TAKE THE POLL: HOW LONG BEFORE TRUMP GETS IMPEACHED

[BigBlackBull76]

I just love laughing at crybabies who hate how great Trump has been. Makes up for the embarrassment we had to live under with Osama. Trump will not be impeached and will get 450 Electoral College votes in 2020. He's converted many of us who didn't vote for him in 2016. As long as the economy keeps rolling and we are earning 145% in our portfolio, I don't care what he does. He did as promised, Obamacrap is gone, taxes are lower, regulations for oil and other industry are lower, GDP at record highs over decades...Hell Yeah, Trump has our vote in 2020

Amazing how people can live in the same world and be blinded by bias. Nothing you mentioned above has been great as the Economy has already been going strong thanks to policies under the Obama ADMIN. The new Tax cuts which are the only policy that got rammed through under the Trump Admin are only exacerbating the deficit and thats not my words but comes straight from the Congressional Budgeting Office (CBO) Report. In addition at no other point in time has our nation been so embarrassed on the International stage where foreign leaders laugh and scoff at the office of the Presidency than by the imbecile that occupies the white house right now. 450 votes in 2020, lets see if he even makes it to re-election much less out of his first term as his own party is turning against him. All of the DOJ members investigating him and approved for his lawyer to get tossed are REPUBS.

Continue to believe what you want and live in that alternate reality, but Chumps days are numbered and the US is doomed as he will be the undoing of 99% of Americans. This is not a partisan issue. This about what currently represents a clear and present danger to nation issue.

Even financial news sources that once cheered for the 'Trump-Bump' are souring on his irrationality.



ref: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/pau...-president-trump-impeachment-more-likely.html


ref: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/cra...r-michael-cohen-this-hardly-ever-happens.html



1. The Deep State’s lies are being unraveled in real time thanks to the collective intelligence of the ‘internet’ and our ability to synthesize data in real time.

2. The Skripal poisoning and the latest Syrian “chemical weapons” attack share the same thing — both set government officials off rushing to judgment and action before any official investigation could debunk them.

3. Trump has pissed off everyone in power on both sides of the Atlantic since coming into power.

4. He has been a material threat to powerful members of the Deep State/Shadow Government who have unmasked themselves as criminals to avoid losing power.

5. Trump needs to be neutralized. And up to this point he hasn’t been, c.f. his tax cuts, deregulation, Executive Orders against Obamacare, TPP, TTIP.

• He’s attacking the current managed trade schema of Wall St. and the City of London via trade war rhetoric with China and the EU.
• Russia collusion narrative has failed completely. Mueller’s investigation has now ‘jumped the shark.’

6. Things were falling into place for Trump, Jinping and Putin for a wider peace framework from North Korea to the Middle East. This does not serve the entrenched powers in D.C., New York, City of London, Riyadh and Beirut.

7. The operation to destroy Syria is at least a 20 year old idea. It will not be derailed. It goes back to overthrowing Assad’s *******.

• John Bolton is one of the architects of this mess.

8. Trump’s tweets right after the latest announced attack rang false. The word choice was all wrong. Tone right. Words wrong.

9. This morning’s tweets. The same way. “Gas killing *******?” Who’s writing his material now? A third-grader?

10. These tweets will be used as ‘evidence’ against Trump in his upcoming either resignation or removal from office.

11. They have to in order to countermand his historical public record against intervention in Syria as well as his publicly-stated intentions to pull out of Syria ‘real soon.’

12. Trump would not telegraph his military posturing like this, c.f. Al-Shairat, MOAB. He’s made that point abundantly clear.

13. These tweets and past events will make a case for him not being fit for office.

14. After the U.S. and the coalition Obama and David Cameron could not put together in 2013 commits serious war crimes in Syria and the reality in Douma is revealed, i.e. no chemical weapons were even used, Trump will be blamed for rushing to judgment.

15. He is Commander-in-Chief. His military handlers will turn on him in a heartbeat and all of this will be used as ‘proof’ of his insanity.

16. The headlines are preparing us for this. The GOP is split on him at this point, some openly wishing for him to fail. This

17. At the announcement of response in Syria Trump looked defeated. He doesn’t look like himself. He’s done.

18. The reality is that he’s not making these decisions. These decisions were made for him and, like every other President, he’s trapped having to sell it.

19. If he resists, his family dies. His businesses destroyed. Or he can go along, do what he can and after four years leave the office in disgrace.

20. And he will be blamed for it all.

I told you months ago, when you make a deal with the devil, in this case the Neoconservatives, you do so at your own peril. When Trump reversed course on Afghanistan the fix was in then. He would be allowed, like all presidents, to play around at the edges of domestic policy, but the foreign policy train will not be derailed.

That’s what fuels the Empire. That’s the game. And the events of the past four days tell you what’s what.

It’s like a nightmare rose up slouching towards Bethlehem​

Like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land​

Slouching towards Bethlehem​

–Marillion ​

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macholatte Luc X. Ifer Wed, 04/11/2018 - 17:33

Trump’s BIGGEST single mistake was failing to fire Sessions after Sessions recused himself.
How about the very well documented and obvious Collusion Crime:
1. Rosenstein is named assistant AG after Sessions recussed himself from getting involved with any Trump campaign related investigations - here comes Trump campaign related investigations.
2. Rosenstein recommends that Comey be fired.
3. Trump fires Comey.
4. Rosenstein recommends Wray, good buddy of Comey & Mueller, to be new FBI director.
4. Comey testifies that he leaked a memo (stuff he made up) because he knew it would trigger a special council to investigate the Trump campaign for Russia collusion (how did he know that? Part of the plan with Rosenstein?)
5. Rosenstein appoints Mueller (good friend of Rosenstein & Comey) as the special prosecutor with open authority to investigate a suspected activity that was not a crime if it did exist.
6. Wray stonewalls congressional investigations into DOJ & FBI criminality.
7. Sessions refuses to appoint special council to investigate Hitlary and DOJ & FBI criminality.
8. Sessions appoints John Huber, Obama appointee & swamp rat, to assist Inspector General without any power to subpoena or seat a Grand Jury.
9. Stormy Daniels is used to demoralize Trump and is assisted by FBI. Since when does the FBI get involved in the kind of issues raised by the *******?
10. Michael Cohen is raided by FBI regarding an issue that should be reserved for state court.

Conclusion: Sessions, Rosenstein, Comey, Wray and Mueller colluded to assist the “Soros-Clinton-Obama Resistance” to thwart all efforts to indict Clintons and Obama and expose the corruption at the FBI, DOJ and State Dept.

Unless there is something really good happening under the sheets, I’m afraid our man, and our country are toast.

... and the Sheeple graze.

ref: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-11/6-simple-reasons-why-trump-going-war-syria

JUST STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT - THINK FOR YOURSELF FOR ONE MINUTE AND NOT WHAT FOX-CNN-MSNBC OR ANYONE ELSE IS TELLING YOU TO BELIEVE (I DON"T WATCH THE SHOWS - I READ ARTICLES FROM ALL TYPES OF VIEW POINT POSITIONS AND MAKE UP MY OWN MIND)



It’s not often my work’s mentioned in mainstream publications, but it’s always instructive when it happens. Such an instance occurred earlier this week in the form of a nonsensical BuzzFeed piece.

The article was originality titled, “Here’s How A Bunch Of Syrians Trolled The Far Right Into Freaking Out Over A Twitter Poll,” but was quickly changed to “Fox & Friends Tried To Poll People About Whether The US Should Intervene In Syria And It Didn’t Go Well.”

ref: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-12/im-not-right-left-or-center-im-free-thinking-human

We're gonna come back to this later but for now ...

NOW THAT YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ABOVE - LETS THINK ABOUT THIS...

WHY IS TRUMP SO EAGER TO ATTACK SYRIA, OH WE'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE - ITS CALLED "WAG THE DOG":

Distract from Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels:

Good ol' sweet dick willy Bill Clinton did it when he attacked Serbia, so as to distract from Monica’s BJ in the oval office, and now Trump has the opportunity to bomb Syria so as to distract from Cohen, Mueller and porn star Stormy Daniels.



What better distraction from sexual scandal then to start a hot war.

Just last week Chump was stumping about the country on pulling outta Syria and letting other nations deal with the headache, now all of sudden this week he is thumping bombs over damascus. Yeah ok - what a coincidence this new footage just happened to show up when it did.

Dont be Trumpstupid and fall for the okey-doke sheeple.

