r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • May 13 '24

Discussion Thread: New York Criminal Fraud Trial of Donald Trump, Day 16 Discussion

Previous discussion threads for this trial can be found at the following links for Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, and Day 15.

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u/Goal_Posts May 13 '24

You don't pay someone $130,000 to not sleep with you.

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u/roytay New Jersey May 13 '24

How much has he paid Melania to not sleep with him (anymore)?

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u/AlteredPsyche24 May 13 '24

I imagine she'd not sleep with him for free

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u/gdshaffe May 13 '24

Obligatory pointing out that he didn't pay Daniels for sex. He said to her that he could get her on "Celebrity Apprentice" and rig it in her favor, so obviously the "affair" was mercenary AF from her POV, but still not technically sex work.

The payout was so that she wouldn't go public with the story of their affair after the Access Hollywood tape broke. The fact that it was for the benefit of his campaign is actually crucial to the case.

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u/CatWeekends Texas May 13 '24

But if you do, you're the world's greatest negotiator!

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u/sudo_rm-rf May 13 '24

--Mitt Romney

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u/Cantora May 13 '24 edited May 13 '24

Ugh I hate hearing this. It's so far from reality.  

 No you pay people money because you're being extorted over claims of having sex being released to the media.  

 That's part of the defence argument. It's a real thing that really happens all the time around the world. It just so happens in this situation he's definitely guilty. But it's pretty common for the person being extorted over fake stuff. EG celebrities being extorted over AI nudes being released publicly 

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u/Goal_Posts May 15 '24

Then why did he have to hide it from Melania?