanted to be a health/wellness authority. And her attorney (allegedly) misrepresented to her that the contract guaranteed her that (it actually granted the defendant the right to use her columns but did not obligate it to do so). In other words her lawyer (allegedly) told her she was receiving a benefit when she was actually taking on a liability.
Oh, of course not. For negotiating a very sensitive deal that one has no reason to believe will be successful and may otherwise result in a lawsuit.
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