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Title: Prosecutors investigating possible campaign finance violations by Trump Organization: Report
Post by: mystery-ak on September 08, 2018, 12:30:59 am

Prosecutors investigating possible campaign finance violations by Trump Organization: Report
by Caitlin Yilek
 | September 07, 2018 06:47 PM



Federal prosecutors in New York are reportedly investigating whether the Trump Organization violated campaign finance laws after former longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty last month to breaking such laws.

Cohen admitted to violating campaign finance laws by paying off women who claimed to have had affairs with President Trump years ago. During a court appearance, Cohen implicated his former boss, saying he paid the woman hush money at the direction of the candidate and he was then repaid by Trump’s company.

A day after the guilty plea, Trump tweeted that the violations "are not a crime."

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/prosecutors-investigating-possible-campaign-finance-violations-by-trump-organization-report (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/prosecutors-investigating-possible-campaign-finance-violations-by-trump-organization-report)

Title: Re: Prosecutors investigating possible campaign finance violations by Trump Organization: Report
Post by: edpc on September 08, 2018, 12:19:15 pm

I’m just here for the whataboutism marathon.    :pop41:

Title: Re: Prosecutors investigating possible campaign finance violations by Trump Organization: Report
Post by: Formerly Once-Ler on September 08, 2018, 01:13:56 pm

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/405659-trump-organization-officials-probed-for-campaign-finance-violations (http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/405659-trump-organization-officials-probed-for-campaign-finance-violations)

Trump Org officials probed for campaign finance violations: report

Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating whether officials in the Trump Organization violated campaign finance laws, a probe that follows a guilty plea secured last month for former longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen.

Bloomberg News reports that federal prosecutors in Manhattan are looking at current members of the company to determine whether other employees of the Trump Organization were involved in Cohen's  payments to silence Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, two women who claim to have had affairs with Trump.

Cohen admitted to campaign finance violations as part of his guilty plea last month, and a source close to the investigation told Bloomberg that federal prosecutors are looking at whether other top officials in the company were involved as well.

Among those already cooperating with the probe is Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, who has been granted limited immunity in the investigation, according to reports last month.

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Title: Re: Prosecutors investigating possible campaign finance violations by Trump Organization: Report
Post by: Formerly Once-Ler on September 08, 2018, 01:26:07 pm

Perhaps Trump's greatest legacy will be the destruction of his children's inheritance.

Title: Re: Prosecutors investigating possible campaign finance violations by Trump Organization: Report
Post by: Wingnut on September 08, 2018, 02:57:14 pm

@Cyber Liberty.  Dey gots him now. 

Title: Re: Prosecutors investigating possible campaign finance violations by Trump Organization: Report
Post by: Formerly Once-Ler on September 08, 2018, 03:19:47 pm

Quote from: The Ghost on September 08, 2018, 02:57:14 pm

@Cyber Liberty.  Dey gots him now.

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