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| NY Times: FBI raided offices of Trump's lawyer |
| 2018-04-10 |
| The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the offices of US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, the New York Times reported on Monday. Cohen has been at the center of a controversy surrounding the payment of a porn star who has alleged that she had sex with Trump and was paid money shortly before the 2016 election to keep quiet about it. Stephen Ryan, Cohen's lawyer, confirmed to the New York Times that a raid had taken place and that certain "communications" had been seized. "I have been advised by federal prosecutors that the New York action is, in part, a referral by the Office of Special Counsel, Robert Mueller," said Ryan. Related: Daily Caller - Dershowitz: Cohen Raid ‘Dangerous…For Lawyer-Client Relations’ Related: Guardian - Trump decries 'attack on our country' after FBI raids his lawyer's office Related: AP - Trump fumes at Mueller probe after raid on attorney |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #18 This violation of attorney client relationship is Obstruction of Justce by Mueller and the FBI. |
| Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 2018-04-10 21:20 |
| #17 US Marshals should be sent to raid Mueller and companies offices, all of his underlings and ANY and ALL FBI agents working with them. Raid their homes and everywhere they have been. Seize everything that they have computers, documents, phone, etc. Any resistance should be met with instant lethal force. At the same time, raid the clinton foundation, Hillary's offices and the DNC. Inside all these documents will be more than enough evidence of treason to execute them all. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-04-10 20:33 |
| #16 The FBI has a culture. Most definitely |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-10 18:53 |
| #15 And yet we are constantly reminded about how "The FBI rank and file are good people. It's only the top who are corrupt." I call bullshit. The FBI has a culture. Their culture nurtures and promotes that which preserves that culture. I'm no longer buying that the "rank and file" are doe-eyed Disney characters who would do the right thing if only they had the chance. Corrupt unless they prove themselves otherwise. rant off. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2018-04-10 18:51 |
| #14 You were stopped because your tail light is out. Please step out of the car so we can search it. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-04-10 15:59 |
| #13 When Hillary Clinton was under investigation, her personal lawyers and aides were granted immunity by the FBI.... That was a LONG time ago. This is now. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-10 12:56 |
| #12 #12 When Hillary Clinton was Obama and Clinton placed doorstops in DOJ (Holder 1st and then Lynch) also to create logjams for anyone who might try to probe criminality in the Dem admiin. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-04-10 11:40 |
| #11 When Hillary Clinton was under investigation, her personal lawyers and aides were granted immunity by the FBI, while 30k+ emails went missing AFTER being subpoenaed. When Donald Trump is merely a "subject" (whatever that means) of an investigation and has turned over countless documents to the Special Counsel, his personal lawyer and aide is raided by the FBI. The lesson here? The Empire (Deep State) Strikes Back! |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2018-04-10 11:00 |
| #10 As we focus on the details of this we are missing the bigger picture. Read the book "Killing Pablo" The methods used to kill Pablo are the same ones Mueller is using to take down Trump. With some US Army augmentation, the same agency(s) at work as well. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-10 10:32 |
| #9 As we focus on the details of this we are missing the bigger picture. Read the book "Killing Pablo" The methods used to kill Pablo are the same ones Mueller is using to take down Trump. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2018-04-10 10:28 |
| #8 I hope the FBI does not find a hidden email server or destroyed hard drives. |
| Posted by: airandee 2018-04-10 10:27 |
| #7 I smell a lawyer using Stormy Daniels to try do a political hit job before the mid-terms. Yes, another Carter Page sting operation. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-10 10:09 |
| #6 It is not uncommon to pay someone in a civil case to make the claim go away because it is a nuisance claim. It implies nothing just that it is worth it to pay the claim rather than go through an expensive litigation process in court. To pay something for a claim does mean Trump has done what is claimed. I smell a lawyer using Stormy Daniels to try do a political hit job before the mid-terms. It is possible Cohen did not do a very good job of handling the claim. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-04-10 10:07 |
| #5 All of this Cohen action coming less than 24 hours after.... DOJ just made ‘extraordinary accommodation’ for Carter Page FISA warrant applications. Yet another amazing coincidence. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-10 09:00 |
| #4 You were stopped because your tail light is out. Please FIFY - no charge You know that those client-lawyer privledge memo's will be leaked to the press during Meuller's daily |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-04-10 08:55 |
| #3 The groundwork for the coup has begun for the elections. Once the demoncrats have congress, they can complete it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-04-10 08:49 |
| #2 You were stopped because your tail light is out. Please step out of the car so we can search it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-10 07:33 |
| #1 Supposedly the investigation centers on a $150,000 payment to the Trump Foundation via a pro-Russian Ukrainian organization. This was during the presidential campaign. Mind you; 1) This was not made to the Trump Campaign. 2) The same Ukrainian organization paid $13 million to the Clinton Foundation. Hillary Clinton was the Democratic Presidential Nominee. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-04-10 03:08 |