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DONALD TRUMP DIRECTED A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY WITH MICHAEL COHEN CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE CONCLUDED

BY ALEXANDRA HUTZLER ON 12/7/18 AT 6:08 PM

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Federal prosecutors have concluded that President Donald Trump participated in federal crimes when he directed his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to commit campaign finance violations by paying off two women during his 2016 campaign.

The conclusion was drawn by federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York, who on Friday filed a sentencing memo suggesting that Cohen serve a “substantial” prison sentence of 51 to 63 months. While they found Trump to be complicit in Cohen's crimes, no formal charge has been rendered against the president.

Trump, identified as “Individual 1” in the memo, is mentioned several times by prosecutors as leading the criminal conspiracy to pay off Stormy Daniels and Karen McDuggal to keep their alleged extramarital affairs with the president a secret.

“During the campaign, Cohen played a central role in two similar schemes to purchase the rights to stories - each from women who claimed to have had an affair with Individual 1 - so as to suppress the stories and thereby prevent them from influencing the election,” prosecutors wrote.

“In particular, and as Cohen himself has now admitted, with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with and at the direction of Individual 1,” they added. The assertion marks the first time that federal prosecutors have deemed Trump an active participant in the conspiracy.

Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti shared his analysis on Twitter shortly after the sentencing memo was released.

“Just to be crystal clear, prosecutors drew the conclusion and made the assertion that Trump directed the campaign finance crime Cohen committed, but they did not "charge" Trump. A formal charge has not been made,” Mariotti wrote.


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Just to be crystal clear, prosecutors drew the conclusion and made the assertion that Trump directed the campaign finance crime Cohen committed, but they did not "charge" Trump. A formal charge has not been made.

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WOW: The Dec 7 filing in SDNY on Michael Cohen’s sentencing charges that President Trump (aka “Individual 1”) directed a criminal conspiracy with his attorney Cohen to violate the federal election laws in order to increase his odds of winning the presidency by deceiving voters.

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Laurence Tribe, a professor of Constitutional law at Harvard Law School, shared Mariotti’s assessment, also writing that the court filing clearly states that Trump was leading a “criminal conspiracy” with Cohen.

“WOW: The Dec 7 filing in SDNY on Michael Cohen’s sentencing charges that President Trump (aka “Individual 1”) directed a criminal conspiracy with his attorney Cohen to violate the federal election laws in order to increase his odds of winning the presidency by deceiving voters,” Tribe wrote.

Cohen first dropped the bombshell that he had been directed by Trump to commit campaign finance violations in August during a plea agreement with the Southern District of New York. At the time, Cohen confessed to several federal crimes including bank fraud, tax evasion and campaign finance violations.

After his first guilty plea, Cohen also confessed to lying to Congress about a Trump Tower project in Moscow, though these charges were brought on by special counsel Robert Mueller. After pleading guilty, Cohen agreed to cooperate with Mueller’s probe into Russian election meddling and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

Mueller also filed a sentencing memo on Cohen on Friday, but he denied to suggest a particular sentence and praised the attorney for his cooperation.

Trump has dismissed Cohen as a “weak person” and claims that he is so desperate to get a lower prison sentence that he is lying about what happened during the 2016 campaign. "What he's trying to do—and it's very simple, he's got himself a big prison sentence and he's trying to get a much lesser prison sentence by making up a story," Trump told reporters last week.

Trump does not seem to be too concerned by the prosecutors' findings, as he posted a victorious post on Twitter shortly after both sentencing memos had been filed on Friday.

"Totally clears the President. Thank you!" Trump wrote.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-federal-crime-michael-cohen-1250466
 

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Listen! Hear the hoofbeats!! An Unindicted Co-Conspirator rides again!!!
 

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Incoming House Judiciary Chair Says Trump May Have Committed Impeachable Offenses

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December 9, 2018, 10:59 AM EST

Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning, incoming House Judiciary Chair Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who would be in charge of any impeachment hearings, made clear that if the allegations in the Michael Cohen sentencing memo are true, “They would be impeachable offenses.”

On Friday, Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller and the the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York filed papers with explosive allegations that Cohen, then-candidate Donald Trump, and others in his campaign were attempting to develop Trump Tower Moscow, all while the Russians were interfering with the American election. New York prosecutors also alleged that Cohen, at Trump’s direction, orchestrated hush money payments to Trump’s former mistresses to prevent them from telling their stories in the media ahead of the election.

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Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler says the Mueller filings show that President Donald Trump “was at the center of a massive fraud" against the American people #CNNSOTU

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CNN’s Jake Tapper: “If it is proven that the President directed or coordinated with Cohen to commit these felonies … are those impeachable offenses?”

Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler: “They would be impeachable offenses.” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/S9NKnzHf6D

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Nadler said that these filings show that Trump “was at the center of a massive fraud, several massive frauds against the American people.”

Tapper then asked, “If it is proven that the President directed or coordinated with Cohen to commit these felonies … are those impeachable offenses?”

Nadler replied: “But certainly, they would be impeachable offenses, because even though they were committed before the president became president, they were committed in the service of fraudulently obtaining the office.”

