Reveal the Congressional Hush Fund Hypocrites americanthinker.com/articles/2018/…
None of the beneficiaries of this slush fund has been threatened with indictment and incarceration for campaign finance violations since suppressing such information, as Rep. Nadler puts it, amounts to committing a fraud on the American people using their own money.
How many of Trump's accusers are guilty of the very infraction they accuse him of? How many defended the practice and fought to keep it secret and escape accountability with the voters?
In Trump's case, Professor Alan Dershowitz points out, if he was using his own money to contribute to his own campaign, there is no crime.
"The president doesn't break the law if, as a candidate, he contributes to his own campaign," said Dershowitz . "So if he gave $1M to two women as hush money, there would be no crime. If he directed his lawyer to do it, and... compensated the lawyer, he's committed no crime"
The president is entitled to pay hush money to anyone he wants during a campaign. So if in fact, the president directed Cohen to do it as his lawyer and was going to compensate him for it, the president committed no crime. If Cohen did it on his own then Cohen commits the crime
Dan Backer, the lawyer, told Forbes that there appears to be no evidence to corroborate the DOJ's apparent assertion of any illegality on Trump's part.
Backer, veteran campaign counsel, said it is common practice for high-profile individuals and companies to take part in these kinds of payment arrangements. He said Trump is a brand, he has carried out similar payments for years and the so-called "hush-buys" will likely continue.
"Brand protection is not a campaign contribution," he told the magazine.
Over a year ago, H.R. 4494 – the Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund Elimination Act – was introduced. It's a bill that called for publicizing the names of those who used the hush fund to pay for these so-called "settlements."
Many in both parties co-sponsored his bill, but it went nowhere. It is time it should go somewhere.
As Penny Nance notes:
"If Pelosi doesn't move immediately to disclose the names of those in Congress who used this hush fund, she will be part of the biggest sexual misconduct scandal in history."
"If Pelosi doesn't move immediately to disclose the names of those in Congress who used this hush fund, she will be part of the biggest sexual misconduct scandal in history."
