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Courtesy Raw Story:
Attorney Michael Avenatti appeared Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” where he gave a wide-ranging interview on the lawsuit against the president and a related criminal investigation of Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen — and he said reporting on the case had missed an important detail.
“So, Mika, you are familiar with the fact that a week ago, Judge (Kimba) Wood ordered Michael Cohen’s attorneys to disclose all of his clients for the last three years,” Avenatti said, “and there were three clients listed — three clients listed. Do you recall which three?”
Brzezinski listed Trump, Fox News host Sean Hannity and Republican donor Elliott Broidy — but Avenatti said she was making the same mistake everyone else had.
“No, no, no,” he said. “Mr. Trump, the Trump organization and Sean Hannity. Mr. Broidy was not disclosed in open court as one of Michael Cohen’s clients.”
Co-host Joe Scarborough asked the attorney what that meant.
“I think at some point we are going to find out, if in fact, the client in connection with the ($1.6 million) settlement was, in fact, Mr. Broidy. I’m going to leave it at that.”
Avenatti wouldn’t say it, but the implication seems clear.
Yes, the implication is quite clear.
And it kind of irritates me because I actually started to write a piece about this in my head while I was driving to an appointment the other day, and decided not to post it because it seemed a little conspiratorial with not much evidence to back it up.
But let me take a stab at it again in light of this new information from Avenatti.
So this Elliot Brody guy is somebody that NOBODY really knows. At least not outside of certain Republican circles.
Though he is wealthy, and produced two b-list movies in 2013, he is not a famous person who typically hangs around celebrities.
He also looks like this.
So in what world does he get his hands on a playmate that looks like this.
I mean I know women are attracted to power and money, but unless this miss Bechard was straight up selling her body for sex, I simply don't see it.
On the other hand we KNOW that Donald Trump has been sleeping with Playboy models and porn stars for years, often did not use protection, and also habitually paid them off using Michael Cohen as a go between.
So the idea that this was HIS child, and that Michael Cohen paid that 1.6 million to buy her silence and arrange for an abortion to protect his boss, fits snugly with what we already know.
And this is certainly not without precedent.
Do you remember the John Edwards/Rielle Hunter affair?
Well after it was revealed that Hunter was pregnant, Edwards campaign staffer Andrew Young came forward and said that he was the father.
He wasn't the father, John Edwards was, and that eventually came to light despite their best attempts to push the false story.
So yes, not only is it conceivable, but since as far as we know Michael Cohen provided semi-legal services to ONLY Donald Trump for little over a decade, it is also the most likely scenario.
I look forward to what comes next.
Broidy is no better or worse looking than Trump and his net worth is probably higher. I don't know what the truth is but the argument that you are making is weak.
ReplyDeleteWell if you would learn to read you would see that the argument is sound.
DeleteDomald Trump was a celebrity who interacted with famous people, went to the Playboy mansion a number of times, and also has a history of sleeping with playmates and porn stars.
Broidy is a GOP operative who is not well known and likely did not bump into playmates very often, and besides money had nothing really to offer them.
Oops that should be DoNald Trump.
DeleteNo doubt for the Playboy slap on the butt, Gryph, you can call him whatever you like. Dom/sub....
DeleteAvenatti's argument is intriguing but Gryphen's argument IS weak. There are jillions of very wealthy men that date young & attractive women. Many of them probably are not as wealthy as Broidy.
DeleteBut how many of these wealthy men had Michael Cohen working as their "fixer?"
DeleteBecause I can only think of one.
Cohen has pleaded the fifth.
DeleteThat's enough for me!
And Broidy's wife is an attorney.
DeleteLol. Weak sauce.
DeleteAnd is there something illegal here, no matter who paid for and who took monies for non-disclosure agreements? Taxes maybe?
Ya gotta wonder how he ended up with Melania. She certainly isn’t his type, now is she. “I’m screwing my daughter” in his head. THAT I believe.
ReplyDeleteAnd so said Stormy.
DeleteEasy,melanomia us a KGB operative and was introduced by "friends".
DeleteMelanomia was a stupid, whore, "model" that Trump finagled an "Einstein Visa" for regardless of the fact that she doesn't have a brain in that cat-eyed head of hers.
DeleteHe bought her, and now she's his, and it makes me smile so, so hard that she is miserable now.
Yeah I get the feeling Melania is a KGB or friend of putins. She wanted entry into usa etc. This shit does not bother her at all. Its par for the course and disclosure.
DeleteHer parents chain migrated to America.
DeleteWonder if Cohen was the attoney that fixed her immigration status,negotiated the prenup and fixed her parents immigration.
DeleteWill melanomia be the first,"first lady" to be deported:)
That would be awesome if it came out that Melania's immigration papers were falsified or otherwise not legal. Deport the bitch!
DeleteEven if that is true, her husband is the President. One phone call and someone fixes it all nice and legal. She’ll never be deported.