~BBB76

 

[BigBlackBull76]

* * FACTS * *

HISTORY REDUX & DEJA-VU (WATER TO KREMLIN-GATE)

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• Michael Cohen was known to keep digital recordings of his conversations with associates, and those files may be among the materials that FBI agents confiscated during a raid at Cohen's home and office this week.
• The Washington Post cited people familiar with Cohen's work and allies of President Donald Trump who said Cohen, Trump's longtime personal attorney, kept digital files of his conversations and sometimes played them back for colleagues.
• People close to Trump are wondering exactly who Cohen recorded and what those conversations entailed.
• The revelation adds a new dimension to Cohen's legal troubles, because he may be called to testify against his own clients, including Trump.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/mich...with-associates-trump-fbi-raid-details-2018-4



ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/can-mueller-indict-trump-ken-starr-memo-2017-7


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• The special counsel Robert Mueller is said to be preparing a report of his findings in his investigation into whether President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct justice.
• Mueller could be putting together the report because he doesn't think he has the authority to indict Trump based on Department of Justice policies.
• But legal experts cautioned that a blistering report of Mueller's findings could be as dangerous to Trump's presidency as an indictment.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-trump-obstruction-of-justice-report-could-be-damaging-2018-4

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• The special counsel Robert Mueller has interviewed Dana Boente, the FBI general counsel.
• Former FBI director James Comey called Boente right after he received a phone call from President Trump last year during which Comey said Trump asked him to "lift the cloud" of the Russia investigation.
• Mueller is in possession of contemporaneous notes Boente took documenting his conversation with Comey about the phone call with Trump, and they appear to corroborate critical portions of Comey's congressional testimony last year.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-interviews-dana-boente-notes-trump-comey-obstruction-2018-4


BBB76: INDEED MANY OF THE ALLEGATIONS & INVESTIGATIONS SURROUNDING THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY & PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM RESEMBLE A CASE OF THE FBI AGAINST A MAFIA CRIME SYNDICATE.

• James Comey, the former FBI director, gave ABC News an interview on his relationship with President Donald Trump.
• Trump fired Comey last year as the FBI started in earnest to investigate the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
• A teaser of the exchange with ABC News suggests he referred to Trump as a "mob boss."
• The full interview is scheduled to air this weekend.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/james-comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss-in-abc-interview-2018-4

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[Beachescouple]

LOL Impeach the best President from the past 30 years As long as Libtards continue to freak out and cry for impeachment, the fewer seats they will win. Hell, If the Democrats lose someone like us who were lifelong 3rd generation Union Democrats, they are in serious trouble. Trump has done more good for our economy and investments than the previous 5 POTUS's combined. He will win even bigger in 2020 but you lefties keep dreaming. #GetOverIt You lost BIG.

 

[subhub174014]

LOL Impeach the best President from the past 30 years

your IQ is showing and it's not good!

As long as Libtards continue to freak out and cry for impeachment, the fewer seats they will win

guess you haven't been paying a lot of attention to politics lately.....noticed a few more dems in office in what was red positions?

Hell, If the Democrats lose someone like us who were lifelong 3rd generation Union Democrats, they are in serious trouble

and I will bet that your parents and grandparents are just real proud of that.............that's typical of some union people......the union gave them those benefits and wages.....and now all of a sudden they are to good and to wealthy to care about the others behind them....or even be grateful for those that got them those wages and benefits....sad to say that a lot of former union people making those good wages all of a sudden are republicans.....just really shows how low some people can be!

besides from the sound of your statements we didn't lose much

Trump has done more good for our economy and investments than the previous 5 POTUS's combined.

again might want to check your facts....trump inherited a good economy...and under him we are losing even more jobs to foreign countries....you might want to check your facts instead of blindly following a fool!...it just makes you look foolish!

He will win even bigger in 2020 but you lefties keep dreaming.

don't think he will be in office that long....most people are seeing the light......except those that are completely brain dead!

#GetOverIt You lost BIG.

we all lost ...just you are to stupid to see it!


given any thought to spending some of your new found riches on getting an education?....or even buying a subscription to a newspaper to read what's going on?

 

[BigBlackBull76]

Posted this originally one year ago today and its crazy how history doesn't repeat itself but it sure does rhyme... way to go Trump Mission Accomplished getting all of your scandals out of the headlines for a weekend. Cohen is going to jail tried in a State court and you won't be able to pardon him and his tape recordings will be your un-doing. Finally Karma coming back to bite him in the arse.

BOTTOM LINE:

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[BigBlackBull76]

LOL Impeach the best President from the past 30 years As long as Libtards continue to freak out and cry for impeachment, the fewer seats they will win. Hell, If the Democrats lose someone like us who were lifelong 3rd generation Union Democrats, they are in serious trouble. Trump has done more good for our economy and investments than the previous 5 POTUS's combined. He will win even bigger in 2020 but you lefties keep dreaming. #GetOverIt You lost BIG.

lol - The Trump Admin's Tariff threatening, no negotiating, Fiscal unrestraint spending, budget ceiling blowing, dollar destroying, China & Japanese largest foreign holder US Treasury Bond dumping economy is going to take all of America down.

I've never been into hurling the Dems/Repubs this and that frick and frack further widening the partisan divide. I'm neither nor ever was I a Demo or Repub and most people who know me consider me a Repub more than anything as I lean more conservative in alot of my views. I would vote libertarian if they could put up a candidate who knew where Allepo was much less what it even is.

Trump is an idiot and a CONman plain and simple. I care less about what libtards or blow-hard repubs want to lob for insults as Trump is the ultimate insult. Have you tried to re-fi or open a line of equity lately - that Tax law fucked that all up and healthcare too. Any American can see through his sham and will definitely be woke after he sinks the US ECON for good this year:

• A new poll from Gallup found Republicans' tax law to still be unpopular.
• Thirty-nine percent of people surveyed by Gallup approved of the law, while 52% disapproved.
• A NBC News/Wall Street Journal found that 27% of people thought the tax law was a good idea, and 36% said it was a bad idea.
• The surveys are the latest in a string of polls that have shown the law to have dismal popularity.
• The numbers could be worrying for Republicans, who are relying on tax cuts to be a large part of their 2018 midterm election message.

A pair of new polls suggests Americans still aren't on board with the new Republican tax law, and its unpopularity could be a problem for the GOP in this year's midterm elections.
Just 39% of Americans in a new survey from Gallup said they supported the new tax law, while 52% disapproved of the law. That represents a slight improvement from Gallup's survey immediately after the law's passage in January, when just 33% of respondents supported it.
But the law remains significantly underwater, and many people aren't sure how it will affect their income.
According to Gallup:

• 9% of people surveyed said they expected their taxes to increase under the new law;
• 18% expected their tax burden to decrease;
• 17% said they expected their taxes to stay the same;
• 56% said they weren't sure.

According to the Tax Policy Center, 65% of Americans should see a tax cut of more than $100 in 2018, while 6% should see an increase of $100 or more.

Also on Monday, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal released their own poll showing the law is unpopular. Just 27% of people told NBC/WSJ that the law was a good idea, while 36% said it was a bad idea. Thirty-four percent of people did not have an opinion.

The polls are another in a line of recent data hinting at the law's political implications. For instance, most Americans have not noticed a larger paycheck since the law was enacted. According to a CNBC poll released in March, just 32% of people reported an increase in take-home pay since the law was implemented in January.
The law's unpopularity is particularly worrying for Republicans, since the issue is expected to be the centerpiece of the party's 2018 midterm messaging.

For instance, the GOP-linked American Action Network has spent about $30 million in ads focusing on the tax law since August and is running $1 million worth of ads this month in vulnerable GOP districts.
The law also did little to help sway the special election in Pennsylvania, which was won last month by a Democrat, Conor Lamb, even though President Donald Trump carried the district by almost 20 points in 2016. Republican spending on ads that focused on the law dived in the weeks leading up to the vote, and Lamb hammered the GOP by saying the law favored the rich.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/poll-trump-gop-tax-law-elections-2018-4

 

[BigBlackBull76]

* * F A C T S * *

GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY ON ALL-COUNTS.

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• The special counsel Robert Mueller dropped a significant revelation in his list of questions for President Donald Trump.
• According to the list, published this week by The New York Times, Mueller is interested in asking Trump about any efforts by the Trump campaign — including by his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort — to reach out to Russia for help ahead of the 2016 US election.
• Until now, news reports and testimony have indicated that any offers of assistance were on Russia's end.
• The question suggests Mueller has evidence that members of the campaign, particularly Manafort, reached out to Russia or Russia-linked actors.
• Thirteen of the 48 questions on the list deal with collusion.

