Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations, according to a person familiar with the case
FBI agents on Monday raided the Manhattan office of President Trump’s private lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records about Cohen’s clients, including those related to a 2016 payment he made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had a sexual encounter with Trump.
Among the documents seized were privileged communications between Cohen and his clients — including those with Trump, according to a person familiar with the investigators’ work. Investigators took Cohen’s computer, phone and personal financial records as part of the search of his office at Rockefeller Center, the person said.
I don't know if that is what they are looking for John, I know that they presented a search warrant at his office, home and, hotel room today to get records but, according to MSNBC nothing has been said about why.
Ok, they just said on MSNBC that it is for evidence of bank fraud as well as evidence of the payment to Stormy Daniels. Wonder if they will find anything about money laundering as well.
Ok, they just said on MSNBC that it is for evidence of bank fraud as well as evidence of the payment to Stormy Daniels. Wonder if they will find anything about money laundering as well.
Someone please explain how this has anything to do with the supposed purpose of "RUSSIAN COLLUSION"????? I mean - that's what Mueller is "supposed" to be investigating, right?
Can you explain how an investigation into Whitewater developed into an investigation into Bill Clinton getting a blowjob from an intern?
The no-knock search warrant that Trump calls part of a “witch hunt” today was sought by a US Atty appointed by Trump and was granted by a Senate-confirmed Art. III Judge under the strictest constitutional standards. Absurd.https://cnn.com/2018/04/09/pol…
Someone please explain how this has anything to do with the supposed purpose of "RUSSIAN COLLUSION"?????
I mean - that's what Mueller is "supposed" to be investigating, right?
IIRC, that is what Mueller is supposed to be investigating, but he was also granted the power to investigate any other potential crimes that came up in the course of that investigation.
That's right. This probably has nothing to do with the Mueller investigation of collusion or obstruction. However as a Prosecutor if he runs across evidence of another crime during his investigation he can not just ignore it. He must refer it to another prosecutor who would be interested in it for a possible investigation. I mean suppose Mueller was looking through a computer of someone he was investigating and found out the someone committed a bank robbery. Certainly he has to pass that information on to the proper prosecutor in the district where the crime took place. He can not just ignore it.
This has deteriorated into a bad joke. This fiasco has gone on for far too long, and it's time to get rid of the biased witch hunter. Too much bad things going on that needs our time and attention.
This has deteriorated into a bad joke. This fiasco has gone on for far too long, and it's time to get rid of the biased witch hunter. Too much bad things going on that needs our time and attention.
From this comment I can tell that you don't think very hard, in fact you take what you hear Trump say at face value.....you really shouldn't. I remember Watergate very well and, this has as much credibility as Watergate, fasten your seatbelt, it's gonna get ruff for you.
This has deteriorated into a bad joke. This fiasco has gone on for far too long
The Trump Presidency has been a bad joke from the moment he was elected, and yes, it has gone on far too long.
There are some questions we may never know the answer to, but just asking them pisses off the Trumpites.
Would Donald have won if America knew about Stormy before the election?
Would Donald have won if they had known about the $130,000 pay off to said porn actress to keep her quiet just weeks before the election?
Would Donald have won if Russia hadn't been feeding the Trumpites BS conspiracy theories about Hillary running a child sex ring out of a pizza parlor or was somehow behind Seth Rich's murder?
Would Donald have won if Facebook hadn't allowed the theft of 87 million users profiles enabling the focused targeting of Americans through social media?
Would Donald have won if Russia hadn't illegally stolen DNC emails and released them to wikileaks within hours of the Access Hollywood open mic tapes of Donald admitting he doesn't "even wait" for women's consent before grabbing them by the genitals?
Would Donald have won if Jim Comey hadn't announced the reopening of the Hillary email investigation but instead had notified us of the fact that the Trump campaign was under an active investigation into whether was already compromised by the Putin regime?
I think any sane sensible person with access to more than half their brain would come to the conclusion the answer would be a resounding "Hell No!" to just about any one of those questions, let alone all of them combined. So while late night comedians have more joke fodder than they can shake a stick at, and the 35% of Trump loyalists guffaw at how their moron-in-chief won and is demolishing the government they've grown to hate because it's been protecting minorities and allowing gays and lesbians to prosper unhindered, the rest of us continue to suffer this terrible sick joke of an administration.
This fiasco has gone on for far too long, and it's time to get rid of the biased witch hunter.
How about all the corrupt Witches Mueller has actually discovered? Those Witches under indictment...as well as those Witches actually charged with a crime.
