Michael Cohen office raided by FBI

[Faun]

guilty of what, a campaign donation violation? what is the penalty for that and how does it involve Russia?

It would be an unreported contribution in kind to the campaign if done for political purposes (which since Dennision boinking a porn star occurred in 2006 and the $130,000 paid just 11 days before the election it would be relevant to the campaign).

"FECA contains its own criminal sanctions, which in turn provide that, to be a crime, a FECA violation must have been committed knowingly and willfully and, except for campaign misrepresentations and certain coerced contributions, must have involved at least $2,000 in a calendar year. 2 U.S.C. § 437g(d). Prior to BCRA, all FECA crimes were one-year misdemeanors. However, for FECA crimes that occur on or after November 6, 2002 (when BCRA took effect), those aggregating $25,000 or more are five-year felonies, and those that involve illegal conduit contributions and aggregate over $10,000 are two-year felonies."​

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal/legacy/2013/09/30/electbook-0507.pdf

so if Cohen did not properly document the payment he might get 5 years. What if he did properly document it? What happens to the FBI for breaking into his house, office, and hotel room? Are they allowed to do that to any citizens because they think he might have done something wrong?

Are they allowed to do that to any citizens because they think he might have done something wrong?

You dopes ask the dumbest questions ever.
Is there anything you understand about the world? Christ almighty.

It's called probable cause.


Neither Cohen nor the Trump campaign reported the payoff. How do we know? It's publicly available information.

FEC.gov

Public Records Branch
The Public Records Branch is responsible for ensuring public access to federal campaign finance reports, data and other Commission documents on the public record, such as enforcement cases, advisory opinions, audits, and meeting documents. The branch also compiles and provides data from state election offices about election dates, candidates on the ballot and federal election results. The staff responds to public inquiries and provides research assistance to those who call, e-mail or visit the Public Records office.

yeah, ok. But why was Mueller looking into it? His charter was to look for Russian influence in the 2016 election. Is Cohen Russian? Is stormy Russian?

its a witch hunt trying to find a way to discredit trump. That's all it has ever been and you know it but cant admit it to even yourself.

What did he look into?

 

[Faun]

It would be an unreported contribution in kind to the campaign if done for political purposes (which since Dennision boinking a porn star occurred in 2006 and the $130,000 paid just 11 days before the election it would be relevant to the campaign).

"FECA contains its own criminal sanctions, which in turn provide that, to be a crime, a FECA violation must have been committed knowingly and willfully and, except for campaign misrepresentations and certain coerced contributions, must have involved at least $2,000 in a calendar year. 2 U.S.C. § 437g(d). Prior to BCRA, all FECA crimes were one-year misdemeanors. However, for FECA crimes that occur on or after November 6, 2002 (when BCRA took effect), those aggregating $25,000 or more are five-year felonies, and those that involve illegal conduit contributions and aggregate over $10,000 are two-year felonies."​

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal/legacy/2013/09/30/electbook-0507.pdf

so if Cohen did not properly document the payment he might get 5 years. What if he did properly document it? What happens to the FBI for breaking into his house, office, and hotel room? Are they allowed to do that to any citizens because they think he might have done something wrong?

Are they allowed to do that to any citizens because they think he might have done something wrong?

You dopes ask the dumbest questions ever.
Is there anything you understand about the world? Christ almighty.

It's called probable cause.


Neither Cohen nor the Trump campaign reported the payoff. How do we know? It's publicly available information.

FEC.gov

Public Records Branch
The Public Records Branch is responsible for ensuring public access to federal campaign finance reports, data and other Commission documents on the public record, such as enforcement cases, advisory opinions, audits, and meeting documents. The branch also compiles and provides data from state election offices about election dates, candidates on the ballot and federal election results. The staff responds to public inquiries and provides research assistance to those who call, e-mail or visit the Public Records office.

yeah, ok. But why was Mueller looking into it? His charter was to look for Russian influence in the 2016 election. Is Cohen Russian? Is stormy Russian?

its a witch hunt trying to find a way to discredit trump. That's all it has ever been and you know it but cant admit it to even yourself.

