Nothing about the bimbo payments was illegal. This is total b.s.
What Cohen is guilty of (apparently) is lying to the IRS and banks about his own income. Nothing to do with Trump.
Nothing about the payments to 2 bimbos, or the discussion of a never-pursued project to have a Trump development in Russia, should be criminal.
This is gross over-reach by the feds, with the cretinous complicity of Cohen and his slimy Clinton lawyer Lanny Davis.
“Pauley sentenced Cohen to 36 months for the eight charges from the Southern District”
“Count 8: Excessive campaign contribution for when he pleaded guilty to making an excessive political contribution when he paid adult film actress Stephanie Clifford aka Stormy Daniels $130,000 for her story and silence about Clifford’s alleged affair with Donald Trump.”
Couple things.
If Cohen screwed up in his payments to Stormy then it’s his fault, Trump is not at fault, the attorney is.
Secondly, I read somewhere, not sure if true, that Cohen paid off Daniels, then billed Trump excessively for the transaction. IOWs Cohen made out like a bandit on the deal. He pays the girls off, then triple charges Trump for the work done.
And raising money by saying he had influence with Trump, without first Registing as a lobbyist.
I agree with you, but Cohen is making it all about Trump:
Cohen, a lawyer, ‘should have known better,’ said the judge, following dramatic courtroom arguments that featured repeated references to President Trump – including his attacks on Cohen as ‘weak’ and a ‘rat’ and Cohen’s own explanation of why he decided to provide information against him.
Cohen won’t have to report to jail until March 6, and could still get a further discount to his time if he cooperates.
An anguished Cohen pleaded with a Judge William Pauley to be able to stay out of jail, and expressed regret for trying to cover up former employer Donald Trump’s ‘dirty deeds.’
And none of that matters
Bill Mitchell
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Oh and PS, no judge or jury convicted Cohen of Campaign Finance Violations because they could not and would not have. The entire thing was a #FakeCrime made up by political hacks in NY out to get Trump.
The incoming AG for NY has just declared that they will launch an endless witchhunt targeting President Trump and anyone in his family or anyone he knows. How is this even legal?
Bill Mitchell
@mitchellvii
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