Posted on 04/10/2018 10:01:10 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
The FBI sought documents pertaining to Michael Cohen's ownership of taxi medallions when it raided his home and offices on Monday, according to CNN.
The request for information on the medallions came in a search warrant authorized by a U.S. District Attorney in New York.
Cohen, who has worked as an lawyer for Trump since the president's days as a New York real estate developer, reportedly owns a number of the medallions required for operation of the city's iconic yellow taxis, two sources told CNN.
The Monday raid, approved by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, allowed investigators to gather bank records, laptops and documents, some of them related to the hush payment Cohen made to an adult film star who says she had an affair with Trump over a decade ago.
The warrant approved by a judge reportedly included a long list of requests for information on the $130,000 payment in question, disbursed just days before the 2016 election, that legal experts say could have violated campaign finance laws.
One person familiar with the warrant told CNN the warrant likely inquired into some smaller investments outside the attorney's dealings with the porn star known as Stormy Daniels.
According to the Washington Post, Cohen is also being investigated for possible bank and tax fraud.
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A theory I read is that this will try and trap Trump on the foreign corruption act.
I really doubt Trump has done much bribing because I don’t see huge successes in all the world’s sh*tholes that require bribes.
“My theory is that Mueller has a big fat nothing...so his plan is to run amok until Trump is forced to fire him”
That is exactly what he is doing.
FBI search warrant on Cohen covered taxi medallion ownership
Banana republic in action.
What are terms and conditions for a HELOC?
Do banks care what you spend the money on as long as they get your home and its free of liens/loans/mortgages.
You could go to Vegas, drop it all on 21 at the roulette table, lose, and the bank would be happy. They got a home that is worth more than the loan.
Allen Dershowitz was sounding the alarm too over this intrusion of privacy without cause. Cohen was cooperating with Mueller so this is pure heavy handed Gestapo like tactics.
desperation borne of panic precipitated the action
Complete garbage, this is all misdirection. It’s a politically motivated witch hunt supported by the gopE.
So many laws on the books, they’re sure to find something to charge him with. (I was going to say ‘trumped-up,’ but it just didn’t sound right...)
Taxi medallion ownership?
What a colossal farce!
Taxi medallions was the excuse, Trump was the reason.
The IG report and Comey’s book will be released soon.
Fishing with a huge seine net.......................
RIP.....the 4th Amendment is dead...................
Ditto.
Have banks emailing me, calling on the phone offering lines of credit all the time. They NEVER ask personal questions as to how or on what it will be spent. All they know is I have good credit and it is a win-win for them.
Cohen did not commit bank or wire fraud.
What would Cohen have to do with taxi medallions? From how long ago? 1998?
Mueller is one sick jerk.
That's about the only possible thing you can conclude from this insanity, isn't it? Next up: Jaywalking, unpaid parking tickets, stuck your tongue out at your fifth grade teacher, got too frisky with Betty Lou in high school.
Our poor, once-noble fine nation. We are in the sewer and getting washed out to sea.
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