The vast majority of the 48 questions the special counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask President Donald Trump in an interview have been public knowledge for some time, with one major exception.

Toward the end of the list, published on Monday by The New York Times, was this question: "What knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including by Paul Manafort, to Russia about potential assistance to the campaign?"

There has been no public indication, through news reports or testimony, that the Trump campaign reached out to Russia or Russia-linked actors for help ahead of the 2016 election. The offers of assistance — like a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting and communications involving the former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos — were all on Russia's end.

Mueller's inclusion of a question about outreach to Russia from the campaign's side — specifically from Manafort, the former campaign chairman — suggests he has information involving such an offer.

Manafort and Rick Gates, his longtime deputy, have been charged with dozens of counts related to financial crimes, conspiracy against the US, and failure to register as foreign agents.

While Manafort has maintained he is innocent, Gates pleaded guilty in February to two counts related to conspiracy and making false statements to the FBI. Experts said at the time that his plea deal indicated he had something of significant value to offer Mueller.
Gates also sat for a "Queen for a Day" interview with Mueller, during which a defendant answers any and all questions from investigators, including about their case and any other criminal activity they may have witnessed.

Mueller is digging deep into possible collusion
The question about outreach is one of 13 on the list related to possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow around the 2016 election.

The rest of the questions largely focus on events involving Manafort; Roger Stone, the GOP strategist who was an informal adviser to Trump; Jared Kushner, Trump's *******-in-law and senior adviser; and Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime personal lawyer.

President Donald Trump. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Mueller wants to know more from Trump about:

• The June 2016 Trump Tower meeting involving Manafort, Kushner, Donald Trump Jr., and Russian lobbyists who had promised dirt on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee.
  • The meeting was pitched as "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump."
  • Prosecutors are said to be interested in finding out when Trump became aware of the meeting, as well as the extent of his involvement in crafting a misleading statement that his eldest ******* initially offered in response to reports of the meeting.
• Trump's 2013 trip to Moscow and his interactions while there with the Azerbaijani-Russian developer Aras Agalarov and his *******, Emin, as well as Russian officials.
  • The so-called Steele dossier, which is largely unverified, says that Russian intelligence operatives filmed Trump engaging in salacious sexual acts with Russian prostitutes during his trip and later used the tape to blackmail him.
• Trump's involvement in efforts by Cohen and the Russian businessman Felix Sater at the height of the campaign to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
  • Trump signed a letter of intent to pursue the deal, and Sater confirmed in March that the Trump Organization was actively negotiating with a sanctioned Russian bank during the campaign to secure financing.
• Discussions during the campaign about meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  • Papadopoulos said during a meeting of Trump's foreign-policy team on March 31, 2016, that he had contacts in the UK who could help arrange a summit between Trump and Putin. A Trump adviser who was at the meeting named J.D. Gordon has said Jeff Sessions, then an Alabama senator, immediately shot down the idea.
  • But according to a book by the investigative reporters Michael Isikoff and David Corn, "Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump," Papadopoulos told the FBI that Trump found the proposal "interesting" and asked him to try to arrange the meeting.
• Discussions during the campaign about sanctions on Russia.
  • The dossier says that during the Trump adviser Carter Page's July 2016 trip to Moscow, Igor Sechin, the CEO of the Russian state-owned energy company Rosneft, offered Page the brokerage of 19% in Rosneft in exchange for the US lifting sanctions on Russia.
  • Page denied the allegation but later told the House Intelligence Committee that he "may have briefly" discussed the potential sale of a stake in Rosneft with Andrey Baranov, the company's head of investor relations.
  • Asked whether he had ever directly expressed support for the idea of lifting US sanctions on Russia with Baranov, Page replied: "Not directly."
  • In December 2016, Rosneft signed a deal selling 19.5% of its shares to unknown buyers. The next day, Page traveled to Moscow to meet with "top managers" at Rosneft.
  • Also that month, the Obama administration announced new sanctions on Russia. Later that day, Michael Flynn, then the incoming national security adviser, called Sergey Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the US, to talk about sanctions. The next day, Russia announced it would not retaliate against the US.
• Trump's involvement in a change to the 2016 GOP platform about arming Ukraine against Russian aggression.
  • The dossier alleges that the campaign would agree to soften the US's support for Ukraine in exchange for the Kremlin releasing damaging information about Clinton.
  • During the Republican National Convention in July 2016, an amendment to the GOP platform proposed that the party commit to sending "lethal weapons" to the Ukrainian army to fend off Russia's aggression. It was altered to say "provide appropriate assistance" before its inclusion in the official platform.
  • Trump has said he was "not involved" in the decision.
• The Democratic National Committee hack and subsequent dissemination of stolen materials, as well as communications among Stone, his associates, WikiLeaks, and WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange.
  • Stone is known to have communicated with Guccifer 2.o, a hacker linked to Russian military intelligence, and with the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks during the campaign.
  • Trump Jr. was also in touch with WikiLeaks before the election.
  • Trump repeatedly praised WikiLeaks during and after the campaign, and he publicly called on Russian hackers to find and release thousands of Clinton's deleted emails.
  • Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat in May 2016 that he had learned that Russia had compromising information about Clinton in the form of thousands of emails.
  • The FBI launched the Russia investigation after learning about Papadopoulos' conversation with the diplomat.
• Kushner's attempts during the transition period to set up a back-channel line of communication between the Trump team and Russia using Russian diplomatic facilities.
• A January 2017 meeting in Seychelles of the Trump adviser Erik Prince, representatives of the United Arab Emirates, and a Russian investor close to Putin.
  • George Nader, a Middle East adviser who attended the meeting and has testified in the Russia investigation, Emirati officials believed that Prince represented the Trump team and that the Russian investor represented Putin.
  • The Washington Post reported last year that the meeting's purpose was to create a back channel between Trump and Russia and that Emirati officials participated in hopes of helping encourage Russia to distance itself from Iran, a major Kremlin ally.
• A Ukraine-Russia "peace plan" proposed in the early days of Trump's presidency that appeared to favor Moscow.
  • Sater and Cohen were instrumental in pushing for the proposal, according to multiple news reports. Cohen has offered at least four different explanations for his involvement.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/muel...t-collusion-trump-russia-investigation-2018-5


JUST KEEP WATCH ON THE ...

TUCK FRUMP!!!!! - HIS RUMP IS ALMOST COOKED HERE.

 

[BigBlackBull76]

* * F A C T S * *​

Awwh, cry me a river. Just another case of the lead "birther" crier calling reports of having prostitutes pee on him "fake-news".

THE SPIN MACHINE



THE TRUTH


One thought on “Awwww, What’s The Matter Snowflake? Did Michelle Wolf Hurt Your Delicate, Delicate Feelings?”


Saturday night, in Washington Township, Michigan, Trump gathered together the faithful for a revival of sorts. In an unscripted monologue lasting some 75 minutes, the master speaker led the crowd of forgotten little guys in booing Hispanics, John McCain, and the Justice Department. Far from DC, your correspondent, who was not there and talked to no one, met real Americans (did not meet real Americans) who just want to return to economic stability by jailing Hillary Clinton and awarding Trump the Nobel Peace Prize.

Like Bob and Sue Klingenhoffer of Upper Huron Bluffs, who wore matching “Trump: Fuck Your Feelings” T-shirts.

“We need a president who tells it like it is,” Sue said in our imagination where she lives. “Not some East Coast elitist.”

Bob, who grows corn and sugar beets, is getting used to the idea that the president may make good on his promises to pull out of NAFTA.

“Well, it would wipe us out,” he said. “But it might be worth it to wipe the smile off the faces of those eggheads in DC!”

Trump’s threats to spill secrets on rural Montana Senator Jon Tester elicited cheers from the crowd.

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Trump brings up Ronny Jackson, threatens @SenatorTester: “Tester started throwing out things that he’s heard. Well, I know things about Tester that I could say too. I know things about Tester that I could say too. And if I said them, he would never be elected again.” pic.twitter.com/bRxlgJYZ6K​

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 28, 2018​

Tester started throwing out things that he’s heard. Well, I know things about Tester that I could say too. I know things about Tester that I could say too. And if I said them, he would never be elected again.​

Doktor Zoom, who traveled all the way from Idaho in hopes of getting his MAGA hat signed, decried Montana Senator Tester for publicizing internal complaints about the president’s personal physician who had been nominated to head the Veterans Administration.

