Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen discussing plea deal with prosecutors

[mystery-ak]

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen discussing plea deal with prosecutors
The deal could come as early as today, say sources familiar with the matter.

by Sarah Fitzpatrick, Joe Valiquette, Jonathan Dienst and Tom Winter / Aug.21.2018 / 10:51 AM ET / Updated 11:23 AM ET

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, is discussing a possible guilty plea with federal prosecutors in Manhattan in connection with tax fraud and banking-related matters, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell NBC News.

Those sources stress no deal has been reached but do say the potential deal could be reached as early as today.

The plea could have significant implications for Trump, who has blasted Cohen ever since his former fixer and his attorney, old Clinton hand Lanny Davis, began signaling this summer that Cohen might cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

When reached by NBC, Davis said he cannot comment on advice of counsel since there is an ongoing investigation. Cohen has previously denied wrongdoing.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/ex-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-discussing-plea-deal-prosecutors-n902571

[mystery-ak]

Fox News reporting a plea deal has been reached.

[corbe]

   Reality:  Trump's Pardon Power doesn't reach to SDNY.  He probably had visions of Harriet Meyers, v2.0 dancing in his head last year about this time.

[skeeter]

Gots to have something else to report today in place of all that bad Manafort news.

[edpc]

Reality:  Trump's Pardon Power doesn't reach to SDNY.  He probably had visions of Harriet Meyers, v2.0 dancing in his head last year about this time.

It’s a US Attorney office.  He can pardon Cohen for their charges.  However, the state of New York can also charge him for tax evasion and bank fraud. State charges can only be pardoned by the governor.

[Victoria33]

He is with the FBI now, expected to be in court soon, to present the plea deal.

[corbe]

Trump’s Former Fixer, Michael Cohen, Reaches a Plea Agreement Over Payments to Women

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
 
21 mins ago
 
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors investigating payments he made to women for Mr. Trump, a person familiar with the matter said.

Prosecutors in New York had been scrutinizing Mr. Cohen for bank and tax fraud, as well as for his role in helping to arrange financial deals to secure the silence of women who said they had affairs with Mr. Trump.

The United States attorney’s office announced that there would be a “proceeding of interest” in a case against a defendant identified only as John Doe, language that almost always indicates a guilty plea. One person with knowledge of the matter said the proceeding would be the guilty plea by Mr. Cohen.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump%e2%80%99s-former-fixer-michael-cohen-reaches-a-plea-agreement-over-payments-to-women/ar-BBMfjEA?ocid=ientp

[mystery-ak]

Cohen plea deal includes 3-5 year prison sentence....this deal does NOT have anything to do with Trump...per Fox

[mystery-ak]

Cohen surrenders to FBI ahead of court appearance: report
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/402886-cohen-surrenders-to-fbi-ahead-of-court-appearance-report

[Wingnut]

Can I get a
"Best People"   Anyone.   Bueller......

[corbe]

  Minimum Security with Conjugal Visits, what's not to like?

[DB]

Gots to have something else to report today in place of all that bad Manafort news.

I see. Trump's personal lawyer making a plea deal is just everyday ho-hum news and shouldn't be reported...

Now if the jury fails to convict Manafort, I'm going to laugh my ass off. So don't say I don't care about the Manafort trial. That's news too.

[jpsb]

why are there so many Marxists posting on a conservative site?

[DB]

why are there so many Marxists posting on a conservative site?

Name names.

Do you know what Marxism is?

[mystery-ak]

Cohen will plead guilty to tax evasion and breaking campaign finance violations[paid Stormy Daniels]...per Fox.....more to come

[DB]

Cohen will plead guilty to tax evasion and breaking campaign finance violations[paid Stormy Daniels]...per Fox.....more to come

And it was the Stormy thing that got him on the tax evasion problem. But I was told it didn't happen or that if it did happen it was no big deal... And no matter what, it wasn't a campaign finance violation...

I know, he's doing "good things" and that excuses all this less than stellar behavior... I wonder how far that can be stretched... We'll see...

