Discussion: WaPo: FBI Sought Cohen Comms With Bank That Gave Him Loans Against His Taxi Biz

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Meter running out for whom, Cohen?
Or should that be up?

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I guess now would be a good time to point out that IT has (maybe) begunā€¦

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/12/rod-rosenstein-facing-scrutiny-from-trump-meets-with-president-at-white-house.html

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The linked TPM article suggests that there were some questions about just who owned 15 separate cab companies (one medallion each or more) and who got to trouser the profits for administering them. So if Cohen was using the medallions as collateral for something else when he didnā€™t actually own them, or was assigning valuations that werenā€™t accurate, that would be anywhere from, say $5-15 million worth of bank fraud. Which starts getting into interesting territory.

What all these different piecemeal revelations of things the warrant covered tells me:

It covered the whole megillah.

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As TPM has previously reported, Cohen rubbed shoulders with Ukrainian Simon Garber and Russian Evgeny ā€œGeneā€ Freidman in the taxi businessā€¦

Was there any spooning involved?

(h/t to @irasdad)

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Now they will start digging in the outhouse pit.

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A crooked lawyer ā€œrepresentingā€ a crooked businessman; who knew?

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Only a little covfefe between friendsā€¦ and a couple of reach arounds

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Sez who?

A lot of people are saying that Michael Cohen has a big trove of recordings of his phone conversations with Ivanka and other women involved with Trump. Is it legal to record phone conversations with people?

Depends on the state; some require only one partyā€™s consent, others both.

Couldnā€™t happen to a ā€˜nicerā€™ guyā€¦someone who has used the law to circumvent ā€˜the rulesā€™ being taken down BY the law. Love it.

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Yes, although it varies from state to state, in NY state you only need the consent of one of the parties being recorded.

Trouser as a verb! I like that.

Thanks ā€“ itā€™s not mine by any means, though. Itā€™s british from some time in the previous century. For when pocketing isnā€™t enough.

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Posted on another thread, but still a fun read.

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I think the Trump Crime Family fall more in the ā€œpantaloon the profitsā€ levelā€¦

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