“It’s slander, that’s what it is,” said Zoom angrily. “These liberals just make things up. Shameful ending a man’s career like that based on innuendo!”

Threats to destroy Obama’s signature healthcare plan also played well with the assembled crowd.

Trump goads the crowd into booing John McCain for voting against ACA repeal pic.twitter.com/0yDzu8Tjb6​

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2018​

But you no longer have the individual mandate. You remember what that is? That’s where you have the privilege — a privilege — of going out and spending a lot of money so that you have the second privilege of not having to buy healthcare.​

“What we’ve got to do is get rid of the Obama socialism, get rid of the individual mandate so we can start taking care of our people,” said Karen Kuhliebhaber. Mrs. Kuhliebhaber almost missed Trump’s speech.

“Our church has a monthly bus to pick up prescriptions in Windsor, Ontario, see,”
she explained. “And traffic coming back across the border was terrible!” Kuhliebhaber looks forward to turning 65 next year so she’ll be eligible for Medicare.

Stan and Vera Kowalski of Saginaw Falls joined in booing at the mention of Hispanics, although they confessed that they didn’t know who Kanye West was until quite recently.

TRUMP: Are there any Hispanics in the room?​

[crowd boos]​

TRUMP: Not so many? That’s okay… and in fairness, Kanye West gets it! pic.twitter.com/CegLcNzDXy​

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2018​

TRUMP: Are there any Hispanics in the room?​

PATRIOTS: Boooooooooo!​

TRUMP: Nah, not so many? That’s okay.​

PATRIOTS: Boooooooooo!​

TRUMP: And by the way, in all fairness, Kanye West gets it! He gots it!​

“I don’t mind if they come in here, sure,” said Vera. “But they need to do it legally.”

“We got towns up here hollowed out by the opioids,” Stan added, “And the busiest store on Main Street is a Mexican place. I like taco night at the Restaurant Salvador as much as the next guy, but we got to look after our own. America First, right?”

And no one there seemed particularly worried about Trump’s threats to shut down the government this fall if Congress refuses to fund the border wall.

#DonTheCon: If I don’t get the wall in September “we will close down the country.” Promised Mexico would pay for #TrumpWall & now threatens to shut down country if we don’t pay! #NoWall #MAGAtspic.twitter.com/fwlSpHBevZ​

— Psychonaut (@WakingLifeDream) April 29, 2018​

That wall has started. We got $1.6 billion. We come up again on September 28th. And if we don’t get border security, we’ll have no choice. We’ll close down the country.​

Carl and Debbie Lutefisk of Potawatomi‎ Township said their main worry was MS-13 and Al-Qaeda infiltrating the southern border.

“If they have to shut it down to keep us safe, then so be it,” said Carl, who retired after working 30 years at the Social Security Administration. “The way it is now, we meet ’em at the border with a green card and an Obamaphone. It just makes you sick!”

“CNN lies,” shouted Debbie, when asked about Trump’s campaign promises to make Mexico pay for the border wall.

If there was one person who spoke for all the forgotten men, fed up with being beaten down by out-of-touch elites, it was this voter.

This Trump supporter repeatedly yelled at the press, calling media “degenerate filth” and to get out of his country after the Michigan rally concluded pic.twitter.com/hbd8vhpVYc​

— Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) April 29, 2018​

You suck! Sodomites! Degenerate filth! Hit the road!​

ref: https://wonkette.com/633235/trump-s...**-saturday-night-real-americans-loooooved-it

 

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Whoops they done did it for real now. ROTFL.. what a bunch of ass-clowns. ​

• President Donald Trump's new defense attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has indicated on Fox News that Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime personal lawyer, paid off a porn star shortly before the 2016 election to help protect Trump's candidacy.
• Giuliani said Trump was aware of the $130,000 payment at the time and reimbursed Cohen in installments over several months as part of Cohen's salary.
• Legal experts said the revelation puts Trump in legal jeopardy.

Key Take-Away Facts:

• Jeffrey Cramer, a former federal prosecutor who spent 12 years at the Justice Department, said of Giuliani's disclosure: "Rudy has successfully argued the campaign finance violation in the past 24 hours."

BBB76: Not bad for only just being on the job for 24 hours as well but this is par for the course with Trump and all his picks for people he surrounds himself with who are just as stupid as he is. I can't stop laughing on how they thought this explanation was gonna work. Every amateur lawyer would tell you its best to just keep your mouth shut.​

• "This is bad," Cotter said. "I imagine Mr. Giuliani wishes he hadn't said that. When you admit that the motive — or at least a motive — for the $130,000 payment was to keep Stormy Daniels from doing something you fear may interfere with the campaign, it's a direct violation of campaign finance laws, at a minimum."

President Donald Trump's lead defense lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, just threw cold water on claims that a $130,000 payment from Trump's personal attorney to a porn star during the 2016 election did not violate campaign finance laws. Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime personal lawyer, has said he used his own money to pay Stormy Daniels, the porn star whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. Trump initially said he did not know of and was not involved in the payment.

But on Wednesday, Giuliani told Fox News' Sean Hannity that Trump had "reimbursed" Cohen shortly after the election in installments "over a period of several months." Both Giuliani and Trump have since sought to underscore that the payment was not made to protect Trump's candidacy, but rather as part of Cohen's regular salary and to prevent Daniels from spreading what they characterized as "false and extortionist accusations" about Trump.

But on Thursday, Giuliani's explanation evolved in a way that could prove legally damaging to Trump and Cohen. Speaking to the "Fox & Friends" host Ainsley Earhardt, Giuliani reiterated that Cohen was reimbursed, saying Cohen was being "treated like some kind of villain" for trying to help Trump's family — as opposed to the Trump campaign.

"Imagine if that came out on October 15, 2016, in the middle of the last debate with Hillary Clinton," Giuliani said. "Cohen made it go away. He did his job."

Experts in campaign finance law have said that if Cohen paid Daniels to protect Trump's candidacy ahead of the election, it could be considered an in-kind political contribution and would violate the individual contribution limit of $2,700.
Legal experts also said that if Trump was aware of the payment, he could face legal exposure for not properly disclosing it and his reimbursement to Cohen on campaign finance forms.

Jeffrey Cramer, a former federal prosecutor who spent 12 years at the Justice Department, said of Giuliani's disclosure: "Rudy has successfully argued the campaign finance violation in the past 24 hours."

"Cohen paid Daniels the hush money, Trump reimbursed Cohen, and Cohen did this to help elect Trump and avoid a debate issue," he added. "It's irrelevant whether the reimbursement came from campaign donations, the Trump Organization, or spare change from Trump's couch."
Patrick Cotter, a longtime former federal prosecutor who has worked with members of the special counsel Robert Mueller's team, echoed that view.

"This is bad," Cotter said. "I imagine Mr. Giuliani wishes he hadn't said that. When you admit that the motive — or at least a motive — for the $130,000 payment was to keep Stormy Daniels from doing something you fear may interfere with the campaign, it's a direct violation of campaign finance laws, at a minimum."

The Manhattan US attorney's office is investigating whether Cohen committed bank fraud or wire fraud or violated campaign finance laws. Mueller's team is investigating whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, as well as whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice.

Also on Thursday, NBC News reported that federal investigators had wiretapped Cohen's phones and intercepted at least one call with the White House.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/rudy...s-fox-news-campaign-finance-violations-2018-5

JUST KEEP WATCH AS THE MINUTE HAND HAS MOVED UP CLOSER TO THE ORANGE ORANGUTAN TURNING BACK INTO A PUMPKIN IN THIS NIGHTMARE FAIRY TALE AT MIDNIGHT HERE ...

 

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KEEP WATCH, THAT MINUTE HAND IS TICKING CLOSER & CLOSER TO LIGHTS-OUT ON THE IDIOT IN CHIEF. *I LOVE IT TO SEE EVEN WHEN THE RIGHT-WING MEDIA IS SOURING ON THE DOFUS IN CHARGE.​

Special counsel Robert Mueller focusing sharply on links between Trump confidant Roger Stone and former campaign official Rick Gates, sources say

• Special counsel Robert Mueller is focusing intensely on alleged interactions between former top Trump campaign official Rick Gates and political operative Roger Stone.
• Stone, a longtime advisor to Trump, is one of the top subjects of the investigation into potential collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign, sources told CNBC.
• Stone's attorney did not deny the relationship between his client and Gates, but sought to downplay its importance.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is focusing intensely on alleged interactions between former top Trump campaign official Rick Gates and political operative Roger Stone, one of President Donald Trump's closest confidants, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

Stone, a longtime advisor to Trump, is apparently one of the top subjects of the Mueller investigation into potential collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign, sources told CNBC on condition of anonymity.

