Donald Trump inauguration committee under criminal investigation

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[Chris]

In before 5 tweets pointing to the exact same article.

Aww shit too late.

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butter emails :lol

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:lol seized a recording of Cohen

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Donald Trump and the Case of the $107,000,000

No one seems to know how Team Trump managed to spend $107 million in donations for his inauguration

the majority of the $107 million was used for overinflated administrative expenses,

as well as to pay four separate event-planning firms.

One of those firms,

WIS Media Partners, was created only six weeks prior to the inauguration by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff,

a close friend of Melania Trump. :lol

The firm received close to $26 million from the inaugural committee, :lol

and questions have been raised as to how exactly that money was allocated.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-and-the-case-of-the-107000000-629230/

So Melanie got her friend hosed with $26M?

Did Melanie get her cut? :lol

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

[Winehole23]

Rick Gates was deputy chairman, Feds are in the position to squeeze him.

[Chris]

Rick Gates was deputy chairman, Feds are in the position to squeeze him.

You're ready to roll out the guillotine aren't you?

Pitchfork Mob created by Media

[Winehole23]

You're ready to roll out the guillotine aren't you?

Pitchfork Mob created by MediaNot at all.

Just watching from the bleachers like you.

[djohn2oo8]

You're ready to roll out the guillotine aren't you?

Pitchfork Mob created by Media
Weren’t you part of the lock her up crew? :lol

[Chris]

Weren’t you part of the lock her up crew? :lol

FBI and Comey decided not to prosecute. Nothing we can do but vote people in like Trump to clean it up.

[djohn2oo8]

FBI and Comey decided not to prosecute. Nothing we can do but vote people in like Trump to clean it up.
For what crimes Chris? What crimes did she commit?

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so many plots for MOVIE(s) :lol

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[Chris]

Former election commissioner: Cohen and Trump didn't violate campaign finance law



Trump-haters hoping the president’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, will provide the evidence needed to impeach the president and perhaps even “lock him up” are likely headed for a bitter disappointment. The Cohen guilty pleas are likely irrelevant to the fate of President Trump.

That’s because in my judgment – as someone who served for two years as a member of the Federal Election Commission – the campaign finance law violations Cohen pleaded guilty to committing, allegedly at Donald Trump’s direction, aren’t really violations.

If I’m right – that is, if Cohen didn’t really violate campaign finance law, despite his ill-advised guilty plea – then it would be impossible for Trump to have violated campaign finance law by directing Cohen to take a perfectly legal action.

Confused? That’s understandable, because the media lump all the charges Cohen pleaded guilty to together when explaining this complex case. But in reality, Cohen was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New York City on several separate and unrelated charges.

Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison by a federal judge and was also ordered to pay almost $2 million in fines, restitution and forfeitures after earlier pleading guilty to multiple counts of business and tax fraud. Those crimes have absolutely nothing to do with Trump, but rather involve Cohen’s own business dealings.

In addition, Cohen was sentenced on his guilty pleas to violating campaign finance law on Trump’s behalf – an action that, as I will explain, I believe was not really a crime at all.

And finally, Cohen’s sentence included punishment for his guilty plea to making false statements to Congress regarding failed efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.

The applicable federal sentencing guidelines for the crimes Cohen pleaded guilty to call for a prison sentence ranging from just over four years to just over five years.

But federal prosecutors in New York City said Cohen should receive some credit for his limited cooperation with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether the Trump presidential campaign illegally conspired with Russia to help elect Donald Trump president.

The president has frequently stated that there was “no collusion” between his campaign or him and Russia. He has denied any misconduct on his part, calling the Mueller probe a “witch hunt” by “angry Democrats.”

It’s critically important to understand that the crimes Cohen was sentenced for Wednesday have not revealed any evidence relevant to the allegations of possible Trump campaign-Russia collusion that Mueller was appointed to investigate.

Cohen’s guilty plea to lying to Congress concerned his account of negotiations on behalf of the Trump organization to build a marquee property in Moscow – a deal Trump has been working on for 30 years, albeit unsuccessfully.

Cohen originally said those negotiations ended in January 2016 and did not involve members of the Trump Organization – including Donald Trump. But he now says the negotiations ended in June 2016 and that members of the Trump Organization – including then-presidential candidate Trump – were briefed on the talks.

Because Cohen lied to Congress, he is now paying the price for doing so, as he should. The real estate negotiations for a Trump Tower in Russia were perfectly legal, although the timing could have proven embarrassing to Trump’s presidential campaign.

