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| Ex-FEC chief lawyer: Trump attorney may have made a 'colossal screwup' with Stormy Daniels statement | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 16 2018, 11:03 AM (320 Views) | |
| RaiderNation | Feb 16 2018, 11:03 AM Post #1 |
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The former chief lawyer for the Federal Election Commission said that Michael Cohen’s public statement confirming that he “facilitated” a $130,000 payment to a porn star in the closing weeks of the 2016 election may have been a “colossal screwup” that raises the chances that the agency could launch a formal investigation. In the Friday episode of “Skullduggery,” a Yahoo News podcast, Lawrence Noble, who served for 13 years as the FEC’s general counsel, said Cohen’s statement could “ramp up” pressure on the agency to act — especially if the porn star, who goes by the name Stormy Daniels, now confirms that the payoff was directly linked to her keeping quiet during the election campaign about her alleged past relationship with President Trump. https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-fec-chief-lawyer-trump-attorney-may-made-colossal-screwup-stormy-daniels-statement-135418767.html (Moved Op-ed) Edited by Coast2coast, Feb 16 2018, 09:08 PM.
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| Will Munny: "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it..." | |
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| George Aligator | Feb 16 2018, 12:22 PM Post #2 |
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The vast Trump army of high-priced lawyers has a nightmare on its hands. Their client is guilty as hell, but he won't admit it. He can't stick to his story and he won't take advice. Trump is going down as prez. Whether he will face prosecutions after he gets the boot is really the only thing the lawyers can try and prepare for. But their all-powerful client is living in a dream world and doesn't care. |
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| 70-101 | Feb 16 2018, 12:52 PM Post #3 |
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Legal minds are in disagreement - mostly along party line - on whether or not Cohen in protecting Trump from the truth violated campaign finance laws. Cohens also did a 180 on this matter - and Trumps said its fake news. Which is a sure sign we've not heard the last of this sordid affair, Trump's in so much trouble with Mueller it staggers the imagination - now this.
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| George Aligator | Feb 16 2018, 12:57 PM Post #4 |
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A lot may depend on which party controls Congress when Mueller drops the bomb. The GOP has thrown its values out the window too many times to count, violating its core beliefs about deficits, the rule of law, defense and much else. It is possible that a GOP Congress will refuse to indict or to convict even a clearly guilty president of their own party. Disgraceful |
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| clone | Feb 16 2018, 01:11 PM Post #5 |
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Director @ Center for Advanced Memetic Warfare
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This is textbook OpED.....any article with the word "MAY" in the title that is not a month or a name is by definition an opinion and absolutely NOT news....
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| RaiderNation | Feb 16 2018, 04:13 PM Post #6 |
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No, clone. The story is that "The former chief lawyer for the Federal Election Commission said that Michael Cohen’s public statement confirming that he “facilitated” a $130,000 payment to a porn star in the closing weeks of the 2016 election" that's fact, not opinion. |
| Will Munny: "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it..." | |
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| clone | Feb 16 2018, 08:08 PM Post #7 |
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That;s not what your article title says...it's quoting some dudes opinion....that's not news....it's an opinion.... NOT news.... You MAY argue it but that would be your opinion..... |
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| RaiderNation | Feb 16 2018, 08:33 PM Post #8 |
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The story that he said that is fact, making the story, albeit about his opinion, not opinion. I realize that may be more than your mind can handle. Edited by RaiderNation, Feb 16 2018, 08:33 PM.
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| clone | Feb 16 2018, 08:39 PM Post #9 |
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Ah so if we a had a title such as "Noted Gaydar Expert: Wilmy May Be Gay" is news board worthy not OP Ed
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| RaiderNation | Feb 16 2018, 08:43 PM Post #10 |
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According to the rules, yes, if it's from a reputable source. |
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| clone | Feb 16 2018, 09:01 PM Post #11 |
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Reputable sources is another laughable term.... Yahooooooooooooooooooooo...lmao Edited by clone, Feb 16 2018, 09:05 PM.
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| Katoblue | Feb 16 2018, 09:08 PM Post #12 |
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| Killary, DNC, Obummer's DOJ and FBI all Lied and Spied and Good People Died! | |
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| Robert Stout | Feb 17 2018, 01:09 AM Post #13 |
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Did Bill get thrown out of office over a blowjob in the oval office ???...Trump is guilty of getting some strange before becoming President, but it is not a crime anymore in America....................
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| peewee | Feb 17 2018, 02:00 AM Post #14 |
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The word "may" or the word "could" suggest speculation or a margin of doubt. Certainly an opinion was made. |
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| RaiderNation | Feb 17 2018, 06:04 AM Post #15 |
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The story is the guy saying it, NOT the opinion. Let me try this another way for the less mentally nimble. If Trump says Muslims should be rounded up and detained, it's an opinion, but it's still news, and a valid news story. So is this. Edited by RaiderNation, Feb 17 2018, 06:09 AM.
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| Will Munny: "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it..." | |
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| RaiderNation | Feb 17 2018, 07:04 AM Post #16 |
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BTW ... http://perspectives.com/topic/10425340/1/#new Hypocrite much, clone? |
| Will Munny: "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it..." | |
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| RaiderNation | Feb 17 2018, 07:28 AM Post #17 |
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You are wrong. Yahoo may not be your source of choice but this author, Isikoff is no slouch. Certainly more reliable than Tyler Durden the coward at zerhodge. |
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| ringotuna | Feb 18 2018, 11:26 AM Post #18 |
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Sorry Clone, but you're wrong. First some facts. Most folks think op/ed means opinion/editorial. That's a common misnomer. op/ed means 'opposite the editorial page.' In either case, whether it's an opinion piece or an editorial, what distinguishes them from News is this.. Pay attention now. In an op/ed, the opinion is expressed by the author. NOT the individuals quoted in the article. In a legitimate NEWS article the interviewee can express opinions, but the author does not. As far as I could tell, in neither case did the AUTHOR express an opinion....So, in my humble but learned opinion, neither article should have been moved. |
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| jake58 | Feb 18 2018, 11:56 AM Post #19 |
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Trump is the President... and has some possible impact on policy, this dude is in the private sector and has none. I'm going for one of my rare disagreements with ringo tho frankly, I don't understand all the hullaballou... except that it gives c2c another reason to tramp around the boards trying to tick off as many people as possible... again. |
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| ringotuna | Feb 18 2018, 12:01 PM Post #20 |
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Thing is Jake. It's not a matter of my opinion or yours or anyone else's. It's a matter of the rules of Journalism. If we're going to make rules which distinguish op/ed from News, then those rules are best established by what defines each, not by someone's opinion of them. |
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