DC: Authorities are investigating whether President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen committed fraud with regard to over $20 million in loans received by his taxi businesses.
The Cohen investigation is also tackling whether the ex-Trump lawyer infringed upon campaign finance laws by participating in the payoff of women alleging affairs with the president in exchange for their silence, The New York Times reported Sunday. Cohen worked for the Trump Organization for more than 10 years and prosecutors may file charges before September.
The $20 million-plus in loans allegedly derived from the Melrose Credit Union and Sterling National Bank, according to records reviewed and individuals interviewed by The New York Times. A Sterling spokesman declined comment and a Melrose spokesman did not respond to a request for comment from the Times. Investigators are exploring whether Cohen misreported his assets to receive the loans and whether or not he reported it to the Internal Revenue Service.
The banks do not appear to have suffered losses because of Cohen’s activities, but the potential bank fraud could still be relevant if the perpetrator has committed other crimes. more here
It should go without saying that if you are a lawyer in America, its a good chance you’re a crook But trying to try to connect a crime committed by a crooked lawyer to every one of his clients is quite the stretch – even for an overzealous partisan hack like Mueller.
See?! If Trump had paid him a living wage he wouldn’t have had to do this!
Indict a ham sandwich with the goal of pressuring it to testify against the guy who won the election, got it.
Where would anyone find an squeaky clean honest lawyer in America??
“Show me the man; I’ll show you the crime.”
(Lavrenty Beria, Stalin’s “Himmler” (according to Stalin))
Herr Muellar learned from the best.
Throw the net wide enough, you’ll catch something.
izlamo delenda est …
This is the part where Monkey Brain Meuller and his gang are desperately looking for anyone to “compose” a story of wrongdoing by POTUS Trump, and it’s so dang obvious!
This is state-sanctioned extortion. What is the recourse against Meuller? There must be something to stop this travesty of justice.
“This is state-sanctioned extortion. What is the recourse against Meuller? There must be something to stop this travesty of justice.”
A rope and a lamp post. I think that’s about it.
If convicted, it will be difficult for Trump to pardon Cohen. But then again he can’t as it’s being tried in the NY Eastern District Court.