Let's begin with an astonishingly weak political argument, albeit not a legal one, from Rudy Giuliani. Trump critics are dunking on the former New York City Mayor over his latest comment, but let's face it: He basically posterized himself with this one -- especially given the conspicuous "law and order" campaign rhetoric from his boss, and his own adherence to the "broken windows" theory of law enforcement that helped animate the city's dramatic turnaround on his watch. That was then. This is now. Yikes:
Say, does the occasional violation of federal law really matter all that much if nobody's been murdered? This is...not a good way to frame any of this, even if you're rooting for the guy and his client. As I've written previously, I'm not convinced that campaign finance infractions or crimes surrounding hush money pay-offs to women would stand alone as impeachable acts. They're tawdry and sleazy, but do they warrant removal from office? I don't think so, even though it's true that Trump has apparently lied through his teeth about the whole imbroglio. We've recently learned that not only was the payment to keep one of the women silent (funneled through the National Enquirer's parent company) made for the primary purpose of influencing the election, we've also discovered that Trump himself was reportedly in the room when the scheme was hatched. Understand that none of this looks remotely good for the president. I'm just not sure this particular prong of the sprawling festival of investigations, indictments, and plea deals seriously imperils his presidency.
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