Posted on 04/09/2018 1:12:01 PM PDT by Hojczyk
The F.B.I. on Monday raided the office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan obtained the search warrant after receiving a referral from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to Mr. Cohen’s lawyer, who called the search “completely inappropriate and unnecessary.” The search does not appear to be directly related to Mr. Mueller’s investigation, but likely resulted from information he had uncovered and gave to prosecutors in New York. “Today the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York executed a series of search warrants and seized the privileged communications between my client, Michael Cohen, and his clients,” said Stephen Ryan, his lawyer. “I have been advised by federal prosecutors that the New York action is, in part, a referral by the Office of Special Counsel, Robert Mueller.” Mr. Cohen plays a role in aspects of the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He also recently said he paid $130,000 to a pornographic-film actress, Stephanie Clifford, who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump. Ms. Clifford is known as Stormy Daniels. Mr. Ryan said Mr. Cohen has cooperated with authorities and turned over thousands of documents to congressional investigators looking into Russian election meddling. The payments to Ms. Clifford are only one of many topics being investigated, according to a person briefed on the search. The F.B.I. also seized emails, tax documents and business records, the person said.
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I sure hope you’re right ... and I think you are.
Yep. Absurd double standards and lawlessness. Trump is President and is in a position to deal with this. He needs to take action. Let’s see what he does.
“Mueller is either a fool ...”
He isn’t that. Despite what people paint him as on Conservative websites, he is not a fool.
“... are trying to figure out a way to get himself fired for cause as a political stunt.”
This was my very first thought.
>>The liberty tree is waking up and is thirsty
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Very thirsty. We’re going to see just how strong our beloved POTUS is wrt exterminating the termites. The updated Patriot Act gives him the sweeping powers he will need to truly restore the public. Godspeed, Mr. President.
There aren't any crimes to investigate, and they know it...And likely IMO, this is why the IG has been sandbagging on the release of his report...They need something on Trump before the report is released...
Ping to posts 307 and 359.
Excellent posts.
I know I’m not alone in feeling this way.
I couldn't agree more. I just hope that we are not in the minority, or this could very well be the last best hope at saving the republic.
The open borders crowd alone will kill of our country in another generation or two.
I will!!!
There are only 4 or 5 Senators that side with the citizens and the rule of law, maybe 40-50 in the House.
We need a serious turnover in both chambers.
Fox news said that ACP doesn’t apply if the investigators get the AG (acting in this case) and the special prosecutor to sign off on an assumption that there is potential destruction of evidence in a serious criminal investigation. Rosenstein signed off on it being turned over to the Southern district Attorney in NYC (per Mueller’s ok), who then had the FBI raid all his (Cohen’s) places.
“If Trump goes down, the Republican party is finished. The MFers don’t understand that.”
The RINO’s could care less. They over 50% dimoKKKRAT anyways.
They’re not “trying” to pull the coup, they’re pulling the coup.
.... It now looks like they are going after Cohen for Bank Fraud and Campaign Finance Violations.
Thank you! I need some hillarious old time TV.. Love that episode!
POTUS answers on this -— from another thread:http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3646198/posts
All ->>please see this video from the thread above***
“President Trump Reacts to Cohen raids during introduction of National Security Advisor John Bolton”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O71V3jTcs24
And Cohen figured prominently in the Steele dossier. Despite the fact that Cohen provided his passport and explained that he never visited the Czech Republic, Mueller still appears to be using the dossier as his roadmap to investigating Trump.
The release of the IG report along with the Comey book is going to raise the profile and temperature of this witch hunt.
Mueller is raising the ante in hopes that he will get fired. He has nothing.
I smell mcstain!
Thank you. Makes sense.
And just where is our Party leaders or any member of our party speaking out about the raid on Trump’s lawyer?
We have Republican President, majority in Congress and a Republican as Head of DOJ and our President has his lawyer raided.
And Hillary and Obama, Jarrett, Holder, Schumer, Pelosi, McConnell, Ryan, McCain are all laughing their butts off.
They now have lot of records and files and this investigation will go on and on- they had to do this because they knew they had nothing. In comes the plot with Stormy as a loophole to get access to records.
I honestly do not know how our President keeps going- no one is fighting for him- we have Repubs retiring verbally attacking him, our leaders smugly sit back and do nothing.
There are only 4 or 5 Senators that side with the citizens and the rule of law, maybe 40-50 in the House.
We need a serious turnover in both chambers.
Not even close to that. The radio silence from Congress on Mueller’s coup is deafening.
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