The questions have been largely about what was discussed at meetings, including dinners, between Stone and Gates, before and during the campaign, said the sources, who have knowledge of the substance of the recent interviews.

In February, Gates pleaded guilty to two counts stemming from the Russia investigation, and he is cooperating with Mueller's probe.

The new developments indicate that Mueller's team is interested in Stone beyond his interactions with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange during the campaign.

An attorney for Stone, Robert Buschel, did not deny discussions took place between his client and Gates, but sought to downplay their importance.

"Roger Stone did not have any substantive or meaningful interaction with Rick Gates during or leading up to the 2016 campaign," Buschel told CNBC in a statement.

An attorney for Gates declined to comment. The special counsel's office declined to comment.

The link between Gates and Stone goes back to their work at what had been one of the most powerful lobbying firms in Washington, which was founded by Stone along with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The special counsel's probe has yielded two indictments against Manafort, who is accused of several crimes, including bank fraud and conspiracy against the United States.

Gates joined the firm as an intern more three decades ago, and it is unclear how much work he did with Stone at the time.


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Richard Gates, former associate to Paul Manafort, leaves the Prettyman Federal Courthouse after a hearing February 23, 2018 in Washington, DC.
The firm, called Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly, was known for its work to help improve the image of controversial politicians, including Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines, Mobutu Sese Seko of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Russian-aligned former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych.

Gates joined the Trump campaign in the spring of 2016 and became Manafort's deputy. It was there where he became close to many of Trump's confidants. He remained with the campaign even after Manafort's ouster. Gates then worked on Trump's inaugural committee and co-founded the pro-Trump nonprofit group America First Policies.

In March, Gates was pulled into the Mueller inquiry when the special counsel's office filed a motion that claimed the former campaign aide had contact with a former agent of the Russian intelligence service in 2016. This came after Gates pleaded guilty to lying and conspiring against the United States, which could lead to possibly six years in prison. A sentencing date has yet to be announced.

For Stone, this is another potential hurdle in an ongoing investigation that continues to focus on him, among others.

Sam Nunberg, a former Trump campaign advisor, also said he was asked about Stone's involvement with Wikileaks during his interview before Mueller's grand jury in March.

"Roger is certainly a subject," Nunberg said. "The fact that Roger hasn't been called in and the special counsel continues to ask questions about Roger's possible activities during the election shows that at the very least he's a subject."

Stone allegedly met with Assange, the Wikileaks founder, in August 2016. In an email leaked to The Wall Street Journal, Stone said, "I dined with my new pal Julian Assange last nite."

Stone has denied that he has met with the Wikileaks founder and said the email was in jest.

During the 2016 campaign, Wikileaks published emails allegedly stolen from the Democratic National Committee's servers by a Russia-linked hacker known as "Guccifer 2.0."

ref: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/03/mue...en-roger-stone-trump-campaign-aide-gates.html

 

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Just to RECAP, Oh Rudy "Look at the Mess I made". lol​

Alex Shephard
2 days ago

Rudy Giuliani just gave the Stormy Daniels game away.

Giuliani was brought on to Trump’s legal team for one crucial purpose: To defend the president on cable news. On Wednesday evening he sat down for a softball interview with Sean Hannity, and he ended up confirming that Donald Trump knew about Michael Cohen’s $130,000 hush-money payment to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.

Giuliani: “Having something having to do with paying some Stormy Daniels woman $130,000–I mean which going to turn out to be perfectly legal.​

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“That money was not campaign money, sorry.​

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“They funneled through the law firm and the president repaid it.” pic.twitter.com/nf9fh9LSrc​

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 3, 2018​

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The White House previously had a consistent line on Clifford: If Cohen paid her to sign a non-disclosure agreement about her alleged affair with the president, the president did not know about it. Now Giuliani has confirmed that Trump not only knew about it, but paid Cohen back.

So what was Giuliani thinking? Cohen had previously claimed that he had taken out a home loan to pay Clifford. This was a significant detail: It raised the possibility that Cohen had been reimbursed with campaign money, a violation of federal law.

It’s this claim that Giuliani seemed so intent on debunking, saying, “Paying some Stormy Daniels woman one hundred and thirty thousand is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. That money was not campaign money. Sorry I’m giving you a fact now that you don’t know. It’s not campaign money. No campaign finance violation.”

But that nugget of information also made it clear that Trump had been knowingly misleading the public about his supposed ignorance of the payment. It also is still a likely violation of campaign finance law, since Trump would have had to disclose a loan from Cohen that was used for election-related purposes—namely, to keep Clifford quiet in the run-up to the election.

Trump took to Twitter on Thursday morning to back up Giuliani:

Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are.....​

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018​

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...very common among celebrities and people of wealth. In this case it is in full ******* and effect and will be used in Arbitration for damages against Ms. Clifford (Daniels). The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair,......​

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018​

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...despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair. Prior to its violation by Ms. Clifford and her attorney, this was a private agreement. Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction.​

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018​

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This raises more questions than it answers. While Giuliani seems intent on quashing the campaign finance angle, the payment that was “funneled through” Cohen’s law firm was also shady. We now know that Trump reimbursed Cohen, which had always seemed like the most plausible explanation. But why lie about it? And why pay off someone over something that didn’t happen?

ref: https://newrepublic.com/minutes/131495/following-fathers-footsteps-donald-trump-jr-retweeted-white-supremacist


Oh and by the way News Flash for anyone who still doesn't believe Ol Chump didn't sleep with Stormy - she told everyone on the set of "Knocked Up" & "40 Yr Old Version" she slept with Chump 10yrs ago:

 

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Man SNL skewered Chump and his on-going Drama once again this weekend even bringing the Real Stormy Daniels into the act. Check it out here if you haven't seen it - hillarious. Chump is giving them alot of material this year.

Then the Weekend Update Segment

Even the night's host my boy Donald Glover roasted Kayne and his Chump love-fest in a classic horror segment (Emmy worthy)

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Trump's Consigliere is absolutely toast and extremely radioactive. There are so many illegal strings all being pulled on Cohen with the shell CORP, and the financial payments from the Corporations to include AT&T, then the payments from the Russians that this is one discovery that is very serious and won't be going away nor able for Trump to sweep under the RUG.

To the Chump lovers and those who don't read and only listen/watch skewed propaganda-arms for the white-house via some TV/Radio channel I'm letting you know the alarm clock is going off now from your wet-dream... Chump's rump is cooked.

• Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing porn star Stormy Daniels, alleges that President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, received $500,000 from a Russian oligarch shortly after the 2016 election.
• Avenatti says Cohen received the money in separate installments between January and August 2017.
• They were from Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian energy tycoon who was one of several wealthy Russians sanctioned by the US earlier this year.
• The special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia's interference in the election and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to tilt the race in his favor, already pressed Vekselberg about the payments.

Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, alleged Tuesday that President Donald Trump's personal lawyer received around $500,000 from a wealthy Russian oligarch shortly after the 2016 US election.

In a report titled "Project Sunlight," Avenatti detailed what he said was an investigation his firm had conducted into the financial dealings of Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime lawyer.

The report alleges that between January and August 2017, Cohen received approximately $500,000 from Columbus Nova LLC, an investment company owned by the US businessman Andrew Intrater. In his report, Avenatti writes that those payments may have served as a reimbursement for the payment to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.

Intrater is the cousin of Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian energy tycoon and the founder of Renova Group, a conglomerate with a range of interests in Russia's energy sector. Columbus Nova is a subsidiary of Renova, and Vekselberg was one of several wealthy Russians tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin who were hit with US sanctions earlier this year. In total, Reuters reported that between $1.5 billion and $2 billion worth of assets connected to Vekselberg were frozen as a result of the sanctions.

Vekselberg was one of at least six Putin-allied Russians who attended Trump's inaugural celebrations in January 2017. Citing federal filings, The Washington Post reported that two of Vekselberg's US associates — including Intrater — donated a combined $1.25 million to Trump's inaugural committee.

Avenatti did not make clear in his report the methods of how he was able to obtain the information, which he posted on Twitter. He did not immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider.