In the course of the investigation, Mueller came upon potential crimes by Cohen. He referred it to Rosenstein who referred it to the federal prosecutors in the appropriate district. It was they who decided a warrant and raid were necessary to their investigation.

what if they find nothing? are Mueller, Rosenstein and the FBI raiders liable for damages? this is what the gestapo did during the third reich. Do you seriously want America to go down that path?

Except their power to raid Cohen comes from the U.S. Constitution. Why do you hate the Constitution?

 

[Baz Ares]

So from Russians to Stormy to baloney campaign finance violations
The ever evolving, no specific target, witch hunt

40 plus years and still no charges.

 

[WorldWatcher]

so if Cohen did not properly document the payment he might get 5 years. What if he did properly document it?

If he had cocumented an in kind campaign contribution the documents would have been filed last with the FEC.

If he did properly document it, it would have shown on campaign finance reports. Those are pubic records you know?

Search Campaign Finance Data by Individual Contributor

What happens to the FBI for breaking into his house, office, and hotel room?

Nothing, the Federal Prosecutor took it to a Judge and obtained a warrant.

Are they allowed to do that to any citizens because they think he might have done something wrong?

Ahhh....

Ya, when serving a warrant to gather evidence on a crime that had been committed, sure. You realize that is what a warrant is for right?



>>>>

 

[MaryAnne11]

And BEFORE they nailed Clinton what were they looking for ??? Nothing like what they eventually did get him on

yes, I agree, the Starr investigation was also a witch hunt and it should never have happened. Does repeating a mistake somehow get even?

The only thing they found on Clinton was sex, then pushed him into lying about it. Even the judge said it was border line. Could be interpreted 2 ways.

Trump’s problems are much, much worse and he knows it. That is why he is screeching like a stuck pig.

worse than perjury? worse than assaulting women? worse than using a young girl in the oval office? worse than making a deal with Russians to give them 20% of our uranium? worse than lying to the American people "if you like your plan you can keep it" ? worse than illegally transmitting classified data?

You fools are so fricken desperate that you are destroying the dem party. Kennedy and Truman would be pissed.

Half of your post is right wing lies that have been fact checked,, proven wrong.

Yes, Trump is a humpndred Times worse than any President we ever had.

See that's how children, governed by feelings over not getting their way, speak
Humpndred??????

My IPad made me do it! You know,the devil.

And adults with manners do not correct in public.

 

[MaryAnne11]

Where is the nobility that was touted about this investigation-to make sure that no foreign nation can influence our elections?

Instead we are dealing with porn stars and the incredible leap that having her not blab was a campaign financing violation and undermined Hillarys ability to win

Wow. What a rudderless ship of shit

The Stormy-Cohen thing is not being investigated by Mueller. Rather Cohen is a person the NY FBI office is looking at, probably because of financial payoffs and bank withdrawls.

Just because Trump possibly conspired with the Ruskies to fkc with people's information, doesn't mean his lawyer gets a free pass, or that Trump does either if he told his lawyer to break laws.

Hey, it may end with a bj. There are worse ways to end. (-:

Stormy is the least of Trump and Cohen’s problem.

The cock roaches are coming out of the woodwork in droves now.

 

[Lakhota]

Where is the nobility that was touted about this investigation-to make sure that no foreign nation can influence our elections?

Instead we are dealing with porn stars and the incredible leap that having her not blab was a campaign financing violation and undermined Hillarys ability to win

Wow. What a rudderless ship of shit

The Stormy-Cohen thing is not being investigated by Mueller. Rather Cohen is a person the NY FBI office is looking at, probably because of financial payoffs and bank withdrawls.

Just because Trump possibly conspired with the Ruskies to fkc with people's information, doesn't mean his lawyer gets a free pass, or that Trump does either if he told his lawyer to break laws.

Hey, it may end with a bj. There are worse ways to end. (-:

Stormy is the least of Trump and Cohen’s problem.

The cock roaches are coming out of the woodwork in droves now.

Trump and Cohen are in way over their heads.