In an attempt to make this story go away-- should we also get rid of those Witches as well? We could do that in regards to several of those Witches that have broken the law.
You don't know that one way or the other, my friend.
And no one will know until the investigation is complete. Mueller is sitting on a mountain of information and evidence that he is not ready to present. Just because he is not ready to make his case public, does not mean there are not a lot of people who are going to be named are criminals, even and likely Trump.
So far from what has been seen this administration is filled with massive amounts of cancer. Everywhere you look you see nothing but cancerous corruption. People being fired for ethics violations and some still working whose ethics are criminal. More shady connects with Russians then any other administration in history and the kid glove approach to Putin. Almost every person connected with or has been connected with this administration is criminally corrupt in one way or another. Several indictments. Guilty pleas. More people on the verge of flipping. General Mattis is the only one we hope will keep this mentally unhinged megalomaniac from pushing the buttons. John Dean told Nixon that there was a cancer on the Presidency and he was right. In this case the entire administration is cancerous. There is none of it not infected and dying. America is in more danger now then since WWII.
I don't think so. I think the DoJ appoints a new special prosecutor.
Actually I think you're right. It doesn't have to keep going down the chain of command-- he just has to appoint a new one. (And BTW, there is a rumour circulating that after that he plans to do just that-- also that he intends to fire Rosenstein and replace him with...Scott Pruitt!
(I'm skeptical of that, I doubt he could get away with that...)
Firing Mueller will only charge up the states' Attorneys General even more than they are already. Number 45 has no control over them, and it's killing him.
Congress appointed Mueller, so, it would be Congress who appoints a new one.
Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller so he is the one who has to fire him. If Trump fire Rosenstein and replaces him with someone else then that person could for Mueller. They used to have the power to appoint a special prosecutor themselves, but the allowed that law to lapse. In order to appoint one they would have to pass a new law by enough of a margin the they could over ride a Trump veto.
Word on the street is that Trump will fire Rosenstein and, put someone in that will put a leash on Mueller or, fire him or, he will force Rosenstein to quit.
"Magistrate Judge signed off on this. Federal magistrate judges (appointed by local district judges, not by the President) review search warrant applications.
A Magistrate Judge therefore reviewed this application and found probable cause — that is, probable cause to believe that the subject premises (Cohen's office) contains specified evidence of a specified federal crime."
He doesn't, it's just the standard issue response to anything that doesn't fit the rights agenda. "Oh, I don't like it? They must be a liberal!!!". Yea, because no judge ever does anything based on the fucking law, it's all just political decisions.. /s (deleted) Skirting {SP}
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Really be interesting to see where you got your info since Congress hasn't approved any judicial appointments for New York under Trump's presidency.
Actually it's the US Attorney who sought the warrant who is the Trump appointee and a Republican. He's the guy who Trump put in there after he unceremoniously fired Preet Bharara because he was getting too close.
Washington (CNN)Former US Attorney Preet Bharara said Monday that the FBI raids of Michael Cohen's office and hotel room were done by officials who were all "handpicked" by President Donald Trump.
"If the reporting is true, particularly the part about this being approved by the Southern District of New York Attorney's Office which I used to lead, are all people who are Republican, and all people who have basically been handpicked by Donald Trump," Bharara, now a senior CNN legal analyst, said on " The Situation Room."
Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations, according to a person familiar with the case
FBI agents on Monday raided the Manhattan office of President Trump’s private lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records about Cohen’s clients, including those related to a 2016 payment he made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had a sexual encounter with Trump.
Among the documents seized were privileged communications between Cohen and his clients — including those with Trump, according to a person familiar with the investigators’ work. Investigators took Cohen’s computer, phone and personal financial records as part of the search of his office at Rockefeller Center, the person said.
I don't know if that is what they are looking for John, I know that they presented a search warrant at his office, home and, hotel room today to get records but, according to MSNBC nothing has been said about why.
Ok, they just said on MSNBC that it is for evidence of bank fraud as well as evidence of the payment to Stormy Daniels. Wonder if they will find anything about money laundering as well.
Michael Cohen and Donald Trump are not the type of people who can withstand serious investigation.
If the feds look into the dealings of these people they will find criminal activity. The question is what will be done about it.
Well, to use one of Trump's favourite sayings:
We'll see what happens!
Arte Johnson "Very Interesting"
That scene is so cool.
And probably remembered by many Americans.
I've seen the visual-- but a while back I discovered a record on it-- it was . . . very interesting, actually.
And really cool-- music to read NT comments by!