DeleteDon't ask me, I never saw what "men" saw in Bristol. They must like them dumb, subservient, and open-legged.
ReplyDeleteLike commercials in the 60s.
DeletePale face. Yuk.
DeleteThey don't have to work at it nor does it cost much when the girl is so horny and cheap.
DeleteEasy to understand. Bristol is a cure for INCEL. Singlehanded, she could have stopped that truck terrorism in Toronto.
DeleteINCEST. I fixed it for ya.
DeleteHey hey Donnie J how many abortions did you buy today?
ReplyDeleteWould that be JR or SR. Someone planted that apple tree in a hole.
DeleteEither one would work. Eric too.
DeleteIt will all come out "in the wash". Once the independent council reviews Cohen records we'll know who, was poking who. Trump,once again has opened the flood gates. Why is it Dump and Palin always tell on themselves? Do they secretly want folks to know they think they got away with something? More popcorn!!! Can't wait for SNL!
ReplyDeleteDump and Palin thrive on attention, bad or good. "Do you know how DUMB you look?," doesn't even hit their radar screen.
DeleteHaha. 5:29. Yeah. Ol'$arah must have blown a gasket when 8Tracks court date was on KTUU Morning Edition. Haha.
DeleteWhy. Can't. We. Be. Friends.
We are living a bad novel. Anything associated with the orange cretin automatically turns bizarre.
ReplyDeleteDidn't trump want Marla Maples to have an abortion?
ReplyDeleteHe sure did!
DeleteIt will be some dumb grade D movie someday.
DeleteI think Porn Model was only permitted to carry Barron to term if she pledged to get her body back with a couple of weeks (you know, like Princess in that tight sheath dress a month after birthing her third kid?) I think the plastic surgeon is in their delivery rooms.
DeleteInteresting...
ReplyDeleteIn fact, the contract in Ms. Bechard’s case included the same aliases that were used in the 2016 contract with Ms. Clifford — “David Dennison” and “Peggy Peterson” — according to a person familiar with it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/us/politics/elliott-broidy-michael-cohen-payout.html
my oh my. that same article lists the items broidy asked trumo for in a wh meeting oct 2016. wanna bet some reporters are hot on his trail
Deleteoops sorry looks like it was oct 2017 not 2016
DeleteOooo. The smoking dick, er...gun.
Deletehttps://www.theroot.com/wait-did-stormy-daniels-lawyer-just-hint-that-a-1-6-m-1825573158
ReplyDeleteWait, Did Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Just Hint That a $1.6 Million Abortion Payout May Have Been for Trump and Not That GOP Donor?
Women that look like that are available to the highest bidder.
ReplyDeleteSOME women. Dipstick.
DeleteIF your theory is true, and trump did impregnate a playboy model and paid her to abort his child, will the evangelicals be ok with that? Will they make excuses for that like they have for all his lies, cheating?
ReplyDeleteYes, and they will send him their “Thoughts and Prayers”. MAAAAAAAGAAAAAA!
DeleteTrump did say he could do anything and it would be ok.
DeleteSo did Palin, 7:04 PM.
DeleteLooking mighty haggard for the lie she's trying to overcome how many years now, isn't she.
Yes, 'He has repented and is now an instrument of doG'.
DeleteOf course,it was all the slut's fault for tempting him.
DeleteThey don't care they have Pence.
DeleteYes, they will. And yes, they will.
DeleteThe playmate also closely resembles Ivanka, just sayin....
ReplyDeleteIwould say she more resembles a young Marla Maples.
DeleteYeah he likes girls that look like ivanka
DeleteWeeks ago Stephanie Clifford hinted about this. She mentioned something about paternity. It was a direct threat to trump to not deny his romp with Stephanie.
ReplyDeleteThere was another case in the news a few days ago about an unsolved murder of a young man in Southern California. There was mention of a fixer in that case. It was all about money, data, media stuff. Hmmm?
ReplyDeletePoor kid saw something or someone he wasn't supposed to. Happens all the time.
DeleteName?
DeleteIt brings to mind the story about Trump's alleged affair with a housekeeper that produced an illegitimate child and the pay-off by the National Enquirer to a doorman. Still wondering how true that is.
ReplyDeleteStevie?
DeleteWell we haven't seen anything about a Broidy/Rosenzweig divorce. Robin Rosenzweig stays with him - the payment was a coverup for someone else.
ReplyDeletehttp://thehill.com/homenews/media/385124-two-women-allege-tom-brokaw-acted-inappropriately-toward-them-in-the-90s
ReplyDeletetom-brokaw^no-surprise
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5ae26f13e4b02baed1b87faa
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cohen-davidson-amid-trumps-legal-troubles-two-lawyers-names-keep-arising-together/2018/04/26/2c3e36f6-411a-11e8-baaf-8b3c5a3da888_story.html?utm_term=.1c0cc6dcb784
ReplyDeleteAnd in their biggest known deal together, they worked out a $1.6 million non-
ReplyDeletedisclosure payment for another Playboy playmate Davidson represented, Shera Bechard, who had had an affair with Elliott Broidy, then a top Republican National Committee official.
