Josh said the other day he can think of a dozen other Cohen LLCs off the top of his head.
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Swamp creature.
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But her emails.
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So, lemme tell ya how dis woiks. You pay me a lot of money, and da boss won’t burn down your pretty store.
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Had to do it…
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Stringer, man. A man who lived in two worlds, never quite comfortably in either. But he strove to make that legit money. That’s something Cohen and Trump never really cared about, did they? And not smart enough to see there really are two worlds, and you can’t be a straight-up gangster on the legit side of town and get away with it for long.
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oh that bad old crooked Hillary - boy we sure dodged a bullet with that one
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Certainly you’re right about the stockholders! I’d be pretty disgusted if I owned stock in any of them. I’m not a lawyer either; however the firms are exposed to quite a bit of hazard right now, if:
- It was communicated at any time that Cohen was not a registered lobbyist (and he wasn’t, which US law requires), and they engaged with him as a federal lobbyist anyway despite that knowledge. You’ll note their shifting explanations are all to the tune of engaging Cohen “for actual work” now – even when it’s clearly ridiculous, like using Cohen for healthcare policy advice! --rather than influence and access. I’m guessing this is because they know they’re screwed if they admit it was for lobbying. Expect their explanations to evolve further on this front…
- Bribe-taking was openly discussed at any time. I mean, duh, we all know that’s what this was, but openly. Like “you give me this money, and I’ll do such-and-such for you…”
- The reverse – like a protection racket. Cohen threatened them with consequences if they didn’t pay up. This mostly makes the firms victims, but they have certain responsibilities to report or they become willing co-conspirators
- The money was paid in order to get Trump et al to take action to screw over one of their competitors
- Most especially, the firms are at risk if Cohen recorded any of the above on tape or in writing. And the feds + SDNY have all his records now. We know enough about Cohen to say he’s not exactly careful with his cover-ups, so there could be incriminating stuff in there. All those firms are sweating over that right now
Those firms are definitely not safe yet! Lay with pigs, you’ll come up covered in shit…
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Once he’d made that money legit, so to speak. His attempt ot lecture the hoppers in the copy shop on market theory is for the ages.
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Agreed however Cohen, in that case, is acting as a Lobbyist and is not registered as such. That is definitely a problem for him.
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Or the ever popular"We’ll See"
[/quote]Or, “Who knows?”
(Mueller knows)
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I wouldn’t be surprised if the stockholders benefited from this, somehow.
Make money for them, and no one complains.
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Trump knew. There’s no question about it.
Point 1: After multiple revisions to their original statement, Novartis claims they went through with the $1.2 million payment to Cohen despite knowing from the get go he’d be unattended deliver said services. Their explanation- Novartis didn’t want to make Trump mad. Well, why would Trump get mad if he didn’t know about it?
Point 2: AT&T had a pending merger in front of Trump they wanted to shepherd through. What better way than a bribe to Trump himself to overcome his anger at CNN?
Point 3: The Korean aerospace company was anxious to obtain a US government contract (in conjunction with Lockheed). I think it’s safe to assume Trump would have made the final decision on that.
All this…without even getting into the Russian oligarchs connection to Columbus Nova and how Trump delayed and watered down the sanctions in an obvious quid pro quo.
Trump knew. Avenatti practically said that last night.
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Letting them know you’re watching is never a bad idea.
Plus, in the short-to-medium term, there’s not much else you can do.
In a sane polity, bribing politicians, whether legally or illegally, would be unthinkable. Unfortunately, ours is not a sane polity.
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There are 16 phones to review. This could take some time, but I bet they’re through half of them already.
I’d like to know why Mnuchin hasn’t been indicted. He’s obviously either part of this conspiracy or is blackmailing the conspirators.
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Patience, socal, patience.
This game isn’t over yet by a long shot.
Pick a number between fifty and a thousand.
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Fair point, but let me put it this way: Why isn’t the press talking about the fact that Mnuchin has been sitting on these SARs all this time and doing nothing?
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Novartis gives $1M to Essential Consultants, pharma executive Alex Azar gets appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services and Novartis’ latest drug gets FDA approval.
AT&T gives EC $600K, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai pushes to gut net neutrality.
I bet we’ll find a few more quid pro quos scattered amongst the ashes.
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