Michael Cohen office raided by FBI

[Valerie]

THE FBI AND DOJ are heavily politicized - NOTHING THE BASTARDS DO WILL BE VALID--- NOTHING


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did they teach you to parrot that line down on the russian troll farm?

Did the demo_rats teach to stonewall?

Attempt to REFUTE the facts


Hillary Clinton was directly involved in what the New York Times has called “the biggest campaign finance fraud in the history of the United States.”

Yet the fucking US Atty never raided her offices

THE FBI AND DOJ are heavily politicized - NOTHING THE BASTARDS DO WILL BE VALID--- NOTHING


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NO ONE has been more thoroughly investigated for so long than the clintons.

and in the end all there is is a blow job

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

McCain-Feingold prohibits in-kind contributions by individuals within 60 days of an election.

Paying $130,000 to keep a porn star quiet to help Trumps campaign, violates that.

But, Trump is free and clear.

 

[Valerie]

ps "i know you are, but what am i?" is not a legit legal defense.

 

[Witchit]

 

[toomuchtime_]

lol He doesn't have to "squeak by" because he didn't break any laws.

How are you so confident of this? I mean, I could see a rational person on the day the guy is raided say, "It's possible that he did nothing wrong, you know..."

But, to be so confident as you? that is special, indeed.

If you had been able to understand the posts that came before, you would realize that Cohen broke no laws by paying for the NDA himself.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

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Nick Jack Pappas needs to go back to law school.

 

[Witchit]

 

[toomuchtime_]

lol He doesn't have to "squeak by" because he didn't break any laws.

He violated the McCain-Feingold incumbency guarantee act. Which limits what individuals can do within 60 days of an election. And paying $130,000 to help a candidate is a violation.

Again you are inventing laws to try to justify your lunacy.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Except for the NDA with a porn star.

Which is not illegal for Trump to enter or pay.

right, but Trump said yesterday, that he knew nothing about it, and threw Cohen under the bus....

lol What bus?

the ethics rule bus, that now has cause to disbar him for acting on a client's behalf, without the client knowing...

There is no such rule.

 

[radical right]

trump was a party to the agreement, under an alias

So, the agreement is binding and enforceable?

Not by what Trump said. He didn't know about it, he didn't pay for it. He wasn't in any way connected to it, it was a rogue agreement by his lawyer, and only David Dennison can bring violations to arbitration.

In effect the NDA is DOA.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

If you had been able to understand the posts that came before, you would realize that Cohen broke no laws by paying for the NDA himself.

again, your confidence is astounding! And, I assume, you base this version of events -- which you insist is reality, not speculation, just so we're clear -- on the comments of Trump and of Cohen's lawyer?

do i have that right?

 

[Snouter]

Rosenstein ( a Trump appointee)

Actually Rosenstine was an Obama holdover that Sessions attempted to fire but The Donald gave Swamp Rat Rosenstine a pass (maybe to not be accused of anti-semitism?). BIG MISTAKE.

 

[toomuchtime_]

trump, david dennison, was a part of the NDA....

Which he never signed, so the NDA was never completed and so on and etc.

They can't hold HER to it if HE never signed it.

She entered a contract with Cohen, not with Trump, and she is being sued for violating that contract so a court will decide how much she will have to pay for violating the contract.

it was a 3 way agreement, one party did not sign it...... so, we will see on that.....

It was a two way agreement between Cohen and Daniels. At no time did Trump enter into the agreement.

trump was a party to the agreement, under an alias

You are making this up. Trump took no part in the negotiations or payment to Daniels. It was an agreement between Cohen and Daniels.

 

[Lakhota]

The New York Attorney General is also investigating Trump. Trump can't pardon his way out of state crimes.

• New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman just filed his 100th action against the Trump administration or congressional Republicans since the president's election victory last fall.
• Some view him as a possible last resort in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

New York's combative attorney general reached a major milestone in his battle with the Trump administration — and he could be a last resort in the Russia probe

Mueller teams up with New York attorney general in Manafort probe

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Not by what Trump said. He didn't know about it, he didn't pay for it. He wasn't in any way connected to it, it was a rogue agreement by his lawyer, and only David Dennison can bring violations to arbitration.

If Cohen and Stormy were parties to the agreement, Cohen himself has standing

Trump has standing if he can prove he was an intended third party beneficiary of the agreement.

 

[toomuchtime_]

The Federal Election Commission has decided that a bumper sticker violates the McCain-Feingold incumbency guarantee act when displayed on a NASCAR racer.

lol Even for you this is s stupid post.