Someone please explain how this has anything to do with the supposed purpose of "RUSSIAN COLLUSION"?????
I mean - that's what Mueller is "supposed" to be investigating, right?
Can you explain how an investigation into Whitewater developed into an investigation into Bill Clinton getting a blowjob from an intern?
The no-knock search warrant that Trump calls part of a “witch hunt” today was sought by a US Atty appointed by Trump and was granted by a Senate-confirmed Art. III Judge under the strictest constitutional standards. Absurd. https://cnn.com/2018/04/09/pol…
Please read the news. Spoiler: the raid was authorized by the US attorney from the SDNY -- a Trump appointee.
Which means Trump granting a presidential pardon won't work in this case, it is a state issue, the presidential pardon only works for federal cases.
Trump did just describe the execution of a valid federal search warrant as a break-in ("They just broke in...")
Would you describe the execution of a valid federal search warrant as a "break-in"? Or is Trump trying to rally his base of idiots?
Those two worked well together.
I mean - that's what Mueller is "supposed" to be investigating, right?
IIRC, that is what Mueller is supposed to be investigating, but he was also granted the power to investigate any other potential crimes that came up in the course of that investigation.
That's right. This probably has nothing to do with the Mueller investigation of collusion or obstruction. However as a Prosecutor if he runs across evidence of another crime during his investigation he can not just ignore it. He must refer it to another prosecutor who would be interested in it for a possible investigation. I mean suppose Mueller was looking through a computer of someone he was investigating and found out the someone committed a bank robbery. Certainly he has to pass that information on to the proper prosecutor in the district where the crime took place. He can not just ignore it.
Dershpwitz is a joke among liberals, and has been for some time.
He has let his devotion to Israel overcome his good sense.
This has deteriorated into a bad joke. This fiasco has gone on for far too long, and it's time to get rid of the biased witch hunter. Too much bad things going on that needs our time and attention.
Trump should resign before they make him perp walk.
He's been a white collar criminal for a long time.
Arresting all the traitors that launder Russian mobster money would be a good start.
From this comment I can tell that you don't think very hard, in fact you take what you hear Trump say at face value.....you really shouldn't. I remember Watergate very well and, this has as much credibility as Watergate, fasten your seatbelt, it's gonna get ruff for you.
I know, right? Mueller and the FBI shouldn't be investigating federal crimes.
The Trump Presidency has been a bad joke from the moment he was elected, and yes, it has gone on far too long.
There are some questions we may never know the answer to, but just asking them pisses off the Trumpites.
Would Donald have won if America knew about Stormy before the election?
Would Donald have won if they had known about the $130,000 pay off to said porn actress to keep her quiet just weeks before the election?
Would Donald have won if Russia hadn't been feeding the Trumpites BS conspiracy theories about Hillary running a child sex ring out of a pizza parlor or was somehow behind Seth Rich's murder?
Would Donald have won if Facebook hadn't allowed the theft of 87 million users profiles enabling the focused targeting of Americans through social media?
Would Donald have won if Russia hadn't illegally stolen DNC emails and released them to wikileaks within hours of the Access Hollywood open mic tapes of Donald admitting he doesn't "even wait" for women's consent before grabbing them by the genitals?
Would Donald have won if Jim Comey hadn't announced the reopening of the Hillary email investigation but instead had notified us of the fact that the Trump campaign was under an active investigation into whether was already compromised by the Putin regime?
I think any sane sensible person with access to more than half their brain would come to the conclusion the answer would be a resounding "Hell No!" to just about any one of those questions, let alone all of them combined. So while late night comedians have more joke fodder than they can shake a stick at, and the 35% of Trump loyalists guffaw at how their moron-in-chief won and is demolishing the government they've grown to hate because it's been protecting minorities and allowing gays and lesbians to prosper unhindered, the rest of us continue to suffer this terrible sick joke of an administration.
How about all the corrupt Witches Mueller has actually discovered? Those Witches under indictment...as well as those Witches actually charged with a crime.
In an attempt to make this story go away-- should we also get rid of those Witches as well? We could do that in regards to several of those Witches that have broken the law.
How? Well, we could do it by:
Locking them up, locking them up!
LOL!
Oh really?? So far their arrests have had absolutely NOTHING to do with Mueller's intended investigation - find the RUSSIAN COLLUSION.
You don't know that one way or the other, my friend.
Arresting all the traitors that launder Russian mobster money would be a good start.
Yes, But it would take a while--apparently there are a lot of them-- a really large number!
