How Trump’s Charges Compare to This Past Politician's Scandal | WSJ
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- Donald Trump is the first former U.S. president to be charged with a crime. But a decade ago, John Edwards was charged in a case involving a hush-money payment made during his presidential run. Here’s how the two cases compare.
One of the central questions in both cases: Is the money really a campaign donation?
0:00 Democrat John Edwards stood trial for money and gifts given to his mistress
0:36 A look at John Edwards’ political sex scandal
3:05 Former president Donald Trump’s hush-money scandal
4:03 How Edwards’ case unfolded
4:27 What could happen to Trump?
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This is a much needed concise explanation; not to mention, impartial.
Interesting and informative. Thank you.
Thank you, WSJ. I always appreciate the unbiased reporting.
I wish we had a news station unbiased. Unfortunately we cannot get the truth on any station even FOX. Very sad
I would not say unbiased. They are owned by Murdoch. 😊
All I know is that Karen mcdougal is a 10/10
I think she’s metric. Maybe 10mm?
She is a beautiful woman. Which is odd why he hid it when many of his supporters probably would have voted for him regardless.
How differently would a regular citizen be handled if they were to engage in practices like these?
Regular (wealthy) private citizens engage in NDA’s (or confidentiality agreements) coupled with payments on a daily basis, for a variety of reasons every single day.
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within." ~ Cicero
Just run for office and then complain any kind of accountability is politically motivated.
This is the best the Murdoch Street Journal can do? Didn’t Rupert just call off his engagement? That’s more interesting.
That Edwards hooey was ridiculous and it fit the times. Man though…I wish we could go back those times. Today politics has gotten worse and the politicians are no longer good at hiding the fact they are a-holes.
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Garland should have brought this case.
Very concise and easily understandable explanation. However, the one thing it left out was WHY this case is seemingly weaker than the Edwards case despite the lines connecting the nodes on the graphs being stronger. Because it is a state case alleging falsified business records, which in New York has a 2 year statute of limitations since it is a misdemeanor (which has already passed even accounting for Trump's time in DC while he was President, which doesn't count towards the statute of limitations under NY law), Bragg has to upgrade the charges to a felony (which has a 5 year statute which has not expired) using the clause that makes falsified business record charges a felony if the falsification was done to further another felony. But its not clear what that other felony was (or if it was a federal offense, which opens a whole new can of worms) and Bragg hasn't disclosed what that predicate offense is, though in past cases under that statute the prosecutors usually didn't state the predicate offense in the indictment and still won convictions.
There is no enough evidence
Yeah, nothing will happen. Nothing ever will happened.
The fact that THIS is what got him indicted while he also instigated an insurrection is mind-blowing 🤯
what a shill lol
Trump should be indicted for living in your head and not paying rent
I really hope he gets indicted for both trying to interfere with election process in GA, and the stealing classified document case at the federal level.
@@RM-jb2bv What does that mean exactly?
@@FRANKSNAKE71 it means these idiots are obsessed w Trump to a pathological degree. The country is collapsing culturally, militarily and economically and half the public thinks “getting” Trump on a comically weak, convoluted documents case that the DA concocted out of whole cloth, is the most important issue facing the country.
The case is a loser. It will ultimately be dismissed. Trump won’t spend 2 seconds in jail.
Apples to Oranges (no pun intended).
Edwards had a child out of wedlock; Trump didn't.
Edwards' wife was also battling cancer, while he was screwing around.
Both are sleazy, but Edwards wins the slug award on this comparison.
You didnt get it. They were indicted because they paid then to influence their campaign not to lose votes not of having an affair.
Edwards was a Saint compared to Trump
As the new president's wife, SD will give DT discounts.
Okay, now that's done. Will all politicians who are incumbents be scrutinized after the fact? How many others have done something similar and been paid out of the federal Treasury for years?
We completely concur with President Trump. This deceit directed at President Trump has been conceived upon vindictiveness and jealously.
Where is the trial for Biden and the laptop, and why is 50% of the FBI not on trial for election interference? 😂
Witch hunt. Like medieval time.