United States v. Goyal (2010), McAfee case, Goyal was CFO, conviction overturned after a panel of judges of federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found the trial court finding was wrong and it was not proven there was intent to defraud. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-9th-circuit/1547976.html. ___ just posting hope for DJT ___ at The Federalist, M.D. Kittle’s interview with attorney and former Federal Election Commission member H. A. von Spakovsky expounds upon appeal possibilities: https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/31/intentional-misfeasance-makes-show-trial-conviction-ripe-for-reversal-legal-experts-say/ ___Edit: New York alleged, but not legally established in law, in legal history, that hush payments are campaign expenditures that need to be reported. The jury was led to believe so, but I do not see any cases or statutes that declare hush payments are campaign expenditures. This could possibly be a matter for appeal?
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Welcome, I just looked up whether “hush payments” have ever been determined in court to be “campaign expenditures”. After the Democratic VP candidate Jonathan Edwards case, (United States v. John Edwards (2012), it still has not been established that they are expenditures that need to be reported. So I will add that case to my post. Better yet, I will review the J. Edwards situation around July, or whenever the Trump appeal gets made. FEC Federal Election Commission issues to research, and issues as to the persons who made the payments issue: the candidate, the candidate’s attorney, or donors, or donors who happened to be part of the campaign. Does a payment made by an attorney who is not part of the campaign team constitute an election donation?