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Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty, admits to making illegal payments at direction...
CNBC "News" ^ | 21 August 2018 | Tucker Higgins | Kevin Breuninger

Posted on 08/21/2018 2:06:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

FULL TITLE: Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty, admits to making illegal payments at direction of candidate to influence election

Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, has struck a plea deal with federal prosecutors, NBC News reported on Tuesday.

Cohen came under investigation by federal prosecutors in New York City earlier this year. They had received a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Prosecutors had been eyeing Cohen's business dealings. The New York Times reported that federal authorities were looking into $20 million in loans for taxi businesses linked to Cohen.

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If campaign money was not used it was not a campaign finance violation. It was a private contract between two parties.
1 posted on 08/21/2018 2:06:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’d swap the word “admits” for the word “claims”.


2 posted on 08/21/2018 2:08:31 PM PDT by StoneRainbow68
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I do hope the investigation into Mueller, Comey, McCabe, Hillary, Obama, Lynch, et all is going just as vigorous.

Oh wait!


3 posted on 08/21/2018 2:09:21 PM PDT by Boomer (Beware The Obsessed Leftist Pit Bull Haters on FR. Same as Gun Grabbers.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not. Even. Worried.


4 posted on 08/21/2018 2:09:43 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It doesn’t matter at this point. They’ll use it to jam open an investigation and target the president directly - subpoena all his records and then get him for something unrelated.

This is the day that the US fell. When attorney client privilege no longer means anything - when the rule of law is subverted for purely political purposes then we no longer have a nation of laws.

If they will do this against the most powerful people of the nation think what they’ll do to us peons.


5 posted on 08/21/2018 2:10:01 PM PDT by Skywise
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"If campaign money was not used it was not a campaign finance violation. It was a private contract between two parties. "

Try explaining that to the (at least) 50% of uneducated sheeple that vote (D).

Let's see what the actual, details are re:

"admits to making illegal payments at direction of candidate to influence election"

6 posted on 08/21/2018 2:10:17 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Boomer
I do hope the investigation into Mueller, Comey, McCabe, Hillary, Obama, Lynch, et all is going just as vigorous.

Despite mountains of evidence, nothing will happen to these people. Nothing at all. Trump has failed miserably in this aspect. He is NOT doing what needs to be done.

7 posted on 08/21/2018 2:10:38 PM PDT by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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So this is why there isn’t further “cooperation” being required of Cohen. They’re trying to implicate Trump in a campaign finance violation through Cohen’s plea.


8 posted on 08/21/2018 2:10:43 PM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength.)
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“admits to making illegal payments”

The payments were illegal? I’d like to see the cite for that. So, now anyone who carves out a special non disclosure deal with some prostitute to not have their ten year ago fling made public is doing something illegal! Wow. If this is such a bad thing, how will this compare to getting BJs in the oval office and lying under oath about it by a sitting president. Oh, not so much.


9 posted on 08/21/2018 2:14:27 PM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: dware

He is snookered right now because of the bottleneck that exists at Sessions and Rosenstein levels.

Any removal of any of them at this time would be called obstruction (even though it is totally within the President’s prerogative).

This will not continue to be the case forever; but I, too, have been very impatient over it for a long time. Frustrating! Sad!


10 posted on 08/21/2018 2:15:30 PM PDT by Migraine
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To: SoFloFreeper

Same Here.

I’m not the slightest bit worried.


11 posted on 08/21/2018 2:15:45 PM PDT by Conserv
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To: Mouton

How does it influence an election? I’m so confused.


12 posted on 08/21/2018 2:15:58 PM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Where are the Russians?
So is Stormy Russian now?
Did Stormy strip in a Russian nightclub?


13 posted on 08/21/2018 2:16:05 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Michael Cohen pleads guilty, admits to making illegal payments at direction of candidate to influence election

What payments? To who?


14 posted on 08/21/2018 2:16:51 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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And this has what to do with “Russian collusion”? ,,,,,,,NOTHING....ZIP....NADDA.


15 posted on 08/21/2018 2:17:33 PM PDT by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No problem. Trust the scam, I mean plan.


16 posted on 08/21/2018 2:18:05 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Hmmm)
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To: Migraine
even though it is totally within the President’s prerogative

Failure to do so will ruin his administration. He has every right. It's long past time.

17 posted on 08/21/2018 2:18:21 PM PDT by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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To: Conserv

Trust Sessions...trust the plan right. We were told to trust Mule-ur too...right? So...I’m not worried either.


18 posted on 08/21/2018 2:18:30 PM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog show. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: Boomer

No DemonRat funded fake dossier, no special prosecutor after fake Attorney General recused himself based on nothing, none of this happens.


19 posted on 08/21/2018 2:18:33 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty, admits to making illegal payments at direction of candidate to influence election
Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, has struck a plea deal with federal prosecutors, NBC News reported on Tuesday.
Cohen came under investigation by federal prosecutors in New York City earlier this year. They had received a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Prosecutors had been eyeing Cohen’s business dealings. The New York Times reported that federal authorities were looking into $20 million in loans for taxi businesses linked to Cohen.
Tucker Higgins | Kevin Breuninger
Published 3 Hours Ago Updated 1 Min Ago
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Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018.
Richard Drew | AP
Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018.
Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, agreed to plead guilty on Tuesday to eight counts related to tax fraud, excessive campaign contributions, making false statements to a financial institution, and unlawful corporate contributions at a court hearing in New York on Tuesday.

“Two of those counts appear to relate to Trump directly. Cohen admitted on Tuesday to making payments to two women at the direction of an unidentified candidate for political office. Those payments, Cohen said, were made to influence the outcome of the election.”


20 posted on 08/21/2018 2:18:36 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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