Cohen did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. Through its attorneys, Columbus Nova issued a statement Tuesday evening saying it hired Cohen as a business consultant "regarding potential sources of capital and potential investments in real estate and other ventures."

"Reports today that Viktor Vekselberg used Columbus Nova as a conduit for payments to Michael Cohen are false," Columbus Nova attorney Richard Owens of Latham & Watkins said. "The claim that Viktor Vekselberg was involved or provided any funding for Columbus Nova's engagement of Michael Cohen is patently untrue. Neither Viktor Vekselberg nor anyone else other than Columbus Nova's owners, were involved in the decision to hire Cohen or provided funding for his engagement."

Avenatti also detailed other transactions in Cohen's account he said were suspicious, including deposits from the ******* giant Novartis and AT&T.

"If you take this at face value, these are extraordinarily serious allegations that are being made," Mitchell Epner, a former assistant US attorney for the District of New Jersey and now an attorney at Rottenberg Lipman Rich, told Business Insider.

"This is at least at the type of the level of corruption that was made between Richard Nixon and Bebe Rebozo," he added, referring to the close friend of the former president.

AT&T later confirmed the payments made to Cohen's account: "Essential Consulting was one of several firms we engaged in early 2017 to provide insights into understanding the new administration," AT&T reportedly said in a statement. "They did no legal or lobbying work for us, and the contract ended in December 2017."

Vekselberg has been on Mueller's radar
Vekselberg was one of several Russian oligarchs questioned by the special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the Russia investigation, which is examining Russia's interference in the 2016 election and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to tilt the race in his favor. Mueller questioned Vekselberg about the payments, CNN reported after Avenatti released his report.

According to The New York Times, federal agents working for Mueller stopped and questioned Vekselberg at a New York-area airport around March.

Mueller's focus on Russian oligarchs comes as investigators are looking into whether wealthy Russians illegally funneled money, either directly or indirectly, into Trump's campaign or inauguration. Prosecutors are also said to be interested in whether wealthy Russians used American donors or US companies with political action committees to infuse money into the election.

Cohen is currently a subject of interest for Mueller. He is also the target of a separate criminal investigation by the Manhattan US attorney's office, which is scrutinizing whether Cohen committed bank fraud, wire fraud, and campaign finance violations in connection to payments made to women who claim they had affairs with Trump during the 2000s.

Avenatti's client, Daniels, is one of those women. Cohen admitted earlier this year to paying Daniels $130,000 days before the election in exchange for her silence about an affair she says she had with Trump in 2006, shortly after Trump's third wife, Melania, gave birth to their baby.
Cohen initially said he borrowed against his home equity to pay Clifford and that Trump was not aware of the agreement.

But Trump's newest defense lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told Fox News last week that Trump had reimbursed Cohen for the payment. The next day, he implied that if news of the affair had surfaced before the election, it would have been politically damaging to Trump, though he later issued a statement saying it was an attempt to prevent Trump's family from embarrassment.

Campaign finance experts sounded the alarm over Giuliani's comments, saying that if Cohen paid Clifford off to protect Trump's candidacy, it could be considered an in-kind political contribution and would be in violation of federal election law.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-michael-cohen-reimbursed-stormy-daniels-payment-avenatti-2018-5

 

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• Allegations of corporate payments made to President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen has drawn scrutiny to Cohen's shell company, Essential Consultants LLC.
• The allegations surfaced in a report called "Project Sunlight," which was released Tuesday by Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her case against Cohen and Trump

Allegations of corporate payments made to President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen has drawn scrutiny to Cohen's shell company, Essential Consultants LLC.

The allegations surfaced in a report called "Project Sunlight," which was released Tuesday by Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her case against Cohen and Trump.

Cohen's shell company came to light in January when The Wall Street Journal reported that he created Essential Consultants in Delaware in October 2016, just weeks before the 2016 presidential election. Cohen used the company to pay Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, $130,000 in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair she says she had with Trump about a decade ago.

Cohen establishing the company in Delaware gave him privacy in a state that has attracted more than one million business entities, according to The Wall Street Journal. Limited liability companies in Delaware don't have to publicly disclose the names of their managers. Delaware officials recorded 10,574 new LLCs during the month Cohen opened Essential Consultants.

Cohen's connection to the shell company is not listed in online searches of Delaware companies, according to The Journal. On formation documents, Cohen listed himself as the "authorized person" for the company rather than a lawyer or an agent, which some owners do to keep their identities hidden.

The company has no other known directors or employees, according to The Atlantic.

Who paid Essential Consultants
Cohen also used Essential Consultants to enter into a consulting agreement last year with a Virginia-based company called 4C Health Solutions that focuses on detecting fraudulent healthcare billings, according to The Journal.

In addition, Cohen used the company to facilitate a $1.6 million payment from major Republican donor Elliott Broidy to a former Playboy model he allegedly impregnated.

But Tuesday's revelations from Avenatti and a report by The New York Times appear to show that several corporations, including one with ties to a Russian oligarch, dealt with Essential Consultants as well.

Financial records show that Cohen used the shell company for business activities that went beyond what was publicly known, according to The Times. Transactions totaling at least $4.4 million started flowing through Essential Consultants shortly before Trump was elected president, and they continued until this January.

Other transactions in the financial records include hundreds of thousands of dollars Cohen received from Fortune 500 companies before Trump took office, as well as smaller amounts Cohen paid for luxury expenses like a Mercedes-Benz and private club dues, according to The Times.
The Times noted that it's unclear whether any of the transactions were improper, but the fact that Cohen used a shell company could have violated banking laws, according to Avenatti.

Avenatti's report alleged that Essential Consultants received $500,000 from Columbus Nova, an investment firm with ties to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. A lawyer from Columbus Nova said that the funds were for a consulting fee and not related to Vekselberg, according to The Times.

Avenatti said the alleged $500,000 payment Essential Consultants received from Columbus Nova, which occurred between January and August 2017, could have been used to repay Daniels to keep her silent about her alleged affair with Trump.

The consulting deal was worth $1 million and was supposed to last for a year, according to The Times. But the investment firm decided to end the agreement midway through after it yielded a few investment ideas but no actual deals.

Novartis Investments S.A.R.L., a subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant Novartis, allegedly made four payments to Cohen's shell company for $99,980 each between October 2017 and January 2018. Novartis said its agreement with Essential Consultants had expired, according to The Times.
Aircraft manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries, which is currently competing for a multibillion-dollar Air ******* contract to provide trainer jets, paid Essential Consultants $150,000 last November, according to The Times.

AT&T, which is currently in the middle of a court battle with the Justice Department over its proposed merger with Time Warner, made four payments totaling $200,000 between October 2017 and January 2018 to Cohen's shell company.

However, Essential Consultants does not appear in the public disclosures that AT&T filed about who they paid for lobbying, according to The Atlantic.

AT&T confirmed the payments made to Cohen, saying, "Essential Consulting was one of several firms we engaged in early 2017 to provide insights into understanding the new administration. They did no legal or lobbying work for us, and the contract ended in December 2017."

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/who-paid-michael-cohen-shell-company-2018-5

 

[BigBlackBull76]

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The new INFO on payments to Cohen was so significant even Nightly Business Report News reported a segment about it during the first 5 minute opening which is usually just focused on Business and Global Macro-Economic/ slight Geo-Political INFO.

They said "... the strange story of the President's laywer selling access to the President..."
Yup - can you say bombs away, and hand-cuffs coming soon boys and girls.

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STAY INFORMED, DON'T BE MISINFORMED BY JUNK/NEWS-SPIN FROM THE WHITE-HOUSE PROPAGANDA OFFICE TO DISTRACT THE PEOPLE. KEEP ALERT, LOOK ALIVE, & STAY AWOKE.


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The scandal involving President Donald Trump, his personal attorney Michael Cohen, and adult film star Stormy Daniels unraveled in early March, as team Trump confirmed a story he had spent the past months denying.
In a series of statements, tweets, and on-air appearances, the president and his defenders have changed their statements in the months since then. Here's how:

First, what Stormy Daniels has alleged:

Adult film actress and director Stormy Daniels hosts a Super Bowl party at Sapphire Las Vegas Gentlemen's Club in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 4, 2018. Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, first gave a full interview detailing a one night stand and months-long contact with Trump to In Touch magazine in 2006, five years before his personal attorney would send her $130,000 just 10 days before the 2016 election.
The story was buried after Trump's personal attorney reportedly threatened to sue the magazine.

On March 6, Daniels filed a suit that the non-disclosure agreement Cohen had her sign in October 2016 was void because it was missing Trump's signature.

