Jump to content

Ethics chief knocks Trump over Stormy Daniels payment


Recommended Posts

Can you imagine what an uproar this would have caused under Clinton - never mind Obama?

 With Trump, it just get's lost in all the noise. Back page stuff.   He's setting a new standard for the most corrupt president ever.  

Oh well, as long as he's #1.   MAGA!

And no, Salty.  It wasn't necessary to "search" for this.  :rolleyes:

 

The president's reimbursement of the $130,000 paid to the adult film actress wasn’t included on last year’s financial form.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/16/federal-ethics-office-says-trump-should-have-disclosed-stormy-daniels-payment-last-year-591886

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites





".......Walter Shaub, the former head of OGE who is now the senior director of ethics at the Campaign Legal Center, said he is “heartened” that Apol flagged Trump’s disclosure errors to the Justice Department.

“If DOJ investigates and determines that president Trump knew of his debt to Cohen when he filed last year’s report, there will be reason to suspect that his omission of the debt from last year’s report was ‘knowing and willful,’ which would be a crime,” Shaub, who resigned in July 2017, said in a written statement. “No one from the Trump camp asked OGE last year whether the debt was reportable and that, instead, President Trump’s attorney asked OGE to allow him to be the first filer in history to be excused from the obligation to certify that his report was true.”

Apol’s letter to the Justice Department is “highly unusual,” said Craig Holman, a lobbyist for the non-profit watchdog group Public Citizen.

“It’s unprecedented,” Holman said. “All the evidence strongly indicates that Trump lied on his previous financial disclosure form.”.....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...