Novartis paid Trump lawyer Michael Cohen $1.2 million for advice on Obamacare - work he was unable

[pnwmom]

Source: CNBC

Drug giant Novartis revealed Wednesday that it paid President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen $1.2 million for health-care policy consulting work that he proved "unable" to do.

The company also said it has been questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller's team about the payments to Cohen.

NBC News reported later Wednesday that a senior Novartis official said that Cohen reached out shortly after Trump's election "promising access" to the new administration.

Novartis said it signed a one-year contract with Cohen's shell company, Essential Consultants, for $100,000 per month in February 2017, shortly after Trump was inaugurated as president.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/09/novartis-paid-trumps-lawyer-michael-cohen-more-than-1-million-for-work-he-was-unable-to-do-company-says.html

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So Avenatti WAS wrong. It wasn't $400K -- it was $1.2 MILLION.

[Freethinker65]

1. Reached out promising access to the President. We have a winner!

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Largest Pay for Play scandal in US Presidential history

This is a larger scandal than anything we've seen, why isn't this getting wall to wall coverage? The needle has moved so far that the truly outrageous only has a 15 minute shelf life.

This scandal alone is worse than anything since Nixon.

[GusBob]

6. The reason this scandal is not blowing up is the same reason it happened

These companies give much more money to the media.

The media is not going to bite the hand that feeds

[pangaia]

3. $1.2 million for health-care policy consulting work ...

"...that he proved "unable" to do"... is rather insignificant. But hilariouuuusss

[deurbano]

4. I could EASILY prove "unable to do" that job! How do I apply?!

[Chakaconcarne]

5. How odd they would pay so much for nothing....

[elmac]

10. and from a company that charges $700 per chemo pill. nt

[Dave Starsky]

7. And apparently, you can also NOT have sex with Trump...

And get a six-figure payout just for that!

Why the hell did I ever waste all that time and money on college when I could have just done "nothing" and people will pay me millions for it?

[stuffmatters]

8. This is Novaris defense against the charge of paying a bribe?

I doubt Mueller's going to let it fly Kinda like saying "I paid that guy to killl somebody but it's not a big deal bkz he "proved unable to do it."
And BTW who knows what Cohen / Trump did for Novaris. That tax cut sure must have enriched Novaris billions. Also I don't notice Trump pushing any reimportation of foreign drugs plan or Medicare negotiating prices like the VA.

AT&T sure got Net Neutrality revoked fast for their bribe to Cohen/Trump. Novaris paid to play & also seems to have already gotten a lot for their $ from this administration..

[Cognitive_Resonance]

9. KAI is about to have their payday as well. There could be some serious fire here if all these dots

actually connect to quid pro quo for the bribes.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. "health-care policy consulting work that he proved "unable" to do."

So are they clawing any of that money back or....