Cohen would not have been pleading guilty in federal court on this real estate negotiation if he had simply told the truth. There are reports that Cohen had contact with high-level political officials in Moscow, including a representative of President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, and the Trump Organization may have planned to offer Putin a $50 million penthouse in the Moscow property.

Was the 2016 election discussed in any of those meetings and did Russian officials obtain some kind of leverage against Trump through this real estate deal that was discussed but never came to fruition?

We don’t know, but there hasn’t been any information released publicly in the Cohen case (or any other case) that provides any insight into what happened at those meetings other than discussions of the real estate deal.

But now to the most important charge as far as President Trump is concerned: the campaign finance violation that Cohen pleaded guilty to.

Many campaign finance law experts and fellow former commissioners of the Federal Election Commission agree with me that Cohen’s did not commit an actual violation of federal law.

Cohen has stated he arranged hush-money payments to two women – adult-film actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal – to not make public their unproven allegations of extramarital affairs with Donald Trump years ago. Trump has denied the allegations.

It’s my belief as a former Federal Election Commission member that such payments were not “campaign-related” – and therefore the rules and regulations governing campaign contributions don’t apply.

In fact, the only time the Justice Department has ever tried to make such a claim before – against former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina – the Justice Department lost.

Furthermore, the Federal Election Commission – an independent federal agency responsible for civil enforcement of campaign finance law – didn’t consider the hush-money donations to the Edwards campaign to be campaign-related expenditures when it audited the Edwards campaign.

The bottom line: Cohen was “persuaded” to plead guilty to an action that was not an actual violation of the law.

Convicting Donald Trump of a criminal campaign finance violation will be extremely difficult, if not impossible. Just as Edwards was found not guilty, the same is likely to happen to President Trump if he is charged while he is president or after he leaves the White House.

As for the claim the hush-money payments would be an impeachable offense, members of Congress would have to explain why prior cases in which campaigns like that of Barack Obama paid civil penalties to the Federal Election Commission for violations of federal campaign finance law were not grounds for impeachment.

It certainly is possible that Cohen and others have provided some kind of evidence to Mueller that will prove that the Trump campaign somehow colluded with Russian officials. But if so, this evidence has not yet been publicly revealed.

In sentencing Cohen, U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley agreed with the prosecution’s claims that Cohen was motivated by “personal greed and ambition.”

But nothing in the charges Cohen pleaded guilty to provides any evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government to affect the outcome of the 2016 election, or that Trump violated campaign finance law. And even Trump’s bitterest opponents don’t claim he had any role in Cohen’s taxi business.

So while the headlines blare and Trump opponents line up on TV to say the Cohen plea could mean future criminal charges against President Trump and serve as grounds for impeachment, don’t be so sure.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/former-election-commissioner-cohen-and-trump-didnt-violate-campaign-finance-law

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Chris worried

[spurraider21]

Former election commissioner: Cohen and Trump didn't violate campaign finance law

cohen pled guilty to 8 counts of campaign finance violations

[spurraider21]

this is really funny tbh...

FLYNN DIDNT LIE WE HAVE PROOF... reality: Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI
COHEN DIDNT VIOLATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW... reality: Cohen pled guilty to campaign finance violations

[Pavlov]

So Chris is now saying that Cohen and Flynn pleaded guilty to felonies when they didn't break any laws.

Everyone is stupid except right wing bloggers and tweeters.

lol

[spurraider21]

So Chris is now saying that Cohen and Flynn pleaded guilty to felonies when they didn't break any laws.

Everyone is stupid except right wing bloggers and tweeters.

lol
Cohen, Flynn, and their attorneys must all be really stupid. Mueller is wtf, how did they plead guilty? we had no case!

[Pavlov]

I mean, Flynn gets fired for lying to Pence, tells the same lie to Spicer and the media and all the sudden we're supposed to believe he is incapable of lying to FBI agents about the exact same thing.

but tweets

[Fabbs]

In before 5 tweets pointing to the exact same article.

Aww shit too late.
Over / under on how many times Kyle Griffin has been laid since Trump took office?

[Chris]

Over / under on how many times Kyle Griffin has been laid since Trump took office?

We should ask his lover djohn :lol

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butter emails :lol

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[Peter Strzok]

We'll stop him.

[ElNono]

this is really funny tbh...

