Posted on 08/22/2018 8:22:09 AM PDT by sickoflibs
Cohen talked into pleading guilty to what looks like a non-crime.
He gets a maximum of 2 years for crimes that could have added up to 80 years by claiming he and Trump committed a campaign finance related crime.
Really, Redstate?
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I was just going to say the same thing! It’s not a typo, it’s ghetto. A pretty good article otherwise.
Yes, Cohen states his motive, to protect his client, his client’s family, etc.
Also, precedent with John Edwards doing the same thing.
Stocks are an indicator. They are way up today as Wall Street knows this Manafort & Cohen story means nothing for Trump.
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That leads us to the next aspect of this. Just because Cohen has plead guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations does not mean they were actually violations (we’ll get to that angle shortly). This is where the 65 years on the other counts comes into play. How does someone facing that kind of jail time end up pleading out for only 3-5 years? By telling prosecutors what they want to hear. Cohen did just that with his statements on Trump’s supposed intent while he and the prosecutors know they won’t have to actually prove it.
Also in question is just how concerned Lanny Davis (Cohen’s lawyer) was about his client’s welfare here. Lanny Davis is a notorious Hillary Clinton booster and fixer. He had his client plead guilty here to two counts that aren’t even likely crimes. Let’s talk about that.
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There you go. That explains it perfectly.
Amazing what the Federal Government can accomplish when they raid your office and shake you down for all the petty statutes you violated over the course of your life.
This is the Tyranny that our Founding Fathers were trying to prevent.
I caught that too and shook my head, and I’m generally not a fan of Red State in general. And have no idea who Bonchie is.
That said, I thought this well argued and presented.
Amazing what the Federal Government can accomplish when they raid your office and shake you down for all the petty statutes you violated over the course of your life.
This is the Tyranny that our Founding Fathers were trying to prevent.
I think his point is that paying a mistress to stay quite is such an obscure reading of campaign finance law that if he didn't tell Trump as a lawyer, how would Trump know, and he (Cohen did it).
Cohen may claim that he warned Trump that it was a crime explaining why and Trump told him to do it anyway,
But so far no tapes of that conversation.
I know. Stupid/simple grammatical mistakes detract from the overall.
I had trouble reading the rest after the 2nd one...
The feds extorted him to give the DNC media and hack politicians a tool to embarrass and beat on the president with.
It is despicable. The collective of all his and Manafort’s crimes don’t equal any one of the worse 5 Hillary crimes. Same for Bill, Obama, Val Jar, etc.
It is easy to lose faith in our justice system.
Mark Levin did a good job outlining that; it’s on Breitbart.
The writer goes through all that too.
Investors want Trump impeached ??
This is the best article on this I’ve seen to date.
Thanks, Its long but required to cover the different aspects.
I liked it.
Cant do that fully on Hannity’s TV show.
When you combine this story with this one: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3681176/posts
An incredibly clear picture forms.
‘I know. Stupid/simple grammatical mistakes detract from the overall.
absolutely...he should of said ‘have’...
The thing that surprises me is that Trump was actually involved with this schlemiel Cohen.
That must be an interesting backstory.
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