Giuliani stumbles into admitting Trump's hush money payments were probably illegal

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

One comment Rudolph W. Giuliani made Sunday has been getting short shrift. In one fell swoop, he offered a false legal argument that both watered down the Trump team’s previous denials and — most importantly — seemed to actually admit to the underlying crime.

Speaking with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Giuliani sought to argue that Michael Cohen’s hush-money payments made on President Trump’s behalf can’t be campaign finance violations if they served any kind of personal purpose.

“It has to be for the sole purpose,” Giuliani said. “If there’s another purpose, it’s no longer a campaign contribution — if there’s a personal purpose."

He then suggested that the failed prosecution of John Edwards for a campaign finance violation bolstered his point: “It’s not a contribution if it’s intended for a purpose in addition to the campaign purpose. In the case of [Edwards’s lover] Rielle Hunter, right, the payment of $1.1 million was intended to shut her up and was intended to avoid embarrassment with [Edwards’s] wife and with his children.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/giuliani-stumbles-into-admitting-trumps-hush-money-payments-were-probably-illegal/ar-BBR66JI?li=BBnb7Kz

Some defense attorney you are.

[Pinkflamingo]

1. When Giuliani says trump was not under oath, that's a lie.

When trump took the Oath of Office, he swore to be honest. That oath works for every second of the presidency.

[unc70]

2. Edwards money did not go to Hunter

The infamous Bunny Money from Bunny Mellon did not go to Hunter or to Edwards. It was actually an elaborate scam run by an aide to Edwards and the aide's wife. They used that money to build the couple's own dream house. (They were granted immunity and thus escaped prosecution and kept the loot!)

[Harker]

3. Rudy...

the grift that keeps on giving.