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Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 09:27:59 JST Dan Gillmor

Journalists, PLEASE put Trump indictment in its proper context:
It wasn't just a payoff to stop something sleazy from becoming public.
The reason they were so keen to keep it secret was to win a presidential election.
That is the issue: This was gross interference with a presidential election -- and it worked.

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  Sam Adams (sameagle@federated.press)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 23:49:47 JST Sam Adams
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  @dangillmor Reports say he faces 30 counts related to business fraud.
  
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  Doctor Biobrain (biobrain@newsie.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 23:49:48 JST Doctor Biobrain
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  @dangillmor By that logic if a candidate hides anything it would be election interference, like telling Twitter to remove links to Hunter Biden’s naughty pictures. And if someone chooses to not talk about a secret affair with a candidate that would be interference.
  Sorry, but this was just one part of Trump’s smaller scandals. That’s fine if he’s punished for whatever the crime is, but it’s not that big a deal. If anything, the election interference was Comey’s letter, not stopping this story.
  
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  clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 23:49:48 JST clacke
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  @biobrain @dangillmor The criminal act is that because it was relevant to the election it was covered by campaign finance law, which he worked around. The he cooked the books further to cover up the coverup.
  
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  Matthew Haughey (mathowie@xoxo.zone)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 23:49:49 JST Matthew Haughey
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  @dangillmor also illegally used campaign funds and then tried to hide it, also crimes
  
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  clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 23:52:32 JST clacke
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  @LisaSoCal @dangillmor LegalEagle goes into all the legal technical issues of the indictment (potential indictment, a few weeks ago):
  farside.link/invidious/watch?v…
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRbRdE…
  
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  LisaSoCal (lisasocal@mstdn.party)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 23:52:34 JST LisaSoCal
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  @dangillmor which… I mean, I get how aggravating it is. But, is “hiding embarrassing stories” really a crime? To win elections? Seriously? George Santos outright lied about his entire resume to win an election—Apparently not a crime. Catch-n-kill to bury stories that might harm your campaign —- also apparently not a crime. It’s all gross. But, illegal?
  
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  Joe Original (afutureghost@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 23:52:35 JST Joe Original
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  @dangillmor Which was really dumb on Trump’s part, because he would have been elected anyway. By the time the election was held, the only thing that Trump could have done to lose support would be to reveal that he was actually born in Mexico.
  
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