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Excellent to folow..
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The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)Pauly left offffffffff.
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)Not some random coffee boy, or even acting as Trump's attorney. Trump Org had a general counsel, and it wasn't Cohen. Cohen was an executive on par with Junior and Ivanka.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)Botany
(70,501 posts)n/t
yonder
(9,664 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)of crime. He is so screwed. However I won't be happy until his boss goes down.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)they've got them
How long will it take?
George II
(67,782 posts)....maybe even Manafort.
Can't wait for Mueller to give the order to the FBI, "SWARM, SWARM, SWARM!"
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)We now know for certain that Cohen was the bag man for Russian money.
And working for RNC to defraud the election
AND a director in the Trump Organization.
The links to each of those is blinking neon red.
We haven't even gotten to the kids yet. Ivanka's activities have been under teh microscope for some time now.
THAT's the one I am very interested in also.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)Now, Federal prosecutors must prove it in a court of law, if they are not fired by the perp organization, and if screams of "Witch Hunt!" don't start a civil war. These people believe government is the enemy, and they are trying to stay in power.
Sorry if preaching, surely you know all this.
Volaris
(10,270 posts)But it will trickle out a little bit at a time, and every one will add weight to the camels back.
By the time we get to Election Day, the nation will be screaming bloody murder for his impeachment, and the dems will take both houses.
That's my bet.
tanyev
(42,552 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)...didn't necessarily have to be the one he used to go to Prague.
2. Cohen had better avoid windows in high floors AND he'd better hire a food taster.
Me.
(35,454 posts)They are so screwed...really
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)JunkYardDogg
(873 posts)N/T
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)In this case:....@SethAbramson
JunkYardDogg
(873 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,454 posts)triron
(22,001 posts)byronius
(7,394 posts)Because they ring like goddamned bells, that's why.
Christopher Steele is a better American than 39% of Americans.
garybeck
(9,942 posts)byronius
(7,394 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)For this document to be proven true, for corroborating evidence, and for the panic racing through the ranks to get in line for a plea deal.
I'm sure RM will be able to pick and choose who and what is on offer, depending on how useful it is.
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)malaise
(268,968 posts)since that Cohen raid.
Crunch time is coming - lock them all up!
Nitram
(22,794 posts)triron
(22,001 posts)That's why that judge gave Mueller's prosecutors so much static maybe.
He knows what is coming down but is a Trump supporter.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Sent Nunes running to the WH at midnight? Because do not forget Nunes was on the campaign,too?
Is this why he is so desperately still trying to shut down the investigation? And trying to change the subject to John Kerry.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)He was frantically playing whack a mole for some time.
Been real quiet for some time now, hasn't he?
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)One time on the TV!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)They seem to be thinking..."Well if I stay off national tv, and be real quiet, Mueller won't find me"
or
"If I resign, or even promise not to run for re-election, maybe....etc."
They are gonna find out that "out of sight, out of mind" is not working.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Wonder how many of those who are retiring have dirty fingers?
Ryan, Gowdy,Isaa,on and on.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)He bolted almost immediately when the first fissures in their poorly-crafted cover-up began to show.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)So I put them on Arya's list......
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)It has been proven he accepted Russian money. Ryan? He is conveniently leaving to spend time with his family. You know,the ones ready to leave for College?
Doodley
(9,088 posts)dem4decades
(11,288 posts)This all seems to good to be true, but if there was evidence of a Cohen/Russia connection why didn't the Special Counsel's office do it?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Mueller is working as an extension of the Dept. of Justice ( which is why Sessions had to recuse himself).
SDNY -Schniederman- has been doing a lot of work at the state level on this case.
Plus there are state charges for some of the things that these guys have been up to.
tableturner
(1,682 posts)People keep getting that mixed up. SDNY is a federal court district. Each federal court district has a US Attorney. Schniederman is the Attorney General of the State of New York.
Now there are reports that Mueller and Schniederman have been in consultation so that if federal charges are pardoned, Schniederman can bring state charges for those acts that are both federal and state offenses.
A side note: Related to this is a highly publicized effort underway to change NY law to allow a pardoned federal crime to be prosecuted in that state. Right now it is prohibited.
Edited to add: You are correct about the concept of an investigation handed over to a federal district by Mueller (in this case, the SDNY) possibly being brought back later to Mueller if the facts warrant.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)We had a discussion about this on DU a couple weeks ago. SDNY reports to Rosenstein also, he wanted to offload some of the burden because Mueller is covering so much on this investigation. There were political and strategic benefits to having SDNY take over the Cohen raid.
BTW Eric Schneiderman doesn't work for the FBI, he's the Attorney General for the State of New York.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Trump has made too many enemies. He has no friends,only paid lick spittles.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)And committing treason against this country by Cohen and trump and many others may be why they're so desperate now, and if trump does anything they'll lower the boom on them all. This will soon happen as more leaks out about what they've done, and not from Mueller, but from the free press and others involved in uncovering their crimes. Trump's already done. They know what he did.
riversedge
(70,204 posts)liberalla
(9,243 posts)I can't wait for EVERYTHING to be out in the open and common knowledge!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)How Trump has kept himself out of many things - by using his fixer Cohen as his arm.
What I wouldn't give to see what the NY prosecutors seized from Cohen. I bet it's a treasure trove. I'm salivating just thinking of the prospect of tapes. Tapes so he can relive his threats to people? Or tapes so he can blackmail people later? I hope these things see the light of day.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)So it is clear they know who he talked with.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)Even a dumbass like Cohen would've shit his pants when a special counsel was appointed, and destroyed everything even remotely incriminating.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)Forensic technology hardware/software is readily available to law enforcement, and can track down digital files that have been deleted etc. It's amazing what they can find.
Also, remember that electronic communications are, at the very least, two way, if not more. There are usually multiple copies that exist.
Michael is not the brightest star in the heavens, so I doubt he thought of every possible precaution against forensic technology.
Stupid Watergate is right!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)It could be that a lot of these guys really do not fully understand how digital files can be searched.
a lot of what they were doing was old school mob shit. Cohen going to Italy and from there to Prague, cause no passports needed from Italy.
All that stuff worked well for years, no one seemed too curious. and Trump oozing supreme confidence.
" I'm gonna be a king, whaddya worried about? People have to do as I say".
Eyeball_Kid
(7,431 posts)The Steele dossier has been in circulation since mid-2016. I was able to download it before it hit Buzzfeed. Why is this news now? Because the MSM stamped their imprimatur on it?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)There was so much argument about it that it was being used but not discussed.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Well no shit it's not a country
Mike Niendorff
(3,460 posts)Some very interesting info on that twitter thread, particularly toward the end.
Thanks for posting this.
MDN
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)he told IQ45 he'd work the campaign for free. When he got cut, Cohen took over the muddy underbelly of the campaign, including paying off the women, hackers, bots, etc. He probably thought he was heir apparent to a West Wing office, but donald cut him out, telling him he needed Cohen in NY. Sounds to me like trump knew about everything, and tried to keep distance between himself and the dirty partner in crime. I'm amazed Cohen would keep quiet given how much dirty work was shoved on him, and then he was cut from the high profile, fancy appointment.
Botany
(70,501 posts)BTW look @ #4 in the Steele document
it mentions that if Hillary wins the election then
some of the operatives should go to Plovdiv, Bulgaria to lay low please remember the picture
of Ivanka Trump and Wendy Deng (Vlad Putins girl friend) was taken in Bulgaria just prior to
the Cohen/Russian meet up in Prague in Aug/Sept. 2016.