After that, she started doing interviews to tell her side of the story. On March 25, she appeared on "60 Minutes", and said Trump told her in 2006 "you remind me of my *******" after she spanked him with a magazine, that they allegedly had unprotected sex, and that he told her "not to worry" about his wife or newborn ******* at the time.

Daniels said a man threatened her and her ******* ******* in 2011, releasing a composite sketch of him on April 17. When Trump tweeted the photo and called the stunt a"total con job", Daniels sued him for defamation.

What Michael Cohen has said over time:

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Though he's at the center of the payments in question, Cohen has had some of the most combative answers relaying the facts of this case.
In a matter of three months, Cohen denied, admitted, and took the blame for the payment to Daniels before resigning to relative silence amid three separate investigations into his actions.

January 17: "An old and debunked story"
Cohen denied any affair with Trump or payment to Daniels in an email to The New York Times, saying the story was "old news that wasn't true then, not true now."

February 13: "The payment was lawful"
Cohen then admitted to paying Daniels and told The Times that the settlement was a private transaction.

"Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly," Mr. Cohen said in a statement to the Times. "The payment to Ms. Clifford was lawful, and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone."

March 9: "I wired it to an IOLA account in Beverly Hills"
Cohen released an October 2016 email from his Trump Organization account in a statement to ABC News, saying it was proof of a money transfer between accounts at First Republic Bank two weeks before the presidential election, which he said was to pay Daniels.

April 25: Pleading the 5th
Cohen's lawyer said he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the Daniels case amid the heightened criminal investigation.

What Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has said over time:

Thomson Reuters
Newly appointed attorney Rudy Giuliani exceeded what any member of Trump's orbit had previously said about the payment within days of joining Trump's legal team.

May 2: "The president repaid it"
In an on-air interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Giuliani said Trump reimbursed Cohen for the payment and referred to it as a retainer that was paid "over several months". That revelation contradicted what Trump had been saying for weeks.

"He didn't know about the specifics of it, as far as I know," Giuliani said when asked whether Trump knew the payment was to Daniels. "But he did know about the general arrangement, that Michael would take care of things like this, like I take care of things like this for my clients. I don't burden them with every single thing that comes along. These are busy people."

May 3: "Cohen made it go away"
Opening Trump up to legal jeopardy under campaign finance laws, Giuliani appeared on "Fox & Friends" and said Cohen was being "treated like some kind of villain" for trying to help Trump's family — as opposed to the Trump campaign.

"Imagine if that came out on October 15, 2016, in the middle of the last debate with Hillary Clinton," Giuliani said. "Cohen made it go away. He did his job."

May 4: "There is no campaign violation"
"There is no campaign violation," Giuliani said in a statement. "The payment was made to resolve a personal and false allegation in order to protect the President's family. It would have been done in any event, whether he was a candidate or not."
He added: "My references to the timing were not describing my understanding of the President's knowledge, but instead, my understanding of these matters."

May 5: "I'm not an expert on the facts yet"
"This is, you know, 1.2 million documents. I've been in the case for two weeks. Virtually one day, in comparison to other people. So I'm not an expert on the facts, yet. I'm getting there," Giuliani said on Fox News. "The fact is there is no way this is a campaign finance violation of any kind, nor was it a loan. It was an expenditure."

He added: "Even if it was a campaign donation, the president reimbursed it fully with a payment of $35,000 a month that paid for that and other expenses. No need to go beyond that. Case over."

May 6: It's possible Cohen paid off other women to stay silent about alleged affairs with Trump
Calling the $130,000 a "nuisance payment," Giuliani told ABC's "This Week" that he didn't know whether Cohen had made other payments, adding, "I would think if it was necessary, yes. He made payments for the president or he's conducted business for the president."

What President Donald Trump has said over time:

Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Finally, Trump himself has pointed blame in many different directions in his statements on TV, on Twitter, and in press interviews.
March 26: "So much Fake News"
Trump tweeted about "Fake News" one day after Daniels' tell-all interview with "60 Minutes."

April 5: "No"
Aboard Air ******* One, replied "no" to a reporter asking if he knew about any payments Daniels had described, and told reporters to instead ask Cohen. It was his first public comment on the $130,000 payment.

May 3: "This was a private agreement"
After Giuliani said on air that Trump had repaid Cohen for the hush money, Trump tweeted to defend Giuliani's statements and explained the payments were a retainer and that the money was not related to his campaign.

May 4: "Virtually everything said has been said incorrectly"
A day after tweeting in Giuliani's defense, Trump called the resulting firestorm a "witch hunt" and vaguely criticized the candid revelations, saying Giuliani will "get his facts straight" with time.

What White House officials have said over time:

White House press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

The president's spokespeople have had many, many questions about the Daniels scandal, and have provided varying answers over time.

March 7: "No knowledge of the payments from the president"
In a White House press briefing, Sanders said she had discussed the payments with the president and that he had "denied" the allegations.

March 26: White House denies all of Daniels' claims
After Daniels' "60 Minutes" interview aired, White House principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah told reporters during the press briefing that Trump was standing by his version of the story.

"I can say categorically, obviously, that the White House did not engage in any wrongdoing. The campaign or Mr. Cohen can address anything with respect to their actions," Shah said.

"With respect to that interview, I will say that the president strongly, clearly, and has consistently denied these underlying claims, and the only one who has been inconsistent is the one making the claims."

May 3: "The president didn't know at the time"
Sanders revealed at a White House press briefing that she first learned about the payments from Giuliani's interview the night before and defended Giuliani's comment that "This was information that the president didn't know at the time, but eventually learned."

May 6: Trump meant something else when he said "no."
Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Trump denying knowledge of the hush payments on April 5 referred to not knowing at the time the payment occurred — not at the time when the question was asked — which she said she clarified with him in private.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/trum...t-white-house-officials-have-said-over-time-5

 

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The Cohan raid......just opened the doors to a bunch of *******!
A lot of people going down on his files!

 

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The Cohan raid......just opened the doors to a bunch of *******!
A lot of people going down on his files!

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• The latest revelations in the saga involving President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen have intertwined the Stormy Daniels scandal with the Russia investigation.
• The two ordeals have not met at this tight a nexus yet.
• It could spell trouble for Trump and Cohen moving forward.

The latest revelations in the ongoing saga involving President Donald Trump, his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen, and the porn star Stormy Daniels have made it appear as if the two biggest scandals surrounding the president have merged.

This week, Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing the porn star who claims to have had an affair with the president, released banking information that showed Cohen accepting more than $1.2 million in payments from a Russian-tied investment firm Columbus Nova through Essential Consultants LLC, the shell company he formed to pay Daniels $130,000 in hush money just prior to the 2016 presidential election.
Two of the companies that made payments to the LLC have now said they were questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the investigation into Russian election meddling and the Trump campaign's possible involvement in it.

This brings the two biggest scandals of Trump's presidency — the Russia investigation and the Stormy Daniels saga — together.

The payments to Essential Consultants LLC — one of which Avenatti suggests may have been made to reimburse Cohen for the Daniels payoff — had been on Mueller's radar since late last year, as Novartis, a pharmaceutical company that paid the LLC, said it was questioned by the special counsel about the payments then. The company said it believed its involvement in Mueller's investigation was wrapped up.

Stormy Daniels. Will Heath/NBC via AP

The payment that Avenatti suggested could have been made to reimburse Cohen for his expenditure on Daniels, who alleged she had a 2006 affair with Trump while he was married to first lady Melania, was made by Columbus Nova, the Russian-tied investment firm. The firm is linked to Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian billionaire, who was questioned by Mueller about the payment. In a statement, Columbus Nova strongly denied that Vekselberg had any involvement with its hiring of Cohen.

The merger of the two biggest scandals of Trump's presidency doesn't bode well for his or Cohen's defense, legal experts told Business Insider.
"As a defense attorney, one of the first things you'd want to do if a client has multiple problems is separate them and show they have nothing to do with each other," said Patrick Cotter, a former federal prosecutor who has worked with members of Mueller's team in the past. "That way, when you're arguing about one thing, you won't see the spillover effect from the other."

What could happen moving forward
If a factual connection emerges between the Daniels case and the Russia investigation, it may be possible for prosecutors to tie both investigations — and the evidence attached to them — into one case.

