Posted on 08/21/2018 8:24:53 PM PDT by Mariner
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen testified on Tuesday that Trump had directed him to commit a crime by arranging payments ahead of the 2016 presidential election to silence two women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump.
Cohen, 51, made the statements as he pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges in federal court in Manhattan, including tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations.
Cohen did not name Trump in court, but his lawyer, Lanny Davis, said afterward that he was referring to the president.
“Today he (Cohen) stood up and testified under oath that Donald Trump directed him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principal purpose of influencing an election,” Davis said in a statement.
“If those payments were a crime for Michael Cohen, then why wouldn’t they be a crime for Donald Trump?” Davis said.
The two payments were intended to silence two women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump and were made prior to the 2016 presidential election. One was for $130,000 given to adult-film star Stormy Daniels. The other for $150,000 related to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
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That's the only way I can see the potential construct of a crime...but FR legal analysts please weigh in.
I posted this because it was apparent nobody else would.
I’d kill to have this problem.
Paying someone money to sign a non-disclosure agreement is a crime? Then there are a lot of unindicted criminals in every industry in this country.
So we are supposed to be surprised that women throw themselves at billionaires?
Well the women are guilty of a crime, at least blackmail used to be a crime. Both need to be in jail
Everybody is a criminal in Robert Mueller Land.
I heard Gregg Jarrett tonight explain that the money paid out (leaving aside that money which was taken out as a loan by Cohen under false pretenses) was for the benefit of Trump’s campaign because not paying would damage the Trump Campaign.... in Gregg’s opinion was a wild stretch....but also on the heals of the Access hollywood tape... everyone was certain that would be end of Trumps campaign...yet he went on to win.
He’s now a convicted felon, with a grudge.
Even if true, it wasn’t illegal, nor a crime.
Trump self-financed his campaign for the post part.
Also, what kind of BS is this?
Cohen did not name Trump in court, but his lawyer, Lanny Davis, said afterward that he was referring to the president.
I think this is Lanny Davis talking up a false victory for democrats. This will not stop POTUS from destroying the democrat leadership.
Dupe thread.
The other is a NYPost article.
I’m going to love the moment the President pardons Manafort and Cohen hears the news while serving his prison sentence.
Thing about the Clinton’s is they never paid a dime of hush money.
They paid thugs (sheriff’s deputies, etc...) to threaten and intimidate and sometimes kill their enemies.
The very idea they let Webb Hubble live is somewhat mind blowing. But, after all, Webb is Chelsea’s Dad.
What a great name for a race horse, Chelsea’s Dad.
What new developments does this article bring, over the NYSlimes article with nearly the exact title?
TIA.
Everybody is a criminal in Robert Mueller Land.
Including Robert Mueller...……..
Explain that again? I kind of get it but don’t get as well
I did a search and the title did not come up.
And then I looked a breaking and front page, again nothing.
This is a fair post.
...except the real criminals.
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