Posted on 03/12/2018 12:54:08 PM PDT by NoLibZone
One short, newly revealed email from a Manhattan banker just made it much more likely that the $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election violated federal law.
NBC News on Friday reported that Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime ally and attorney, had used a Trump Organization email address as he worked to secure the payment to Daniels. Daniels alleges the money was paid to keep her from telling the media about a sexual relationship she had with Trump; Cohen and Trump continue to deny that relationship.
NBC received a copy of an email from banker at First Republic Bank that was sent to Cohen. Cohen then forwarded the email to his private Gmail account and, from there, to Daniels’s attorney.
Notice the email address. The banker emailed Cohen at mcohen@trumporg.com. Trumporg.com redirects to Trump.com. The domain is registered to the Trump Organization. It is, in other words, an email address that belongs to the Trump Organization — an asset of the company.
That means that federal election law was almost certainly violated.
We spoke with Lawrence Noble, senior director and general counsel at the Campaign Legal Center. He walked us through the danger zones for the Daniels payment in terms of what election law prohibits. At the time, it was not clear where the money had come from or how it got to Daniels. We lacked a number of details about how Daniels and Trump’s team, Cohen in particular, had interacted.
We have learned a lot since then. In addition to the email above, we have also seen the lawsuit filed by Daniels alleging the agreement to remain silent was never in effect because Trump failed to sign it. Included in that lawsuit is this element of the “factual background” to the matter at hand.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
“And if the money came from Cohen or anyone other than Trump himself, it would violate the $2,700 limit on individual contributions to a federal candidate.”
Stormy Davis was a federal candidate?
About this time last year, NBC “News” was going on about Comey and Russia, but not anything about this woman. Now that former has basically petered out, the latter is now making headlines. The media is pathetic, big time.
Well, I guess if that whole Russian thing is drying up, ya go with what ya have...
NEWSFLASH! Trump used his own money to get elected. How does that work into the accusation?
What happened to the UAE collusion story? I thought Mueller was veering off in that direction since his Russia collusion witch hunt, I mean, investigation, went bust.
Ding Ding Ding
That is why the DNC media is throwing this story out there:
“White Evangelical Women, Core Supporters of Trump, Begin Tiptoeing Away”
Need a reason to create that story....
This is NOT what is normally considered a “campaign contribution,” and interpreting that way is a huge stretch.
I am a white, evangelical woman, and I can promise you now that I will not be voting for a RINO or a Democrat in 2020.
What an embarrassment our MSM is. They make no effort to hide their extreme Democrat bias anymore. It’s get Trump at all costs for these people now. The president is making all of them go completely batty!
Don’t care.
Oh they have him now, impeachment time ha ha ha
They should all smoke the magic cigar to celebrate, the one that always blows up in their face.
Every one of the women accusing Trump were paid by David Brock and the DNC, so if they want to go to discovery, I’m all for it.
Was Stormy Daniels paid $130,000 for work as a political operative or a consultant to the Trump campaign?
If not, then how is a $130,000 payment like this any different from a $130,000 payment made from the Trump Organization or its lawyer for office supplies?
Unlike Marilyn Monroe, Stormy is still alive.
“Never mind”
Why are you calling it propaganda if you make it sound so convincing?
Trump was a federal candidate in 2016.
He wasn’t one in 2006. Stormy Daniels didn’t make a political contribution to the Trump Campaign in 2016.
So how was federal election law violated?
The letterhead from Cohen didn’t originate from the Trump Campaign.
This is reaching. Seriously.
Exchange “batty” for “battier”....
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