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Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was served search warrants by the FBI in cooperation with the US Attorney's Office in Southern New York. Search warrants were served at his residences and offices in New York, with possible evidence of money laundering, fraud and campaign finance law violations the targets.

Special Counsel Mueller uncovered potential evidence of criminal conduct, but this matter was beyond the scope of his investigation, so he referred it to the US AG/DOJ, who then passed it on to the US attorney of New York.

Ruh roh...

the smart play is to not comment at all.
The court of public opinion has no say in this.

Oh, was I not supposed to say anything?

It's a witch hunt!

Witch hunt? Sober up.

I don't know if he actually reviewed the docs. He's since recused himself from the investigation.

I certainly hope that the suspected criminal activity is 'significant' -- pretty heavy-handed stuff for anything less than serious felony-type activity, IMO. But, at least it has been educational....I learned a lot about attorney/client-privilege the last couple days....I watched enough tv law drama, from Matlock to Breaking Bad to have believed that it was pretty sacrosanct -- turns out...well, not so much -- risk to Trump has jumped a couple notches, and I'm not convinced that's entirely fair just yet

What attorney client privilege Dave? Both Trump and Cohen both insist Trump knew nothing about the payoff. Also Trump did not sign the document.

I've been thinking about that unsigned thing...

one side says he didn't have to sign the nondisclosure agreement for it to be enforcible.
but they also say it shows the Prez didn't know about the nondisclosure agreement.

so who hired the attorney that wrote it on behalf of the client that did not sign it, did not know about it, yet wants it enforced?

Exactly- If it is about the money.

The payoff issue could tie into some finance laws. Perhaps he did pay Cohen back... but with money that wasn't his... like a campaign fund? I am totally speculating... because the investigation has been nice and quiet... but I suspect if they are looking at the stormy thing it has to do with what money was used, from what pools...

Misappropriateing 130k is a felony...

I really like these bits from the prez.:

‘It’s an attack on our country,’ the president said. ‘It’s an attack on what we all stand for.’ - Yes he is.

& 'It's a disgraceful situation'

Why yes it is.

The search of Cohens office, home and hotel room that the fbi conducted was a no-knock search so that evidence couldn't be destroyed.

From:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382477-abc-trump-appointed-us-attorney-recused-himself-from-cohen-probe

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman, was recused from the investigation into President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, ABC News reported.

Berman was not involved in the FBI raid of Cohen’s hotel room and office in New York City because of the recusal that was approved by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, sources told ABC News.

Other officials in the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York handled the search of Cohen's office, home and hotel room.

Berman was appointed to his post by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He previously worked with Rudy Giuliani, who is a supporter of Trump, and donated to Trump's 2016 campaign.

Sessions testified to Congress that Trump personally interviewed candidates for several U.S. attorney positions, including the job in New York, which might partly explain his recusal.

Berman replaced Prett Bharara, who has become a vocal Trump critic since his firing.

The raid on Trump's lawyer was reportedly carried out after special counsel Robert Mueller — who is investigating potential Russian collusion in the 2016 elections — gave federal prosecutors a referral.

While not related to Mueller’s investigation, the raid likely resulted from information Mueller’s team uncovered during its investigation and handed over to New York prosecutors.

For any other President, this would be a huge story, with a potential threat to his ability to remain in office. His personal lawyer is under investigation for bank and wire fraud and violation of campaign finance laws, all because he paid a porn star to keep quiet about a past affair with the President while his wife was pregnant, negotiating the botched non-disclosure deal just weeks before the election...

But with the circus surrounding this guy, this is just another day...


All the cons who yawn and accuse the deep state within the FBI/DOJ of ginning up this stuff just to discredit Trump, giving him a pass and sowing distrust of our top law enforcement agency should ask themselves: If Hillary was the President, and someone accused John Podesta of paying big money to somebody to keep quiet about some sort of scandal involving Hillary during the last weeks of the campaign...shucks, this is just a nothing burger, no biggie....

or...sic him FBI and LOCK HER UP!!!