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IRS agent admits giving Michael Cohen's financial records to Stormy Daniels' lawyer
NBC News ^
| February 21, 2019
| Andrew Blankstein, Tom Winter and Sarah Fitzpatrick
Posted on 02/25/2019 6:22:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Federal prosecutors say an IRS investigator in California has admitted leaking confidential details of financial transactions by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to Michael Avenatti, lawyer for Stormy Daniels.
John C. Fry has been charged in federal court with searching for and disseminating Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), reports filed by banks when they note potentially suspicious transactions.
Federal officials say they found telephone records that indicate Fry placed a phone call from his personal cell phone to that of Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti the day before Avenatti released details of Cohen's financial transactions, and the day after.
The federal complaint says Fry verbally admitted providing the information to Avenatti when he was confronted by federal agents.
Via Twitter, Avenatti disseminated information about Cohen's receipt in 2017 of $500,000 from Columbus Nova, a company with ties to a Russian billionaire, as well as payments to a Cohen company called Essential Consultants from other firms who do business with the federal government, including AT&T and aircraft manufacturer.
The Treasury Department's Inspector General's Office announced after Avenatti's disclosure that it would be investigating the source of his information.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: alandershowitz; avenatti; california; cohen; columbusnova; dershowitz; essentialconsultants; hunterbiden; irs; johncfry; johnfry; julieswetnick; michaelavenatti; michaelcohen; postedseveraltimes; rogueagents; russianbillionaire; sanfrancisco; sars; stephanieclifford; stormydaniels; thedersh; trump; trumpslawyer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
02/25/2019 6:26:19 PM PST
by
D Rider
To: 2ndDivisionVet
According to the complaint, the SARs were not missing. Instead, two "important" SARs were given restricted access, meaning that they were not available for viewing by registered users in the FinCEN system, including John Fry. And the penalty for that crime is what, exactly?
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posted on
02/25/2019 6:27:48 PM PST
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It’s OK. He didn’t INTEND to do anything wrong.
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posted on
02/25/2019 6:28:29 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Indictment in.......3,.........2,....... Oh wait! It’s to hurt PDJT? No charges. Dismissed.
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posted on
02/25/2019 6:31:19 PM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Was Cohen’s prosecution fruit of a poisonous tree?
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posted on
02/25/2019 6:36:55 PM PST
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Any lawyers among us care to weigh in on this?
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posted on
02/25/2019 6:41:11 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
02/25/2019 6:42:23 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Deep state attempted coup...
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posted on
02/25/2019 6:44:49 PM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Gay State Conservative
Kohn should pledge to put all .gov democrats in jail for this. There should be SWAT raids on every one.
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posted on
02/25/2019 6:45:13 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
02/25/2019 6:53:06 PM PST
by
stinkerpot65
(Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The IRS is so corrupt. Thanks Obama.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
TWO SYSTEMS
FULL PENSION, NO JAIL TIME
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posted on
02/25/2019 7:04:44 PM PST
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gaijin
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Your tax dollars misbehaving...
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posted on
02/25/2019 7:07:00 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(ODO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
If he leaks Trumps IRS records, he would get a ticker tape parade in every leftist city.
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posted on
02/25/2019 7:32:54 PM PST
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grumpygresh
(The only check on a rogue DOJ and FBI is jury nullification.)
To: gaijin
I hope anyone living near this criminal hag shuns her,
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posted on
02/25/2019 7:40:36 PM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: D Rider
What about Avenatti? He knew he was receiving information that he wasn’t permitted to have. He needs to be disbarred for all the crap he’s been doing.
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posted on
02/25/2019 7:47:43 PM PST
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Prison for a very long time.
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posted on
02/25/2019 8:19:10 PM PST
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Jmouse007
(Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Avenatti must be feeling a little tight in the shorts. Receipt of stolen intel, coloring the jury with his numerous braggadocios interviews. He should have stuck to racing hotrods.
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posted on
02/25/2019 8:39:35 PM PST
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blueplum
( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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