AP sources: Prosecutors preparing charges against Cohen

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, could be charged before the end of the month with bank fraud in his dealings with the taxi industry and with committing other financial crimes, two people familiar with the federal probe said Monday.

The people confirmed reports that federal prosecutors in Manhattan were considering charging Cohen after months of speculation over a case that has been a distraction for the White House with the midterm elections approaching.

The people, who weren't authorized to discuss the case and spoke on Monday on condition of anonymity, refused to answer questions about speculation that Cohen still might strike a plea deal with prosecutors requiring his cooperation.

Absent a quick resolution, it's believed that prosecutors would put off a decision on how to go forward with the case until after the election in compliance with an informal Justice Department policy of avoiding bringing prosecutions that could be seen as political and influence voters.


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[shenmue]

1. Yay

[Bayard]

2. Sing!

Sing, Consigliere, Sing!

[lagomorph777]

3. That's a pretty extreme interpretation of the DOJ non-interference policy.

Especially since Comey so flagrantly flouted it to protect Trump and hurt Hillary.

[iluvtennis]

6. +1000...after they did this shit to Hillary, now they want to impose a 60-day limit. I

call BS.

[ToxMarz]

4. The upcoming election is irrelevant

Prosecutor's don't have to put off anything EXCEPT public disclosures in the immediate months before an election. And even that is not by law or statute, it is merely a policy the DOJ has adopted to be fair and lessen politicization of the Departments actions on elections. It will not come anywhere near a trial for 6, 8, 10 months. Everyone can go about their work as usual.

[Snellius]

5. Does the taxi business stuff have anything to do with the Russia investigation?

Can cooperating in one case get you brownie points in another?

[ananda]

7. Good.

Lock them all up or make them sing
so 45 gets locked up!

[Honeycombe8]

8. Hmmm. Just financial crimes. Nothing to do with Russia or obstruction of justice.

So I don't see how Cohen could hurt Trump that much, except for some related financial crimes...for which he can't be indicted while in office, apparently.