And no one will know until the investigation is complete. Mueller is sitting on a mountain of information and evidence that he is not ready to present. Just because he is not ready to make his case public, does not mean there are not a lot of people who are going to be named are criminals, even and likely Trump.
So far from what has been seen this administration is filled with massive amounts of cancer. Everywhere you look you see nothing but cancerous corruption. People being fired for ethics violations and some still working whose ethics are criminal. More shady connects with Russians then any other administration in history and the kid glove approach to Putin. Almost every person connected with or has been connected with this administration is criminally corrupt in one way or another. Several indictments. Guilty pleas. More people on the verge of flipping. General Mattis is the only one we hope will keep this mentally unhinged megalomaniac from pushing the buttons. John Dean told Nixon that there was a cancer on the Presidency and he was right. In this case the entire administration is cancerous. There is none of it not infected and dying. America is in more danger now then since WWII.
All caused by Donald Rump.
Media reports speculating Trump will try and fire Rod Rosenstein.
Just heard that speculation as well. That would be a continuation of the slow moving Trump "Saturday night massacre".
It a Catch-22 for him. If he fires Mueller he can stop the investigation.
But then it becomes glaringly obvious that he's committed a definite Obstruction of Justice.
Much of the American public would become outraged (including many Republicans).
I don't think so. I think the DoJ appoints a new special prosecutor.
Nope. He has already tried that three times, the investigation keeps going...
Sally Yates
James Comey
Preet Bahara
If he fires Mueller, the backlash will be unbelievable and swift.
Congress appointed Mueller, so, it would be Congress who appoints a new one.
I don't think so. I think the DoJ appoints a new special prosecutor.
Actually I think you're right. It doesn't have to keep going down the chain of command-- he just has to appoint a new one. (And BTW, there is a rumour circulating that after that he plans to do just that-- also that he intends to fire Rosenstein and replace him with...Scott Pruitt!
(I'm skeptical of that, I doubt he could get away with that...)
Firing Mueller will only charge up the states' Attorneys General even more than they are already. Number 45 has no control over them, and it's killing him.
What happens with Sessions ?
I believe there will be riots in the streets. Bloody ones.
Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller so he is the one who has to fire him. If Trump fire Rosenstein and replaces him with someone else then that person could for Mueller. They used to have the power to appoint a special prosecutor themselves, but the allowed that law to lapse. In order to appoint one they would have to pass a new law by enough of a margin the they could over ride a Trump veto.
Word on the street is that Trump will fire Rosenstein and, put someone in that will put a leash on Mueller or, fire him or, he will force Rosenstein to quit.
This is why presidents can no longer fire a special counsel.
He should check the old Nixon files to see how that works out.
LMFAO! Nice one!
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAGA.....My Attorney Got Arrested.....
Kudos and credit to MrFrost.
Indeed.
LMFAO
I predict that from now on many of Trump's comments will indeed be met by a frosty reception!
Or Stormy..
"Magistrate Judge signed off on this. Federal magistrate judges (appointed by local district judges, not by the President) review search warrant applications.
A Magistrate Judge therefore reviewed this application and found probable cause — that is, probable cause to believe that the subject premises (Cohen's office) contains specified evidence of a specified federal crime."
Ahhhh great - a liberal judge making a fair decision??? BS.
How do you know the judge is a "Librul"?
I know right? How dare that Trump-appointed Republican judge follow the law!
By the way I love your Fuhrer's latest tweet: "an attack on our country in a true sense, an attack on what we all stand for."
How ironic a statement is that? LOL. I also love that it was a no-knock warrant.
You expect republican judges to make fair decisions!.. Oh, wait, never mind. Now I get it.
PROOF of the appointment?
Really be interesting to see where you got your info since Congress hasn't approved any judicial appointments for New York under Trump's presidency.
Doubt it.
He doesn't, it's just the standard issue response to anything that doesn't fit the rights agenda. "Oh, I don't like it? They must be a liberal!!!". Yea, because no judge ever does anything based on the fucking law, it's all just political decisions.. /s (deleted) Skirting {SP}
An indirect reference targets a category which includes the member. Derogatory statements attacking all within a category (e.g. liberals, conservatives, theists, atheists, Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, etc.) are indirect derogatory references.
Actually it's the US Attorney who sought the warrant who is the Trump appointee and a Republican. He's the guy who Trump put in there after he unceremoniously fired Preet Bharara because he was getting too close.
But, the JUDGE issued/approved the warrant - that was the direction of my question - who was/is the judge and who appointed him/her?
So much for collusion!