How Michael Cohen, Trump’s Fixer, Built a Shadowy Business Empire
Before Michael Cohen joined the Trump Organization and became President Trump’s lawyer, he was a personal-injury attorney
A review of public records and interviews with associates reveal the degree to which he has operated in the backwaters of the financial and legal worlds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/business/michael-cohen-lawyer-trump.html
Racket wrote:
Fat hurts wrote:
I don't have a problem with what this judge said. It's his job to determine if his court is the proper venue for a case and if the prosecutors have a right to bring such a case. The Mueller team is made up of experienced prosecutors. They are big boys. They can withstand a little scrutiny. It's healthy and it lends legitimacy to the investigation when it is fully, even mercilessly, checked by the courts.
I agree, and this in fact is part of our system of check and balances. In many ways, the principles on which that judge is ruling is the same as those being applied in the special counsel! So really, Fox News is praising the investigation!
Let's be clear about something.
1) First of all, Trumpers should NOT get excited about this.
2) The prosecutor said that the Mueller team has been very conscious of the fact that if they find crimes that are not related to the goal of the Special Counsel, that those crimes would be farmed out to local Federal offices as was the case with Michael Cohen and the Stormy Daniels case, so...
3)...this means that Manafort's crimes that he is accused of ARE connected to the stated goal of the Special Counsel. So, that means that this is just one more way that Trump is screwed.
You Trumpers need to be honest with yourself. Every person on television or radio who supports Trump pales in comparison in any measure of intellect to those who support either Trump OR the rule of law. Listen to Rod Rosenstein speak. He is a brilliant man. Listen to Sean Hannity...buffoon. Talking heads on CNN and MSNBC AND their contributors who support the Mueller investigation are so superior in every way to those they bring on who back the President. Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump are bumbling through this whole thing. Rudy's time has past. Michael Avenatti is making them look like fools. Avenatti now has said he has conclusive evidence that the payment was made precisely at the time it was so that it did not adversely affect the election for Trump. That is a campaign violation, and it is one that rises to the level of a felony. AND this is the least of Trump's worries.
Even if you can't see that truth, the evidence against Donald Trump is overwhelming, and he shows on a daily basis that he is incapable of telling the truth.
How much longer are you going to bend over and grab your ankles for Trump? You are being foolish, and the facts will show that you are.
Wake up and smell the coffee and you will be welcomed and not ridiculed.
Corruption at this level for the President is absolutely unacceptable.
Mueller is coming.
The clown is done.
PIO! wrote:
Perhaps you should check to see whom you are responding to prior to responding.
Sometimes I don't care. This was one of those times.
pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:
PIO! wrote:
Perhaps you should check to see whom you are responding to prior to responding.
Sometimes I don't care. This was one of those times.
Which PIO! is that. The Trumpkin PIO? The Demorat PIO? Or the troll PIO?
passed
Mueller, not Trump.
Very tired.
Which PIO! wrote:
pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:
Sometimes I don't care. This was one of those times.
Which PIO! is that. The Trumpkin PIO? The Demorat PIO? Or the troll PIO?
It was the original and only REAL PIO!
If you cannot tell the difference between my posts, which are ALWAYS logical, balanced and truth based and those of this thread's handle thief then that does not say good things about you.
Good evening! How are all you LRC stable geniuses doing this fine PM?
PIO! wrote:
Which PIO! wrote:
Which PIO! is that. The Trumpkin PIO? The Demorat PIO? Or the troll PIO?
It was the original and only REAL PIO!
If you cannot tell the difference between my posts, which are ALWAYS logical, balanced and truth based and those of this thread's handle thief then that does not say good things about you.
^ The Troll PIO!
Flagpole wrote:
Was being cool somewhere today all day, so just to keep everyone on track...
Mueller is coming.
The clown is done.
I heard a very in-depth summary of the Chief Idiot's current legal status in an interview with trial lawyers. The answers were long and reached very uncertain conclusions. One of the most interesting things to come from it was both lawyers agreed that Trump has gotten out of enormous legal consequences by just running his mouth for decades.
While I have said all along that Trump himself might not ever be charged, I believe it now more than ever. Will the clown be impeached? Who knows! Will there be a constitutional crisis like there was with Reagan and Nixon? Who knows!
PIO! wrote:
It was the original and only REAL PIO!
If you cannot tell the difference between my posts, which are ALWAYS logical, balanced and truth based and those of this thread's handle thief then that does not say good things about you.
It's not personal.
Donnyboy playing it real clean here.
Clean Donny wrote:
Donnyboy playing it real clean here.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/05/trump-team-hired-spy-firm-dirty-ops-iran-nuclear-deal
Trump and Netanyahu are cut from the same cloth. Gary agrees with their tactics, because the deep state.
Poor forgetful Rudy. As a reminder to dotard Rudy.
“The mob takes the Fifth,” Trump said at an Iowa campaign rally in September of 2016. “If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/06/politics/rudy-giuliani-trump-fifth-amendment/index.html
Oh, Rudy . . . such a dotard wrote:
Poor forgetful Rudy. As a reminder to dotard Rudy.
“The mob takes the Fifth,” Trump said at an Iowa campaign rally in September of 2016. “If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/06/politics/rudy-giuliani-trump-fifth-amendment/index.html
Deja Vu....
Clinton was eventually subpoenaed and I believe Trump will be as well. All this talk about taking the fifth or not complying with a subpoena is just media smoke. The timeline of how this all plays out will likely be longer than either side cares to stomach and could spill over past even the 2020 election. Clinton’s investigation took 4 years.
Alan
Good morning! How are all you LRC stable geniuses doing this fine am?
Runningart2004 wrote:
The timeline of how this all plays out will likely be longer than either side cares to stomach and could spill over past even the 2020 election. Clinton’s investigation took 4 years.
Alan
Agree, agree, and agree. It is *not* clear that Democrats are going to take the House this fall; even if they do, it's not clear that we have yet seen enough to start the impeachment wheels in motion.
And regarding impeachment, be careful what you wish for. Fun fact: During Clinton's impeachment/acquittal process, his approval rating jumped up bigly. Impeach Trump in late 2019/early 2020, and it could be the boost that gets him re-elected (though he has a good shot at that anyway).
http://news.gallup.com/poll/4609/presidential-job-approval-bill-clintons-high-ratings-midst.aspxAbsent some remarkable conclusions which come out of the Mueller investigation, Trump will not be impeached even with a maximum "blue wave" occurring in 2020. In fact, virtually all signs point to Trump being re-elected at this point.
What is concerning is the phenomena of Republican candidates who are moving more towards Trump-ish campaigns and attempting to appeal to the lowest of the lows on the right. Problem is that the Democrats may not have an answer to this phenomena because they have no consistent agenda which goes beyond "we're not them" and continues to lean far more to the left than I believe is necessary to appeal to a centrist electorate.
The Fokus wrote:
Problem is that the Democrats may not have an answer to this phenomena because they have no consistent agenda which goes beyond "we're not them"
You are a moran. The group that screams, cries, whines, and bellows, "we're not them" are Trumptards like you.
The Fokus wrote:
Problem is that the Democrats may not have an answer to this phenomena because they have no consistent agenda which goes beyond "we're not them" and continues to lean far more to the left than I believe is necessary to appeal to a centrist electorate.
While I agree with your actual point, it's "this phenomenon," dude.
"Phenomena" is the plural form; "phenomenon" is singular.