"Think of this like a Venn diagram, where you have Mueller's investigation in one circle, and the Southern District of New York's investigation [into Cohen] in the other," Jeffrey Cramer, a longtime former federal prosecutor in Chicago who spent 12 years at the Justice Department, told Business Insider. "Cohen is the point where they intersect. And if prosecutors have a large enough hammer over Cohen because he intersects with so many different things, if he cooperates, that will lead investigators down several paths, all which lead to the president."

Michael Cohen. Lucas Jackson/Reuters Cotter seconded Cramer's assessment.

"Now, instead of being able to divide and conquer, Trump's defense lawyers might find themselves in a situation where you have to deal with both things at the same time," he said. "If they're mixed together, the taint from one runs off on the other."

The emerging links between Mueller's probe and the federal investigation into Cohen may prompt prosecutors to approach the inquiries like they do cases involving organized crime and the mafia, these experts said. In such cases, prosecutors often bring charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, which allows investigators to file different crimes under the same trial or within one indictment. Cotter, who specialized in prosecuting organized crime cases at the Justice Department, said that in his experience, the mafia centralizes certain functions, like its financial dealings.

"And from that center core, they do what they have to do to carry out different actions," Cotter said. "So the analogy here is if the Cohen accounts turn out to have been used for that type of purpose, it's the organizational bank account. And if you're putting money in and paying money out for to various sources for different purposes that are all seemingly unrelated but involve, in one way or another, the President of the United States, that begins to paint the full picture."

'It looks like Mr. Trump will be fighting a multi-front war against two adversaries who are working together'

During Wednesday's press briefing, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was bombarded with questions about the Cohen payments that Avenatti had revealed, declining to answer most questions and instead pointing reporters to Trump's outside attorneys, such as former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani later said the payments would have no effect on Trump.
Meanwhile, the confluence of the Daniels scandal and the Russia probe was "not that surprising" to some.
Pointing to the Columbus Nova payment, Roland Riopelle, a former assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the Russian oligarch connected to the firm likely "expected" access or influence in exchange.

"If Mueller can show they got it, that fact will just be one more nail in the coffin of the Trump presidency," he said. "I think we can expect that the Southern District of New York will be sharing with Mueller any information it comes across that might be of interest to Mueller, so I am sure that all the stuff the SDNY has found so far has been shared."
Mueller, he said, will return the favor, adding that "it looks like Mr. Trump will be fighting a multi-front war against two adversaries who are working together, going forward."

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-stormy-daniels-cohen-converge-on-trump-presidency-2018-5

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• Former Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub said Tuesday that the payments a handful of companies made to President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer were unlike anything he's ever seen.
• "I think that in particular the extent to which he appeared to sell access to government was not like anything I've seen before, certainly not business as usual in Washington," he said.

Walter Shaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics, said the payments a handful of companies made to President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen were like nothing he's ever seen before.

Shaub, who served in that role under President Barack Obama and briefly under Trump, told Business Insider in a conference call that it is still hard to determine the overall significance of the payments.

"I think that in particular the extent to which he appeared to sell access to government was not like anything I've seen before, certainly not business as usual in Washington," he said Tuesday.

Last week, Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, who is suing Cohen, released information about Cohen's financial dealings that showed companies paid the attorney lucrative sums in exchange for his services following the presidential election.

Companies like telecom giant AT&T, pharma's Novartis, Korea Aerospace Industries, and the Russian-tied investment firm Columbus Nova, confirmed that they paid Cohen for his advising services. The information Avenatti revealed could land Cohen, who is under criminal investigation but has not been charged, in more legal trouble.

Unethical, but legally permitted
The companies, which sought Cohen's proximity to and knowledge of Trump, paid Cohen more than $1.2 million through his company, Essential Consultants LLC. That is same firm he created to facilitate a $130,000 hush money payment to Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford), who has alleged she had an affair with Trump in 2006.

Walter Shaub. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

"Anyone who is cynical enough to say that" it's business as usual in Washington "is either exaggerating or has a motive because in reality this is different in degree and maybe in nature significantly," Shaub, who's now at the Campaign Legal Center after stepping down from from his post at OGE last year, said.

On Friday, the authors of Politico Playbook garnered attention for writing about how the Cohen payments were more of the same in Washington, DC.

"NO, the swamp is not drained. Give us a break. We're not defending the status quo - but welcome to reality. This is the campaign finance/lobbying/government system Congress created and DC fostered," the authors wrote, later adding, "All of the people who say they are against the system participate in it. Yes, the people who rage against the machine are greasing the skids."
Shaub said there are still a lot of questions left to be answered.

"It's not clear the extent to which the president was endorsing or sanctioning his behaviors," he said. "And it's not clear what all of the money was for or where all of it came from. So I think there's a lot more to be revealed. And I think it's a really important piece around the concerns about corruption in this administration."

As one expert told Business Insider, if the payments were simply to gain access to the president, they "may well be legal," pointing to the Supreme Court's ruling on the corruption case involving former Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia.

"Completely unethical, but legally permitted," Jordan Libowitz, spokesperson for the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told Business Insider.

On Thursday, CNN reported that AT&T hired Cohen to advise the company on its merger with Time Warner, Federal Communications Commission regulation, and tax reform. The work was not to include any lobbying, an AT&T source told the outlet.

"If the payments were meant to influence Trump's official conduct, and if any benefit from them was meant to reach him, that would almost certainly implicate Cohen and possibly others including Trump in federal criminal offenses including bribery," Libowitz said. "If it were strictly lobbying — something that's been denied, then it runs into legal issues for not registering and disclosing the lobbying. If the money were for something else, like covering the Stormy Daniels payments, there could be campaign finance violations."

Since Cohen is not a registered lobbyist and, additionally, didn't disclose the payments previously, he could be in violation of the Lobbying Disclosure Act for payments from domestic sources or the Foreign Agents Registration Act for foreign sources of such money, experts said.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/walter-shaub-on-payments-to-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-2018-5

 

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All the Kings Horses and all the kings men couldn't put Trumpy Dummy back together again. Just to RECAP, so far the following men from Trump's team have ALL plead guilty to charges related to the Russian (Kremlin-gate) investigation. First George Papadopoulos plead Guilty for lying to the FBI related to the Russian Investigation, then Michael Flynn plead Guilty for lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian Ambassador, then Paul Manafort's right-hand man Rick Gates plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges, Michael Cohen's guilty plead is coming soon, and then very, very soon ...

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• A federal judge in Washington DC is proceeding with the criminal case brought forward by special counsel Robert Mueller, regarding Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman.
• US district judge Amy Jackson declined to throw out the case against Manafort, who faces two indictments from the special counsel.
• "Given the combination of his prominence within the campaign and his ties to Ukrainian officials supported by and operating out of Russia, as well as to Russian oligarchs, Manafort was an obvious person of interest," the ruling said.

A federal judge in Washington DC is proceeding with the criminal case brought forward by special counsel Robert Mueller, regarding Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman.

US district judge Amy Jackson declined to throw out the case against Manafort, who faces two indictments from the special counsel. Manafort is charged in Virginia and Washington with tax and bank fraud connected to his lobbying work for the Ukrainian government and pro-Russia interests in Ukraine.

The judge deemed that the indictment "falls squarely within that portion of the authority granted to the Special Counsel."
"Given the combination of his prominence within the campaign and his ties to Ukrainian officials supported by and operating out of Russia, as well as to Russian oligarchs, Manafort was an obvious person of interest," the ruling reads.

Judge Jackson previously dismissed a civil case Manafort filed against Mueller, in which Manafort's attorneys argued that the scope of Mueller's investigation was too broad.

Manafort's lawyers' previous push for dismissal hinged on the argument that because the crimes in question do not directly relate to Mueller's core mandate — investigating whether members of Trump's campaign colluded with Moscow — he was not authorized to charge Manafort with them.
Judge Jackson added that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein followed the appropriate rules and possessed the judicial authority when he appointed Mueller to investigate the Russian government's efforts to influence the 2016 US presidential election.

In appointing Mueller in May 2017, Rosenstein gave him broad authority not only to investigate "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated" with the Trump campaign, but also to examine "any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation."

Earlier this year, it surfaced that Rosenstein also sent a memo to Mueller in August outlining the full scope of his mandate and specific threads he was allowed to investigate.

Per the memo, Mueller is authorized to investigate two threads related to Manafort:

• Whether Manafort colluded with Russian government officials as Russia was trying to meddle in the 2016 US election.
• Whether he committed any crimes "arising out of payments he received from the Ukrainian government before and during the tenure of President Viktor Yanukovych."

Manafort pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.

ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-manafort-indictment-moves-forward-2018-5