Cohen sentenced to three years in Federal prison.
Cohen sentenced to three years in Federal prison.
Forever Fredi
goldfly (12-12-2018)
SDNY announced today a non-prosecution agreement with AMI in which AMI admitted to making a $150,000 payment in concert with Trump's presidential campaign, and "in order to ensure that the woman did not publicize damaging allegations about the candidate before the 2016 election. AMI further admitted that the principal purpose in making the payment was to suppress the woman's story so as to prevent it from influencing the election."
It is worth noting that the defense in the John Edwards case was that the payments were to spare Edwards from personal embarrassment rather than to influence the course of the campaign. Don't think this defense is available to Trump given the facts that AMI and Cohen have stipulated to.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
This seems like a reasonable time to take a historical snapshot.
Roughly halfway into his first term, the president’s former campaign chair is in prison, his deputy campaign chair pleaded out to avoid same, his personal lawyer and ex-RNC deputy finance chair is headed there—after having implicated the president in a felony—and his former National Security Advisor has pleaded guilty to a felony and cooperated with prosecutors in order to avoid jail time.
Obviously, we’ve got things like the Clinton impeachment, Iran-Contra, and even Watergate in (relatively) recent memory, so this is not without precedent, but it’s kinda shocking at first glance how quickly things seem to be flying apart. And this, unlike those events, has all happened without the opposition party having the gavel and subpoena powers.
goldfly (12-12-2018)
Wonder who Executive 2 might be?
Runnin (12-13-2018)
Very strong and clear cut words by Judge Napolitano. Would have liked to have seen him go on Hannity and utter these words, but Hannity would have never allowed it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-ne...elony?ref=home
Forever Fredi
Andrew McCarthy of the National Review, a former federal prosecutor whose analysis of Trump/Russia thethe used to post all the time, has also said he expects Trump to be indicted for the payoff chicanery. It’s not a stretch—pretty much every other party involved, from Cohen to Weisselberg to Pecker, has indicated it—but it’s interesting to see what happens when the rubber meets the road in court. I can’t imagine it’s going to be the last criminal allegation.
Who’s going to be left on the bus? Who’s going to be left to defend Trump once the dam starts to break and there is uncertainty about where the next leak is coming from? I imagine it’s gonna get there, sooner rather than later.
republicans about to prove they don't care about the rule of law, they don't care about anything other than tax cuts and if you have a R next to your name.
just morally bankrupt
love that it has pretty much proven he didn't think he would win and didn't want to win
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
newt to chief of staff? lol
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
Where is Pat Buchanon these days ?
Liz Cheney. ?
But what about Hillary?
Seriously though. I understand this involves hush money, but how did prosecutors handle the fact that Paula Jones was supposedly promoted (at least I think I recall that) in return for her silence about Bubba's indiscretions? I have so much Clinton fatigue that I can't remember the details of the myriad charges against Bill.