Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen admits to illegal payments at direction of candidate

[Bushmaster]

Grey area maybe but it’s a minor offense and really just a fine. The list of current congressional critters and senate lurkers who have been nailed and fined for similar crap is to long to list

None of them cared about the legality of crime then. But with POTUS Trump they will push the limit.

 

[kev74]

I don't think Cohen is going to have to decide if he should accept a pardon.

 

[Mosinitis]

So much focus on unimportant details. WHO CARES. This was long before he got elected, he didn't even hold a public office and never pretended to be a family values guy. This whole investigation came down to this. What a joke.

 

[Mosinitis]

Broke the law, didn't break the law. There is no substance in these accusations.

 

[tirwin1]

It would appear at this time trump has little to worry about from a legal perspective. However, that has never been the real problem. The convictions of his two associates will be used against him politically and may be the basis for impeachment proceedings in the house if the democrats take control.

 

[Catskillkid]

So much focus on unimportant details. WHO CARES. This was long before he got elected, he didn't even hold a public office and never pretended to be family values guy. This whole investigation came down to this. What a joke.

We consider it a joke. I think most rational, thinking Americans would consider it a joke. The problem is that the media is calling for impeachment because of this and their message is filtering down to the Antifa types/crazy all-around progressives and the general population who, let's be honest, is ignorant, uninformed, ruled by emotion, and is perfectly happy with the bill of goods they're being sold even if it's complete BS fed by the Deep State.

Sure, this is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Hell even Watergate (which was also pretty irrelevant as far as scandals go if you know anything about it) was worse than this. But the rhetoric is for Trump's head and the Mainstream Media, Hollywood, Academia, the Bureaucratic Class, and the Deep State is calling for his head and won't stop until they get it. Make no mistake, these are powerful forces at work that even a sitting President may not be able to defend against.

 

[Mosinitis]

It would appear at this time trump has little to worry about from a legal perspective. However, that has never been the real problem. The convictions of his two associates will be used against him politically and may be the basis for impeachment proceedings in the house if the democrats take control.

Every administration had people who got into a legal trouble. Every single one.

 

[Mosinitis]

We consider it a joke. I think most rational, thinking Americans would consider it a joke. The problem is that the media is calling for impeachment because of this and their message is filtering down to the Antifa types/crazy all-around progressives and the general population who, let's be honest, is ignorant, uninformed, ruled by emotion, and is perfectly happy with the bill of goods they're being sold even if it's complete BS fed by the Deep State.

Sure, this is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Hell even Watergate (which was also pretty irrelevant as far as scandals go if you know anything about it) was worse than this. But the rhetoric is for Trump's head and the Mainstream Media, Hollywood, Academia, the Bureaucratic Class, and the Deep State is calling for his head and won't stop until they get it. Make no mistake, these are powerful forces at work that even a sitting President may not be able to defend against.

Actually there are a lot less protests now than in months after the elections. The idiots realized the sky is not falling.

 

[Steal2B]

Cuomo sees grounds for impeachment if Trump pardons Cohen

I do not think there is an informed being on the planet who would take legal advice from sir FUAC.

 

[kev74]

I do not think there is an informed being on the planet who would take legal advice from sir FUAC.

He must be really good at lawyering since he took the bar exam 5 times. That's how it works, right?

 

[tirwin1]

We consider it a joke. I think most rational, thinking Americans would consider it a joke. The problem is that the media is calling for impeachment because of this and their message is filtering down to the Antifa types/crazy all-around progressives and the general population who, let's be honest, is ignorant, uninformed, ruled by emotion, and is perfectly happy with the bill of goods they're being sold even if it's complete BS fed by the Deep State.

Sure, this is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Hell even Watergate (which was also pretty irrelevant as far as scandals go if you know anything about it) was worse than this. But the rhetoric is for Trump's head and the Mainstream Media, Hollywood, Academia, the Bureaucratic Class, and the Deep State is calling for his head and won't stop until they get it. Make no mistake, these are powerful forces at work that even a sitting President may not be able to defend against.