[mystery-ak]

COHEN COUNTS: - 5 tax evasion - 1 false statement to bank - 1 unlawful corporate campaign contrib - 1 excessive contribution

[mystery-ak]

BREAKING: COHEN SAYS HE VIOLATED CAMPAIGN LAW AT DIRECTION OF CANDIDATE- BBG


*COHEN PAID $130,000, WAS LATER REPAID BY CANDIDATE, HE SAYS

[mystery-ak]

Eight counts were included in the criminal information on Cohen: five counts of evasion of personal income tax, one count of making a false statement to a financial institution, one count of causing an unlawful corporate contribution, and one count of making an excessive campaign contribution.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-ex-attorney-michael-cohen-accepts-plea-deal

[GrouchoTex]

COHEN COUNTS: - 5 tax evasion - 1 false statement to bank - 1 unlawful corporate campaign contrib - 1 excessive contribution

I'd be a little nervous about the campaign contribution stuff.
I thought it was all Trump's own money running his campaign, but what do I know.....
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe he was donating to Hillary's campaign, in search of a job.
It seems to be a running theme.

[XenaLee]

COHEN COUNTS: - 5 tax evasion - 1 false statement to bank - 1 unlawful corporate campaign contrib - 1 excessive contribution

Oh brother.  And we all know.... if that contribution had been to Hillary (or any other Democrat)...

no problema.

[XenaLee]

I'd be a little nervous about the campaign contribution stuff.
I thought it was all Trump's own money running his campaign, but what do I know.....
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe he was donating to Hillary's campaign, in search of a job.
It seems to be a running theme.

Lol.... I sincerely doubt it.

[mystery-ak]

Kenneth P. Vogel
‏Verified account @kenvogel
20s21 seconds ago

Kenneth P. Vogel Retweeted Stephen Brown

If TRUMP had paid the $130k directly -- & disclosed it on his campaign's @FEC report -- there would not have been any campaign finance violation. Instead, he apparently had MICHAEL COHEN do it, & the result is count numbers 7 & 8 in Cohen's guilty plea.



@PPVSRB

Counts 1-5.  Tax evasion 2012-2016
Count 6 false statement to financial institution Feb 2015-April 2016
Count 7 willful cause of unlawful corporate contribution June 2016-Oct. 2016
Count 8 excessive campaign contribution on Oct. 27, 2016




Stephen Brown
‏Verified account @PPVSRB
21m21 minutes ago

Max sentence he faces on all counts is 65 years. As judge details the penalties Cohen shakes his head some more.
26 replies 450 retweets 814 likes
Stephen Brown
‏Verified account @PPVSRB
11m11 minutes ago




Cohen admits to working “at direction of the candidate” Trump and national enquirer to silence Karen McDougal. He also admits to Stormy Daniels payment that he made “with and at direction of the same candidate.”
112 replies 1,563 retweets 1,961 likes
Stephen Brown
‏Verified account @PPVSRB
5m5 minutes ago




Cohen will be walking out today on $500,000 bond.

[corbe]

   '8' seems to be the lucky number today for former Trump associates.

[XenaLee]

Kenneth P. Vogel
‏Verified account @kenvogel
20s21 seconds ago

Kenneth P. Vogel Retweeted Stephen Brown

If TRUMP had paid the $130k directly -- & disclosed it on his campaign's @FEC report -- there would not have been any campaign finance violation. Instead, he apparently had MICHAEL COHEN do it, & the result is count numbers 7 & 8 in Cohen's guilty plea.



@PPVSRB

Counts 1-5.  Tax evasion 2012-2016
Count 6 false statement to financial institution Feb 2015-April 2016
Count 7 willful cause of unlawful corporate contribution June 2016-Oct. 2016
Count 8 excessive campaign contribution on Oct. 27, 2016




Stephen Brown
‏Verified account @PPVSRB
21m21 minutes ago

Max sentence he faces on all counts is 65 years. As judge details the penalties Cohen shakes his head some more.
26 replies 450 retweets 814 likes
Stephen Brown
‏Verified account @PPVSRB
11m11 minutes ago




Cohen admits to working “at direction of the candidate” Trump and national enquirer to silence Karen McDougal. He also admits to Stormy Daniels payment that he made “with and at direction of the same candidate.”
112 replies 1,563 retweets 1,961 likes
Stephen Brown
‏Verified account @PPVSRB
5m5 minutes ago




Cohen will be walking out today on $500,000 bond.

Cohen had better be damned glad that Trump is not Hillary.... or that might turn out to be a very short walk.