 

[edward37]

Where is the nobility that was touted about this investigation-to make sure that no foreign nation can influence our elections?

Instead we are dealing with porn stars and the incredible leap that having her not blab was a campaign financing violation and undermined Hillarys ability to win

Wow. What a rudderless ship of shit

The Stormy-Cohen thing is not being investigated by Mueller. Rather Cohen is a person the NY FBI office is looking at, probably because of financial payoffs and bank withdrawls.

Just because Trump possibly conspired with the Ruskies to fkc with people's information, doesn't mean his lawyer gets a free pass, or that Trump does either if he told his lawyer to break laws.

Hey, it may end with a bj. There are worse ways to end. (-:

Stormy is the least of Trump and Cohen’s problem.

The cock roaches are coming out of the woodwork in droves now.

Hows this one??
Washington (AP) -- Former FBI Director James Comey blasts President Donald Trump as unethical and "untethered to truth" and calls his leadership of the country "ego driven and about personal loyalty" in a forthcoming book.



Comey reveals new details about his interactions with Trump and his own decision-making in handling the Hillary Clinton email investigation before the 2016 election. He casts Trump as a mafia boss-like figure who sought to blur the line between law enforcement and politics and tried to pressure him regarding his investigation into Russian election interference.



The book adheres closely to Comey's public testimony and written statements about his contacts with the president during the early days of the administration and his growing concern about the president's integrity. It also includes strikingly personal jabs at Trump that appear likely to irritate the president.




The 6-foot-8 Comey describes Trump as shorter than he expected with a "too long" tie and "bright white half-moons" under his eyes that he suggests came from tanning goggles. He also says he made a conscious effort to check the president's hand size, saying it was "smaller than mine, but did not seem unusually so."



The book, "A Higher Loyalty," is to be released next week. The Associated Press purchased a copy this week.

Trump fired Comey in May 2017, setting off a scramble at the Justice Department that led to the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation. Mueller's probe has expanded to include whether Trump obstructed justice by firing Comey, an idea the president denies. Trump has assailed Comey as a "showboat" and a "liar."

Comey's account lands at a particularly sensitive moment for Trump and the White House. Officials there describe Trump as enraged over a recent FBI raid of his personal lawyer's home and office, raising the prospect that he could fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller, or try to shut down the probe on his own. The Republican National Committee is poised to lead the pushback effort against Comey, who is set to do a series of interviews to promote the book, by launching a website and supplying surrogates with talking points that question the former director's credibility.

Trump has said he fired Comey because of his handling of the FBI's investigation into his Clinton's email practices. Trump used the investigation as a cudgel in the campaign and repeatedly said Clinton should be jailed for using a personal email system while serving as secretary of state. Democrats, on the other hand, have accused Comey of politicizing the investigation, and Clinton herself has said it hurt her election prospects.

Comey writes that he regrets his approach and some of the wording he used in his July 2016 press conference in which he announced the decision not to prosecute Clinton. But he says he believes he did the right thing by going before the cameras and making his statement, noting that the Justice Department had done so in other high profile cases.

Every person on the investigative team, Comey writes, found that there was no prosecutable case against Clinton and that the FBI didn't find that she lied under its questioning.

He also reveals for the first time that the U.S. government had unverified classified information that he believes could have been used to cast doubt on Attorney General Loretta Lynch's independence in the Clinton probe. While Comey does not outline the details of the information — and says he didn't see indications of Lynch inappropriately influencing the investigation — he says it worried him that the material could be used to attack the integrity of the probe and the FBI's independence.

Comey's book will be heavily scrutinized by the president's legal team looking for any inconsistencies between it and his public testimony, under oath, before Congress. They will be looking to impeach Comey's credibility as a key witness in Mueller's obstruction investigation, which the president has cast as a political motivated witch hunt.

He provides new details of his firing. He writes that then-Homeland Security secretary John Kelly — now Trump's chief of staff — offered to quit out of a sense of disgust as to how Comey was dismissed, as well as his first encounter with Trump, a January 2017 briefing at Trump Tower in New York City. Kelly has been increasingly marginalized in the White House and the president has mused to confidantes about firing the chief of staff.

