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Here is a little set-up, but the crux of the article is the raid on Cohen's emails and other troves of evidence that will ultimately start to crumble the wall of secrecy surrounding the Trump crime family. So glad that Mueller is doing such a thorough investigation, and as an added bonus, Trump's attack on the FBI adds some extra incentive on the part of this law enforcement agency.
I thought of those earlier experiences this week as I began to feel a familiar clarity about what will unfold next in the Trump Presidency. There are lots of details and surprises to come, but the endgame of this Presidency seems as clear now as those of Iraq and the financial crisis did months before they unfolded. Last week, federal investigators raided the offices of Michael Cohen, the man who has been closer than anybody to Trump’s most problematic business and personal relationships. This week, we learned that Cohen has been under criminal investigation for months—his e-mails have been read, presumably his phones have been tapped, and his meetings have been monitored. Trump has long declared a red line: Robert Mueller must not investigate his businesses, and must only look at any possible collusion with Russia. That red line is now crossed and, for Trump, in the most troubling of ways. Even if he were to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and then had Mueller and his investigation put on ice, and even if—as is disturbingly possible—Congress did nothing, the Cohen prosecution would continue. Even if Trump pardons Cohen, the information the Feds have on him can become the basis for charges against others in the Trump Organization.
Michael Cohen and the End Stage of the Trump Presidency | The New Yorker
I agree that the raid on Michael Cohen is the equivalent of J. Edgar Hoover snatching Al Capone's accountant. Along with yesterday's news that Cohen has been under investigation for months--and that he did indeed lie to investigators about a trip to Prague.
Special counsel has evidence Michael Cohen traveled to Prague:...
Trump Lawyer Has Been Under Criminal Probe for Months, Prosecutors Say
Mueller has been moving at the speed of light. Detaining Russian oligarchs at La Guardia, and seizing their electronics. Mueller is going to proceed with the obstruction of justice report that he'll give to congress without meeting with Trump.
Trump, Mueller teams prepare to move forward without presidential interview
Mueller's team questioning Russian oligarchs - CNNPolitics
Here's why Trump would never get in front of Mueller to answer questions.
Are we finally at the end game? Hmmm? Mueller will hand over his reports to congress, and whether a Republican congress who is terrified of their base would do anything is highly doubtful.
I think Mueller knows this, as he has been incessantly attacked by House Republicans, whose only objective since the start of Mueller's investigation, one year ago, was to manufacture conspiracy's in a futile attempt to discredit the DOJ and Robert Mueller.
So Mueller may wait until Democrats are seated as majority leaders on January 20, 2019 in one or both houses before he turns his reports in, and he may use this time to dig deeper into the money laundering schemes, which are time consuming and complicated themselves.
So we may not get the final version until January 20, 2019. A good book to read in the meantime to prepare for the open public hearings that Democrats will be doing once they're the majority in one or both houses is this.
Top seller on Amazon. Very well written, easy to follow and hard to put down.
reads like a nonfiction spy novel.
Cohen turned over his passport for Mueller to check out. He DID NOT go to Prague.......EVER! you mutt!
"Ya but Cohen could have used a second passport.........." Ya right! How long does it take DHS to debunk that LIB bullshit claim? About 30 seconds.
Face it. You're full of shit!
BTW there are more than 1600 'Michael Cohens' in NYC alone!
This is the impossibility of proving a negative. While you can prove you went somewhere, there are tickets and receipts and passports, there is virtually no way to prove you didn't go somewhere. Once the state, as the accuser, no longer has to prove their allegations (you did travel), and the burden passes to the accused, it's all over. Any accusation is accepted as true. Cohen could have teleported. He could have smuggled himself out of the country and gone to Prague in the trunk of someone's car. He could have paid cash AND had someone back in the states using his credit cards to create a false trail. The imagination can come up with anything once there is no longer an obligation to prove up the state's allegations.
People within the Trump inner circle typically have more than one passport. Manafort had 3.
Manafort has 3 passports, traveled to China with phone registered under fake name - CNNPolitics