FLYNN DIDNT LIE WE HAVE PROOF... reality: Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI
COHEN DIDNT VIOLATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW... reality: Cohen pled guilty to campaign finance violations

brah, lawyers and laws are deep state

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[Brazil]

is it for real ?

:lol Trump might be worst than Al Capone tbh...

[Spurminator]

is it for real ?

:lol Trump might be worst than Al Capone tbh...

You mean as far as crime or as far as being so obvious about it?

[Brazil]

You mean as far as crime or as far as being so obvious about it?

the later even tho I start to think the first is arguable...

but yeah it's I don't respect the law and idgaf

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would be no surprise if the Feds make the Inaug people account for every dime, every invoice, payment,etc, and find that $10Ms went into Trash's pockets, probably through one or more of his 100s of BS companies.

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would be no surprise if the Feds make the Inaug people account for every dime, every invoice, payment,etc, and find that $10Ms went into Trash's pockets, probably through one or more of his 100s of BS companies.

To his pockets - and then the "environmental regulations that were just too burdensome" were magically removed from our lawbooks!

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her emails :lol

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Vendors worried the Trump Hotel (repped by Ivanka at the time) was overcharging for event space for the Inaugural.

Little did they know that things like law and ethics are for little people. They really needn't have worried...overpaying the Trump Hotel and hiding expenditures for the Inaugural "had nothing to do with the President and the First Lady."

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-trumps-inauguration-paid-trumps-company-with-ivanka-in-the-middle

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$105M for a comparatively modest Inauguration

If SDNY correlates invoices with supplier's bills, I bet they will find fake invoices, with Trash pocketing $10Ms

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[Pavlov]

1092604302839943169Those Q arrests are going to start any day now.

Any.

Day.

Now.

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House Dems to impeach, deplorable Repug Senate won't convict

Mueller could tell Trash they will indict and convict him as private citizen after he loses in 2020,

and offer him reduced prison sentence if he would resign in 2019.

[TSA]

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tends to happen

:lol lil cunt ran to another thread

You want to know what tends to happen...you run and tuck tail like a little bitch when called on your bullshit. You’ll do it right here.

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:lol lil cunt ran to another thread

You want to know what tends to happen...you run and tuck tail like a little bitch when called on your bullshit. You’ll do it right here.

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:lmao TSA always goes back to the conspiracy well

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:lmao TSA always goes back to the conspiracy well
:lmao QAnon

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Comrade TSA - makes millions of Rubles in overtime work and dedication to mother Russia!

Putin is proud of you Comrade!

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Fatass got it coming from all directions

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[Pavlov]

:lol Trump's DOJ keeps investigating Trump stuff.

Meanwhile, Clinton and all the other baby-eaters roam free.


https://vimeo.com/315277773

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[Nbadan]

Report: Donald Trump Has Already Confessed Stealing Inauguration Money


Last night the federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) subpoenaed the financial records from Donald Trump’s inauguration committee. This is a good indication that the SDNY prosecutors plan to bring criminal charges very soon against Donald Trump, members of his family, and others in his inner circle.
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According to the witnesses, Trump considered those inaugural contributions to be his own personal slush fund.

Remember that Trump originally put Chris Christie in charge of the transition, and then fired him and replaced him with Mike Pence.

According to the Michael Lewis book The Fifth Risk, as reported by Daily Kos, Trump’s decision to fire Christie was because of Trump’s desire to pocket the money. Christie (a former federal prosecutor) said he couldn’t do it legally. So Trump got rid of him and put Pence in charge.
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With Pence in charge, Trump was able to illegally pocket the $107 million. And the SDNY prosecutors no doubt have evidence to prove that this happened.

But that’s not all. The Lewis book shows that Trump confessed his criminal intention to steal the money to both Bannon and Christie, who can be called as witnesses and forced to testify about what they heard Trump say about his plan to steal the money.

https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1092564296066912261

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couldn't wait even a day, the Trump/Kushner gang was crooked from the get-go:

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[Fabbs]

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[Winehole23]

Fuck Fabbs go one up.

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[Winehole23]

This thread is poison to Trumpistas.

Either that or they're all cool with the Trump/Kushners using the inauguration as a slush fund for family, friends and cronies.

[Winehole23]

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2019/02/trumps-inaugural-crimes-hotel-investigation.html?__twitter_impression=true

[Winehole23]

Board conservatives by omission are onboard with straight up kleptocracy.

[djohn2oo8]

Board conservatives by omission are onboard with straight up kleptocracy.
Yes true. But the Southern District of New York isn’t on board and that’s what is the key.

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