Obama Was Defendant Of Offering Hush Coin To Jeremiah Wright... Together With No I Cared

Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor of Chicago's Trinity
United Church of Christ & old pastor of Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

by Matt Margolis: Yesterday’s intelligence that President Trump’s old lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty inwards federal courtroom as well as defendant Trump of committing a federal criminal offense past times directing him to pay hush coin to 2 women "for the main role of influencing the election” was definitely shocking. According to Cohen as well as his attorney, Trump violated displace finance laws past times allegedly directing Cohen to brand these hush coin payments. This signal had me confused.

For the moment, let’s position aside the obvious problems amongst Cohen’s credibility as well as assume he’s telling the truth. According to a Reuters article well-nigh the Cohen pleas:Under U.S. election law, displace contributions, defined equally things of value given to a displace to influence an election, must last disclosed. H5N1 payment intended to quiet allegations of an affair but earlier an election could flora a displace contribution, which is express to $2,700 per someone per election, roughly experts said.So, let’s review… H5N1 payment to quiet someone from making potentially damaging statements “could constitute” a displace contribution according to “some” experts? There’s clearly a pregnant amount of subjectivity here. But, here’s the thing: if everything went downward equally Cohen says it did, therefore why wasn’t Obama held to the same standard?

That’s right, Barack Obama equally good offered an private hush coin "for the main role of influencing the election,” but you lot likely never heard well-nigh it. It wasn’t to quiet a mistress though, it was to quiet his old pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Wright’s inflammatory, anti-American rhetoric caused Obama pregnant headaches during his start presidential campaign, as well as he tried to incorporate the harm to protect his chances of winning the White House.

Edward Klein broke the even out inwards the New York Post on May 13, 2012—the same yr Obama was reelected—that Obama’s squad tried to purchase Wright’s quiet during the 2008 campaign. According to Wright, he was offered $150,000 through an Obama intermediary (one of Obama’s closest friends), as well as Obama himself tried to persuade him to perish on quiet.“Did Obama himself always brand an endeavor to reckon you?”

“Yes,” Wright said. “Barack said he wanted to reckon me inwards secret, inwards a secure place. And I said, ‘You’re used to coming to my home, you’ve been hither countless times, therefore what’s incorrect amongst coming to my home?’ So nosotros met inwards the living room of the parsonage of Trinity United Church of Christ, at South Pleasant Avenue correct off 95th Street, but Barack as well as me. I don’t know if he had a wire on him. His safety was exterior somewhere.

“And ane of the start things Barack said was, ‘I actually wishing you lot wouldn’t create whatsoever to a greater extent than world speaking until afterward the Nov election.’ He knew I had roughly speaking engagements lined up, as well as he said, ‘I wishing you lot wouldn’t speak. It’s gonna wound the displace if you lot create that.’So, hither nosotros receive got Barack Obama wanting to reckon inwards a "secret" as well as "secure" location, as well as therefore urging Wright to perish on tranquility for the sake of his presidential campaign, as well as an offering of $150,000 inwards hush coin from a unopen Obama friend, as well as probable a displace donor equally well. Wright didn’t convey the hush money, but past times his account, Obama is guilty of everything Trump is beingness defendant of.

And even therefore no ane cared. Outside of conservative media as well as blogs, the even out was dismissed or downplayed past times those who deigned to encompass it. This was during an election year, no less. The allegations against Trump past times his old lawyer are equally serious equally the allegations made against Obama past times his old pastor. If Obama’s actions weren’t worthy of a federal investigation, therefore neither are Trump’s. Either both men violated the law, or both men didn’t. Which is it? If the former, Obama should last investigated—better piece of cake than never, afterward all.

It never ceases to amaze me how serious accusations against Barack Obama frequently failed to spark much disputation because the media either refused to encompass it or pushed the Obama White House talking points on the matter. Sadly, Obama offering hush coin to Wright is likely the to the lowest degree serious thing he did to “influence an election.” There are many examples of obstacle of justice, manipulating intelligence, as well as outright lying to the American world amongst the sole role of protecting Obama’s chances of reelection 2012, or to influence the 2014 midterms. When the Obama displace was fined $375,000 past times the FEC for concealing donations, no ane called for impeachment.

There shouldn’t last ane develop of rules for Republicans as well as roughly other develop of rules for Democrats. Cohen may but last trying to grade a big payday past times going afterward Trump, but I’m tired of the double standards as well as hypocrisy of Trump’s enemies.
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Matt Margolis writes for PJMedia. He the co-author of the bestselling book The Worst President inwards History: The Legacy of Barack Obama and the writer of the mass The Scandalous Presidency of Barack Obama.

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