But, Nadler hedged slightly on impeachment, saying that just because a president commits an impeachable offense, it doesn’t always justify impeachment. “There are several things you have to look at. One, were there impeachable offenses committed? How many, etc.? And secondly, how important were they? Do they rise to the gravity where you should undertake an impeachment?”

Nadler also made sure to point out that, “There is nothing in the Constitution that prohibits the president from being indicted,” but noted that even if they cannot indict Trump while he is in office, he could be indicted after he leaves the White House.

In summing up the allegations, Nadler concluded, “[Trump] surrounded himself with crooks… The president created his own swamp and brought it to the White House.”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/incoming-house-judiciary-chair-says-155903424.html
 

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Listen! Hear the hoofbeats!! An Unindicted Co-Conspirator rides again!!!
I think the righties are vainly trying to grind that horse into a nothing burger. They have nothing else to sustain them.
 

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Yes, please impeach and/or jail the Donald. That will free the GOP to run a Pence/Haley ticket in 2020 against whoever will run for the Democrats.
 

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Yes, please impeach and/or jail the Donald. That will free the GOP to run a Pence/Haley ticket in 2020 against whoever will run for the Democrats.
trump is dragging down the party that was not only stupid enough to nominate him, but then had the audacity to prop him and the most amateur administration ever up despite his attempts to bring down the country's most noble institutions and damage their democracy and standing in the world order. He disrespected the military, the judiciary, the country's greatest allies as well as the office of the president, all the while praising and pandering to some of the worlds worst despots. The repugs clearly demonstrated that power and party were more important to them than what they were elected and pledged to do, put the country first. Behind doors, they all saw that he was a joke, an embarrassment but the only man that had any guts whatsoever was John McCain. The rest were all cowards, trying to cling to power. Karma will be a bitch.

Assuming trump is found guilty of crimes and/or misdemeanors, the GOP will not be forgiven anytime soon. The second coming of Ronald Regan could run against a Democratic ticket of Alfred E. Neumann and Curly Howard and they will lose. The GOP have been exposed for the greedy, unpatriotic bunch of crooks that they are.
 

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"Federal prosecutors have concluded that President Donald Trump participated in federal crimes"

Looks like the alleged crimes are federal crimes. Here is one possible scenario.

1) Trump resigns for personal/health/business/family reasons.
2) Pence assumes the presidency and pardons Trump.
3) The Pence/Haley ticket wins the election in 2020 (against who?).
4) Pence appoints one more SCOTUS justice.
 

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"Federal prosecutors have concluded that President Donald Trump participated in federal crimes"

Looks like the alleged crimes are federal crimes. Here is one possible scenario.

1) Trump resigns for personal/health/business/family reasons.
2) Pence assumes the presidency and pardons Trump.
3) The Pence/Haley ticket wins the election in 2020 (against who?).
4) Pence appoints one more SCOTUS justice.
Another scenario:
1)trump is painted into a corner
2A)trump flees to Russia to seek asylum before he is sent to jail
2B)trump, with his huge ego cannot bear the humiliation and commits suicide before he is sent to jail
3)the GOP, who the people of the country realise sold them a bill of goods, get decimated in 2020 and it doesn't matter who runs.
 

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Personally, I favor the Nixon/Ford pardon template. History has shown that Ford acted wisely in pardoning Nixon so the country could move forward.'

"In 2001, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to Ford for his pardon of Nixon.[21] In presenting the award to Ford, Senator Ted Kennedy said that he had initially been opposed to the pardon of Nixon, but later stated that history had proven Ford to have made the correct decision.[22]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_Nixon
 

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If he used his own personal funds, he's allowed to do that, if he used campaign funds then he's in shit
 

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Personally, I favor the Nixon/Ford pardon template. History has shown that Ford acted wisely in pardoning Nixon so the country could move forward.'

"In 2001, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to Ford for his pardon of Nixon.[21] In presenting the award to Ford, Senator Ted Kennedy said that he had initially been opposed to the pardon of Nixon, but later stated that history had proven Ford to have made the correct decision.[22]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_Nixon
Nixon didn't sell out the country to Russia.
Good luck with that one.
 

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Personally, I favor the Nixon/Ford pardon template. History has shown that Ford acted wisely in pardoning Nixon so the country could move forward.'

"In 2001, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to Ford for his pardon of Nixon.[21] In presenting the award to Ford, Senator Ted Kennedy said that he had initially been opposed to the pardon of Nixon, but later stated that history had proven Ford to have made the correct decision.[22]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_Nixon
Former Nixon WH lawyer: Congress will have 'little choice' but to begin impeachment proceedings
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/08/politics/john-dean-donald-trump-impeachment-proceedings-cnntv/index.html
 

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Trump allegedly uses $150K to pay off Stormy, and its a shitstorm with you guys.
Whataboutism.

Besides, its just the first brick to fall as Trump's family business gets looked at.
You're going to need so many other examples if you're going to keep arguing that everyone is as corrupt as Trump U's mushroom dick.
 

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Whataboutism.

Besides, its just the first brick to fall as Trump's family business gets looked at.
You're going to need so many other examples if you're going to keep arguing that everyone is as corrupt as Trump U's mushroom dick.
It's not whataboutism it's hypocrisy, I'm no fan of Trump and think he's a buffon but if he gets treated differently for the same "crime" Obama committed that's hypocrisy.
 
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