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Michael Cohen Secretly Taped Trump Discussing Payment to Playboy Model
NYT ^ | 07/20/2018 | Matt Apuzzo, Maggie Haberman, Michael S. Schmidt

Posted on 07/20/2018 9:04:41 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

President Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, secretly recorded a conversation with Mr. Trump two months before the presidential election in which they discussed payments to a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump, according to lawyers and others familiar with the recording.

The F.B.I. seized the recording this year during a raid on Mr. Cohen’s office. The Justice Department is investigating Mr. Cohen’s involvement in paying women to tamp down embarrassing news stories about Mr. Trump ahead of the 2016 election. Prosecutors want to know whether that violated federal campaign finance laws, and any conversation with Mr. Trump about those payments would be of keen interest to them.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cohen; doj; fakenews; fbi; michaelcohen; michaelcohentapes; molehill; mueller; trump; zaccagnini
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To: yesthatjallen

Isn’t this attorney client privileged info?


101 posted on 07/20/2018 9:33:06 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: yesthatjallen

BFD!!

Was this a RUSSIAN playboy model?????

Who gives a RATS behind????


102 posted on 07/20/2018 9:33:09 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Bull puckey


103 posted on 07/20/2018 9:33:45 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: yesthatjallen

Well if they are going to investigate that, what about the Clinton campaign in 1992 doing to the same thing.

If Cohen wiretapped his own client then that recording caanot be used in any investigation or prosecution as it was probably illegal and Trump can sue Cohen for anything and everything he has got for invasion of privacy.


104 posted on 07/20/2018 9:33:50 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: rlmorel; Genoa

i also believe in the state of NY if there are three people on he conversation at least two must be aware if the conversation is being recorded...


105 posted on 07/20/2018 9:33:57 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Mouton

Yes....please tell us what the impeachable offense here is.


106 posted on 07/20/2018 9:34:07 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Paladin2

If having an affair is cause to lose your job,
half of congress would be out of of a job too.


107 posted on 07/20/2018 9:34:24 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right.)
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To: pepsi_junkie

This is the Playboy model. Not STormy.


108 posted on 07/20/2018 9:34:40 AM PDT by Blogger (The causes are the left are never about caring about an issue. ItÂ’s always about power.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Oh, look. Another pre-election story for the MSM and other lefties to lose their stuff over, and try to cause hysteria. They’re lining up these attacks to finally cause Trump’s supporters to see the light. (Well, THAT’S not going to happen) This isn’t about actually doing anything legal to Trump. It’s about using any means possible, to undermine his support, and sink republicans in the midterms. Cue Hollywood scum who have slept around, done every perverted thing known to mankind, and produce trash, rape children and ignore it, to become apoplectic, along with John Brennan, et al in 3, 2, 1....


109 posted on 07/20/2018 9:35:21 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s illegal to record somebody without their knowledge


110 posted on 07/20/2018 9:35:29 AM PDT by vigilante2 (I fixed my flag)
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To: yesthatjallen

Cohen being represented by Lanny Davis??

Did I just hear that??


111 posted on 07/20/2018 9:35:32 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Genoa

This was supposed to be about investigating if Trump had worked with Russia, and yet this has gone to taking hones off the blackwater CEO, going after the NRA, raiding his lawyers office, sorry but where the f%%% is Sessions, fire him and get someone who can do the job and stop this madness.


112 posted on 07/20/2018 9:35:36 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: tennmountainman

Exactly...and, several ex-Presidents!!


113 posted on 07/20/2018 9:36:43 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: bk1000
Irrelevant. But, if Trump was unaware of the recording it can’t be used against him, and Cohan could be in trouble.

As usual this is not about what can be legally used against President Trump. I am sure that they have already offered Cohan immunity to testify against President Trump. Probably nothing that they seized in this raid can actually be used against President Trump legally. It is all about embarrassing and weakening him politically so that they can continue to pile on until they take him down.

114 posted on 07/20/2018 9:37:00 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: ilgipper

So we now have no attorney client privilege in this country. This is where we are?

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The privilege still exists. But only for Democrats.


115 posted on 07/20/2018 9:37:01 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: yesthatjallen

Attorney client privilege.


116 posted on 07/20/2018 9:37:22 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: MAexile

“””””I’m not a lawyer, but couldn’t Cohen get disbarred for that?”””””””””

If he were my lawyer, getting disbarred would be the least of his problems.


117 posted on 07/20/2018 9:37:45 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: MNJohnnie

Exactly.

Fake news.


118 posted on 07/20/2018 9:37:56 AM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~ There needs to be a quieting of the screaming lambs.)
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To: Jane Long

I was answering a specific question about attorney client privilege....in case you missed it, they will make one up if they have to...in has gotten that bad.


119 posted on 07/20/2018 9:38:02 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: Starboard

And Democrats don’t have to obey laws but everyone else does, and they have a media that focuses only on the other side.


120 posted on 07/20/2018 9:38:16 AM PDT by Luke21 (The Hill sucks.)
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