McCain-Feingold prohibits in-kind contributions by individuals within 60 days of an election.

Paying $130,000 to keep a porn star quiet to help Trumps campaign, violates that.

Is English your first language? This was not a contribution. Cohen acted on his own behalf and not on Trump's behalf. The fact that Trump, as well as Cohen, benefited from it is irrelevant.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman just filed his 100th action against the Trump administration or congressional Republicans since the president's election victory last fall.

At what point does that become harassment? Holy fuck.

 

[Valerie]

Why did the FBI raid the office of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen?


...federal agents seized “records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress,” presumably referring to the $130,000 payments Cohen made to Stephanie Clifford—who is known professionally as Stormy Daniels—during the 2016 campaign. According to the Times, the search warrants were obtained by the federal prosecutor in Manhattan after receiving a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller.

Executing a search warrant against any attorney’s office, let alone a personal lawyer for the president of the United States, is no small matter.

Attorney and legal blogger Ken White noted that the federal guidelines require prosecutors to seek approval from the Justice Department’s upper echelons before applying for a warrant targeting a lawyer’s office.

That DOJ officials approved the raid suggests that the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan had an extremely good reason to search Cohen’s workplace.

This is the first public indication that Cohen is involved in a federal investigation that’s unrelated to Mueller’s inquiry into Russian election meddling.

 

[radical right]

the ethics rule bus, that now has cause to disbar him for acting on a client's behalf, without the client knowing...

There is no such rule.

Just because you don't know the law, doesn't mean there is no law.

https://www.nysba.org/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=50671

NEW YORK RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT Effective April 1, 2009

Rule: 1.4 Communication.

A lawyer shall: (1) promptly inform the client of:
(iii) material developments in the matter including settlement or plea offers.
(3) keep the client reasonably informed about the status of the matter;


Communicating with Client [2]
In instances where these Rules require that a particular decision about the representation be made by the client, paragraph (a)(1) requires that the lawyer promptly consult with the client and secure the client’s consent prior to taking action, unless prior discussions with the client have resolved what action the client wants the lawyer to take. For example, paragraph (a)(1)(iii) requires that a lawyer who receives from opposing counsel an offer of settlement in a civil controversy or a proffered plea bargain in a criminal case must promptly inform the client of its substance unless the client has previously made clear that the proposal will be acceptable or unacceptable or has authorized the lawyer to accept or to reject the offer.

 

[Faun]

That would be an action by the lawyer in furtherance of a crime. Totally different situation.

It prohibits lawyers from financing costs of litigation on behalf of a client, but when a client pays a huge retainer and money is held in trust for payment of any and all future legal fees and expenses, to be used at the lawyer's discretion, there is no ethics violation. There is a potential breach of a fiduciary responsibility, but that is Trump's complaint to make. Not the FBI or federal government.

then why did Cohen LIE and say he took out a mortgage on his house to pay for it, if there was a large retainer in place that could have accommodated the $130k payment?

Stupid question. If he used Trump's money then he paid her on behalf of Trump, but if he used his own money he paid her on his own behalf and there was no connection to Trump.

trump, david dennison, was a part of the NDA....

Which he never signed, so the NDA was never completed and so on and etc.

They can't hold HER to it if HE never signed it.

She entered a contract with Cohen, not with Trump, and she is being sued for violating that contract so a court will decide how much she will have to pay for violating the contract.

We'll see if she has to pay anything. I figured she had violated the agreement but someone else pointed out the agreement states....

5.2 Dispute Resolution. In recognition of the mutual benefits to DD and PP of a voluntary system of alternative dispute resolution which involves binding confidential arbitration of all disputes which may arise between them, it is their intention and agreement that any and all claims or controversies arising between DD on the one hand, and PP on the other hand, shall be resolved by binding confidential Arbitration to the greatest extent permitted by law. Arbitration shall take place before JAMS ENDISPUTE (“JAMS”) pursuant to JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (including Interim Measures) (“JAMS Rules”) and the law selected by DD, (such selection shall be limited to either, California, Nevada or Arizona), or before ACTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION SER VICES (“ADRS”) pursuant to the ADRS Rules (including Interim Measures) and the law selected by DD (whichever the claimant elects upon filing an arbitration), in a the location selected by DD, and will be heard and decided by a sole, neutral arbitrator (“Arbitrator”) selected either by agreement of the Parties, or if the Parties are unable to agree, then selected under the Rules of the selected arbitration service…

... going to arbitration was an agreement between DD and PP that all disputes be settled in arbitration .... only DD, i.e., Donald Trump, never agreed to that.