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Ex-con Michael Cohen testifies about secret recording he made of Trump discussing affair claims before 2016 election
NY Post ^ | 05/13/2024 | Ben Kochman, Kyle Schnitzer, Pricilla DiGregory

Posted on 05/13/2024 11:17:24 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Michael Cohen testified Monday he secretly recorded Donald Trump in the lead-up to the 2016 election, discussing plans to buy a Playboy model’s story about having an affair with the then-candidate.

Cohen — who worked for Trump for more than a decade — told jurors in Manhattan Supreme Court that the Sept. 6, 2016, conversation, taped on the Voice Memos app on his iPhone, was the only time he surreptitiously recorded his former boss.

“So, what do we got to pay for this? One-fifty?” Trump could allegedly be heard saying on the nearly three-minute recording played in court by Assistant District Attorney Susan Hoffinger.

The conversation centered around plans to buy the rights to former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal’s story about having an affair with the married Trump from the National Enquirer, according to testimony.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: affair; cohen; cohentherat; recording; trump
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Cohen is full of doo doo
1 posted on 05/13/2024 11:17:24 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The crime is ... ?


2 posted on 05/13/2024 11:19:33 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: ClearCase_guy

He had transgressed The Unwritten Law.


3 posted on 05/13/2024 11:20:16 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“about secret recording he made of Trump”

Cohen should be retroactively disbarred from that time.

What happened to that recording?


4 posted on 05/13/2024 11:23:19 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Why does this matter? Is it now against the law to offer to pay someone hush money to just go away instead of spending even more in time and legal fees to try to fight her allegations?

I guess Trump should have protected himself legally be getting it on with a Chinese honeypot spy like Eric Swalwell did. (sarcasm)

5 posted on 05/13/2024 11:23:26 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And if the alleged recording of the alleged Trump conspiracy actually exists, how do we know it isn’t a deepfake? I wouldn’t put it past either Cohen or the prosecution to use fakes to try to (further) poison the Jury.


6 posted on 05/13/2024 11:24:32 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: dfwgator

He opposes the globalist takeover of the United States and the imposition of the New World Order. That’s his ‘crime’ and for that he needs to be punished. We can’t have freedom and sovereignty anymore.
This a battle for the survival of civilization and ultimately for Christian culture and believers. Nothing less.


7 posted on 05/13/2024 11:25:35 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: dfwgator

Nail his head to the floor…


8 posted on 05/13/2024 11:25:46 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Isn’t it a violation of law to record someone in a phone conversation without their knowledge? If so, it cannot be used and must be thrown out.


9 posted on 05/13/2024 11:27:47 AM PDT by Signalman (I am not a snob. Ask anyone who matters.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I gave him my baby to kiss, and he bit it !


10 posted on 05/13/2024 11:28:19 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why is this even relevant? The claim against Trump concerns Porny Daniels, not Karen McDougal.


11 posted on 05/13/2024 11:28:42 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why is this even relevant? The claim against Trump concerns Porny Daniels, not Karen McDougal.


12 posted on 05/13/2024 11:28:56 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He keeps talking about a recording but does he ever produce it , I think this guy was scamming Trump from day one


13 posted on 05/13/2024 11:31:33 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/politics/michael-cohen-donald-trump-tape/index.html


14 posted on 05/13/2024 11:34:05 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cohen was Trump’s attorney when he taped this. How is this not privileged?


15 posted on 05/13/2024 11:35:26 AM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: Labyrinthos

It’s not even about Porney Daniels. The alleged fake crime is the accounting entry expired misdemeanor “to cover up another crime.” A crime Fatt Alvin can’t even specify.


16 posted on 05/13/2024 11:37:00 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why would a person being blackmailed want to cover up the payout?


17 posted on 05/13/2024 11:39:36 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Col Frank Slade

Haha. Sad the dying cultural references…


18 posted on 05/13/2024 11:40:28 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I can think of half a dozen reasons why this shouldn’t even be admitted as evidence. These lawfare cases are unbelievable railroad jobs.


19 posted on 05/13/2024 11:42:18 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

feh...


20 posted on 05/13/2024 11:42:32 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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