Indictment-O-Rama, Act 3: Cohen Up the River

[JG]

From the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York:

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For those who don't know, AMI is the company that owns the National Enquirer.

The presidential candidate refered to in this article is obviously Crooked Hillary. Lock her up!

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1073002825196564480

The words "it is possible that" make this a largely meaningless statement by Davis.

[Badger]

3 years is a substantial amount of time for a first offender on this sort of nonviolent crime. Cohen's not getting off easy. Won't be eligible for early release for 2 1/2 years.

Has to report to prison in March.

In a federal case? Not really. I'm surprised it was that low.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1073328975634669569

[ajc0918]

https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1073328975634669569

It will all come out in time. And many people will go to prison.

[Yank2133]

https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1073328975634669569

This one won't take long to investigate.

[pbrower2a]

3 years is a substantial amount of time for a first offender on this sort of nonviolent crime. Cohen's not getting off easy. Won't be eligible for early release for 2 1/2 years.

Has to report to prison in March.

In a federal case? Not really. I'm surprised it was that low.

White collar offenders get very long time, even for first offenses, if they are involved in criminal enterprises or have committed multiple crimes. Thus Madoff. Many of the federal non-violent offenders have done large-scale frauds -- and those often involve mail fraud or wire fraud. It is hard to commit a large-scale financial crime without committing either mail  fraud (soliciting fraudulent transactions by mail, or getting payments by mail) or wire fraud (using broadcast media or the Internet to solicit dishonest business). Getting funds by check  or credit card typically imply wire fraud because most transactions involving a check or credit card imply a wire transfer of funds at some point.

The feds treat mail fraud and wire fraud with great seriousness. 

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1073328975634669569

Mike Pence was chairman of the inaugural committee. As Spiro Agnew learned, yes the VP can be indicted. I would love to see a sitting VP get indicted. Maybe Pence could cooperate with the feds against Trump?

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1073328975634669569

Mike Pence was chairman of the inaugural committee. As Spiro Agnew learned, yes the VP can be indicted. I would love to see a sitting VP get indicted. Maybe Pence could cooperate with the feds against Trump?

Aha, the Grand Plan is revealed!  Pence gets indicted and has to resign.  Trump never nominates a new VP.  Then no matter how bad it gets, he'll know the Senate Republicans would never vote to remove him and create President Pelosi!  Ingenious!

(Lest anyone think this is serious...it's not.)

[Frodo]

Get Ready for Mueller’s Phase Two: The Middle East Connection

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[Crumpets]

Next month: Eric Trump publishes email chain to pre-empt NYT story on meeting with Jaysh al Fatah commander at Trump Tower.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

President Trump Really May Go to Jail—For the Rest of His Life

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[The Mikado]

https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1073328975634669569

Mike Pence was chairman of the inaugural committee. As Spiro Agnew learned, yes the VP can be indicted. I would love to see a sitting VP get indicted. Maybe Pence could cooperate with the feds against Trump?

That was never tested. He literally resigned from the Vice Presidency in the courthouse about 10 minutes before pleading guilty, as part of a pre-negotiated deal. So he was indicted and pleaded guilty as a private citizen, minutes after ceasing to be Vice President.

[Badger]

3 years is a substantial amount of time for a first offender on this sort of nonviolent crime. Cohen's not getting off easy. Won't be eligible for early release for 2 1/2 years.

Has to report to prison in March.

In a federal case? Not really. I'm surprised it was that low.

White collar offenders get very long time, even for first offenses, if they are involved in criminal enterprises or have committed multiple crimes. Thus Madoff. Many of the federal non-violent offenders have done large-scale frauds -- and those often involve mail fraud or wire fraud. It is hard to commit a large-scale financial crime without committing either mail  fraud (soliciting fraudulent transactions by mail, or getting payments by mail) or wire fraud (using broadcast media or the Internet to solicit dishonest business). Getting funds by check  or credit card typically imply wire fraud because most transactions involving a check or credit card imply a wire transfer of funds at some point.

The feds treat mail fraud and wire fraud with great seriousness. 

Exactly.

[Person Man]

3 years is a substantial amount of time for a first offender on this sort of nonviolent crime. Cohen's not getting off easy. Won't be eligible for early release for 2 1/2 years.

Has to report to prison in March.

In a federal case? Not really. I'm surprised it was that low.

White collar offenders get very long time, even for first offenses, if they are involved in criminal enterprises or have committed multiple crimes. Thus Madoff. Many of the federal non-violent offenders have done large-scale frauds -- and those often involve mail fraud or wire fraud. It is hard to commit a large-scale financial crime without committing either mail  fraud (soliciting fraudulent transactions by mail, or getting payments by mail) or wire fraud (using broadcast media or the Internet to solicit dishonest business). Getting funds by check  or credit card typically imply wire fraud because most transactions involving a check or credit card imply a wire transfer of funds at some point.

The feds treat mail fraud and wire fraud with great seriousness. 

Exactly.

My father knew a guy who got 18 years for stealing at least two million dollars (maybe much more) through a Ponzi scheme. It was crazy. Some Egyptian Psychiatrist named Hamdi or something like that did it.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/JeffreyToobin/status/1073674160071692291

[DINGO Joe]

Rudy offers a compromise for having Trump sit down with Mueller

Giuliani: Trump will only sit for interview with Mueller ‘over my dead body’

Unorthodox, but sounds acceptable to me.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1074407956500889600

Apparently we're now up to "Crimes were committed, but it hasn't been proven to be me conspiring with Russia, yet".

[Silent Hunter]

Rudy offers a compromise for having Trump sit down with Mueller

Giuliani: Trump will only sit for interview with Mueller ‘over my dead body’

Unorthodox, but sounds acceptable to me.

Trump could shoot him on Fifth Avenue and we'd test two adages in one go!

[Crumpets]

Rudy offers a compromise for having Trump sit down with Mueller

Giuliani: Trump will only sit for interview with Mueller ‘over my dead body’

Unorthodox, but sounds acceptable to me.

Trump could shoot him on Fifth Avenue and we'd test two adages in one go!

Next, Trump will offer the House a deal whereby they can have his tax returns if they pull them out of his cold, dead hands.

[NeederNodder]

https://twitter.com/JeffreyToobin/status/1073674160071692291

Personally to me, Trump's decades-long Money Laundering schemes looks like a bigger egg to fry than the Russian Collusion Investigation against him instead. Good on Schiff and Letitia James in New York for finally looking into this long con.

[Joe Republic]

Bookies' odds of Trump being impeached surge to 56% probability, or "more likely than not" for the first time.

[Joe Republic]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1074407956500889600

Apparently we're now up to "Crimes were committed, but it hasn't been proven to be me conspiring with Russia, yet".

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/JeffreyToobin/status/1073674160071692291

Personally to me, Trump's decades-long Money Laundering schemes looks like a bigger egg to fry than the Russian Collusion Investigation against him instead. Good on Schiff and Letitia James in New York for finally looking into this long con.

They're not really separate.

Trump's oldest son said a decade ago that a lot of the family's assets came from Russia

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Craig Unger: Untold Story Of Trump, Soviet/Russia Partnership; Russian Mafia Laundered Money Via Real Estate

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[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Giuliani has now stated that negotiations on Trump Tower Moscow went on up to the election.

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