 

[edward37]

The link
In New Book, Comey Says Trump 'Untethered to Truth'

 

[LeftofLeft]

Michael Cohen is the President's keeper of secrets, and the President's got a lot of secrets to keep hid

Michael Cohen is the President's keeper of secrets, and the President's got a lot of secrets to keep hid

Attorney-Client privilege is secret. You people are once again supporting precedent that will come back to bite you in the ass.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Maybe if Trump started destroying hard drives and storage devices, the Left would be okay with that act and principal? There is precedent.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

You people are once again supporting precedent

There is no "precedent", here....

 

[Faun]

Michael Cohen is the President's keeper of secrets, and the President's got a lot of secrets to keep hid

Michael Cohen is the President's keeper of secrets, and the President's got a lot of secrets to keep hid

Attorney-Client privilege is secret. You people are once again supporting precedent that will come back to bite you in the ass.

Precedent? What precedent? You think Cohen is the first attorney in this country to ever get served with a search warrant?

 

[PredFan]

It's a witch hunt. you know it, I know it, even the left knows it.

Yes, it is a witch hunt being conducted by Republicans and Trump appointees.

Donald must really like witches!

Bull shit. Mueller's staff is stocked by Hillary and 0bama supporters.

Odd how that was never a concern of the right when Republican Ken Starr, who wrote a friend-of-the-court brief for the Paula Jones case against Bill Clinton, was assigned to investigate Bill Clinton?

No idea. I was a democrat then.

 

[sparky]

Precedent? What precedent? You think Cohen is the first attorney in this country to ever get served with a search warrant?

No, but he is the first POTUS 'personal' attorney to

And he was Trump's 'fix it' guy.....possibly facing charges up to 30 years

can you say 'prosecutors dream'?

the fertilizer will hit the fan if he flips on Trump

~S~

 

[Faun]

It's a witch hunt. you know it, I know it, even the left knows it.

Yes, it is a witch hunt being conducted by Republicans and Trump appointees.

Donald must really like witches!

Bull shit. Mueller's staff is stocked by Hillary and 0bama supporters.

Odd how that was never a concern of the right when Republican Ken Starr, who wrote a friend-of-the-court brief for the Paula Jones case against Bill Clinton, was assigned to investigate Bill Clinton?

No idea. I was a democrat then.

So? You still didn't notice how the right never once balked at Ken Starr being selected to investigate Bill Clinton after he wrote a brief favorable to Paula Jones who was suing Bill Clinton? How did you miss that??

 

[Faun]

Precedent? What precedent? You think Cohen is the first attorney in this country to ever get served with a search warrant?

No, but he is the first POTUS 'personal' attorney to

And he was Trump's 'fix it' guy.....possibly facing charges up to 30 years

can you say 'prosecutors dream'?

the fertilizer will hit the fan if he flips on Trump

~S~

Could be, we'll see, but LeftofLeft didn't limit the pool of attorneys who were served with a search warrant to only those who were counsel to the president.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Michael Cohen is the President's keeper of secrets, and the President's got a lot of secrets to keep hid

Michael Cohen is the President's keeper of secrets, and the President's got a lot of secrets to keep hid

Attorney-Client privilege is secret. You people are once again supporting precedent that will come back to bite you in the ass.

Precedent? What precedent? You think Cohen is the first attorney in this country to ever get served with a search warrant?

Name another of Counsel to President that got his offices raided?

 

[Faun]

Michael Cohen is the President's keeper of secrets, and the President's got a lot of secrets to keep hid

Michael Cohen is the President's keeper of secrets, and the President's got a lot of secrets to keep hid

Attorney-Client privilege is secret. You people are once again supporting precedent that will come back to bite you in the ass.

Precedent? What precedent? You think Cohen is the first attorney in this country to ever get served with a search warrant?

Name another of Counsel to President that got his offices raided?

Who said there was one?

 

[rightwinger]

Lots of tapes seized

Cohen was involved in all of Trumps dirt