On the plus side, this news is unlikely to win trump voters over to the democrats. This is a good article.

https://nypost.com/2018/08/22/why-trumps-supporters-wont-care-about-cohen-and-manaforts-convictions/

Money quote:

These voters knew who Trump was going in, they knew he was a thrice-married, Playmate-dating, Howard Stern regular who had the morals of an alley cat. They were willing to look past all of that because of how institutions had failed their communities for three consecutive presidencies.
Right now the value of Trump to the Trump voter is he is all that stands between them and handing the keys to Washington back over to the people inside Washington. That’s it. He’s their only option. You’ve got to pick the insiders or him.

 

[livingston]

*Ugh* Never-Trump Mitt Romney Praises Deep State DOJ after Cohen and Manafort Are Found Guilty

Verified account @MittRomney 19h19 hours ago



US Senate candidate, UT


The events of the last 24 hours confirm that conduct by highly-placed individuals was both dishonorable and illegal. Also confirmed is my faith in our justice system and my conviction that we are a nation committed to the rule of law.


Mitt Romney praised the corrupt Department of Justice after former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and former Trump attorney Michael Cohen were found guilty after they were criminally charged ONLY because they were associated with President Donald Trump.

Mitt Romney is not smart enough to understand the Democrats and Deep State would do the same thing to him if they had the chance.
And that’s why the Never Trumpers are so very dangerous.
*Ugh* Never-Trump Mitt Romney Praises Deep State DOJ after Cohen and Manafort Are Found Guilty

 

[Robin]

It is also a shot across the bow of every one close to POTUS from the deep state. To put it into words for them,"we will make up a bullshit indictment and at the very least, we will bleed you dry, leave you in debt and the tax payers will fund your undoing." That is no empty threat.
Robin

 

[Robin]

..................and things aren't always what they seem.
Robin

 

[livingston]

Why Cohen pleaded guilty to non-crimes. It's great news if true.
The public sees right through it.

Former FEC chairman Bradley A. Smith says Cohen committed no crimes.
(3) I wondered why the hell the prosecutors and Lanny Davis would agree to this cargo-cult plea deal that does more harm to the Democrats than to Trump.

Davis has admitted that Cohen has no evidence that Trump ordered him to do anything, and Cohen pleaded as the PRINCIPAL.
(4) They can't get Trump on a conspiracy, because no laws were broken.

And then the Democrats gave me the answer.

(5) This was a desperate attempt to block Brett Kavanaugh.

"Trump has been implicated in a criminal conspiracy, so we won't even meet with his nominee, and the nomination should be nullified."
(6) GUESS WHO TOLD THE DEMOCRATS TO DO THIS?
More at ...
Thread by @ThomasWictor: "(1) I FIGURED IT OUT! Why Cohen pleaded guilty to non-crimes. It's great news if true. (2) This whole Cohen-thing is a giant flop. The publi […]"

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Paying women off not to talk is not a crime.

This. Whatever the reason this washed up whore got paid, this was not a crime from a legal perspective. By chance did anyone check if she paid income taxes on that money?

 

[tirwin1]

Why Cohen pleaded guilty to non-crimes. It's great news if true.
The public sees right through it.

Former FEC chairman Bradley A. Smith says Cohen committed no crimes.
(3) I wondered why the hell the prosecutors and Lanny Davis would agree to this cargo-cult plea deal that does more harm to the Democrats than to Trump.

Davis has admitted that Cohen has no evidence that Trump ordered him to do anything, and Cohen pleaded as the PRINCIPAL.
(4) They can't get Trump on a conspiracy, because no laws were broken.

And then the Democrats gave me the answer.

(5) This was a desperate attempt to block Brett Kavanaugh.

"Trump has been implicated in a criminal conspiracy, so we won't even meet with his nominee, and the nomination should be nullified."
(6) GUESS WHO TOLD THE DEMOCRATS TO DO THIS?
More at ...
Thread by @ThomasWictor: "(1) I FIGURED IT OUT! Why Cohen pleaded guilty to non-crimes. It's great news if true. (2) This whole Cohen-thing is a giant flop. The publi […]"

Just when you think you can't hate democrats enough....along comes this guy. Such bullshit.