Cohen is done
Manhattan federal prosecutors on Friday said that President Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer committed campaign finance crimes “in coordination with and at the direction of Individual 1” — a reference to President Trump.
It was the first time the feds directly linked Trump to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougle, a fact noted by former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti.
“Just to make it crystal clear, New York federal prosecutors concluded that the President of the United States committed a felony,” he tweeted.
Both women said they had affairs with Trump in 2006, shortly after his third wife, Melania, gave birth to their only child together.
The president has called them both liars.
The amounts paid, at least $130,000 to each woman, exceed the legal level of donations that can be made to aid a campaign.
They also said Cohen should serve “a substantial term of imprisonment despite his cooperation with their investigation.”
Cohen’s crimes “were more serious than his submission allows and were marked by a pattern of deception that permeated his professional life,” they said.
In a blistering 40-page document filed in Manhattan federal court Friday roughly 15 minutes before a 5 p.m. deadline, prosecutors outlined Cohen’s roles in a variety of fraudulent schemes, including bank fraud.
Prosecutors also asked that the judge who will sentence Cohen next week fine him $500,000 and order the forfeiture of assets.
https://nypost.com/2018/12/07/feds-r...michael-cohen/
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Originally Posted by Common Sense