Lol donnie and his big flapping mouth is his biggest problem,hope they don't shut him up,next he will admit to working with putin,a guy he never met.
ReplyDeleteWhen you have no friends left, call Fox.
DeleteI don't watch anything him but, for the uproar, it must have been epic.
Hey, he fired every guy that said, “you can’t do that, Mr. President.” Oh YES I CAN.
DeleteWhen Kanye says, “my brother,” oh come ON. This country is so dumbed down.
We will see what comes out about the 1.6 million NDA.
ReplyDeleteIs it true that in court, per Avenatti, Cohen’s three clients named were DJT, Trump Organization and Hannity?
Question in my mind: was the father-to-be tRump, or tRump Jr.?
ReplyDeleteBecause I was also of the mind that Broidy is not a famous guy that would feel compelled to pay $1.6 million to shut up a woman. He could have had it much cheaper, paying her some alimony each year for 18 years, or simply paying for an abortion for her and maybe some vacation in the Bahamas or such.
Broidy is not famous enough that an illegitimate child would ruin him or his name.
After finally seeing the pic of mr oink I think there's no way she'd hook up with him. Was she ever on the apprentice?
DeleteIt’s like I tell my husband of thirty-five years, you aren’t all that when he gets in his “talk.” “And that’s when the fight started.....” :)
DeleteCertainly not $1.6 Is million dollars worth.
DeleteNow if you were a high profile asshole with your own TV show and maybe some designs on a political run, $1.6 mil in hush money might seem reasonable.
Although I like what Avenatti is doing, I think this one is just a mix-up in his memory. In Cohen's 4/16/18 letter brief, he clearly said that the three 2017/2018 clients were (1) Trump (personally), (2) Broidy, and (3) Mystery client (Hannity). He said that Cohen had also worked for the Trump Org, but that ended in January 2017. See page 3 here https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4438419-CohenLetter4-16-18.html
ReplyDeleteA emetic may be playing chess to infuriate Trump to rant again on Fox.
DeleteAccording to some ppl on twitter, there are a couple of key words in Avenatti's well chosen sentences this morning, something about the 3 names that were mentioned in open court superceding the 3 in the document you mention. No lawyer here, but the ones teasing this apart on twitter are lawyers. Maybe they'll talk about it tomorrow, Mika and Joe, their guests (and I) did not understand what Avenatti was saying at the time. I think Gryphen is right on this one.
Delete"According to some ppl on twitter........."
DeleteWell then, if some people on twitter said something, must be iron clad eh 9:57?.... lol.
Avenatti is slick,he may be just stirring the pot to get more crazy from Trump.
DeleteI am wondering if Avenatti was baiting Trump by insinuating the 1.6m NDA was with Trump. Broidy is so wealthy that a beautiful young woman might have an affair if showered with gifts, luxury home, money and more.
ReplyDeleteHow about this-? He paid Melania to abort their first child...they are holding that against each other in a stand-off....
ReplyDeleteQuid Pro Quo. He “Playboy bunny bearded” for 45; then got 45 to do his bidding with George Nader & UAE.
ReplyDeleteThat meeting with Trump in October might have been pay back day, but I bet there is some bank transfer from trump to this guy, there has to be a paper trail, a transfer trail, something in Cohen's files that is freaking donald out. No way that the david dennison signature lines just happen to be on both contracts.
DeleteThe Donald has weaved a very thick web hasn't he? And we are all entangled in it on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteAre we even America anymore? Or are we in a nightmare twilight zone with the Donald? It's horrible. Please make it stop!!!
Wow. Just wow. Trump went on a rampage today didn't he? I didn't know about the Fox and friends thing until I just watched Rachel Maddow.
ReplyDeleteNow, I see why there are hints that Cohen and that other Republican guy may have covered up bigtime for Trump who sounds pretty damned desperate to hide something. Wow. What will tomorrow bring?
10:03
Delete"What will tomorrow bring?"
I just had a flashback to being a little girl watching that soap opera with the spinning earth in the opening credits.... As the World Turns.
What are the evangelicals going to have to say about this??????
ReplyDeleteOT.
ReplyDeleteUsing US deaths per year, 6800 times more is spent fighting terrorism than coronary heart disease.
And she is so Donnie’s type. Very “Ivanka-esque.”
ReplyDeleteBut so what? No matter how much iron clad proof there is, video, photos, lie detectors, whatever. Even if Trump admits it all, his base will still give him a Mulligan.
Yes, he could kill someone in broad daylight on 5th Ave. and he would get away with it.
even abort an innocent baby.
Delete"he DID kill someone in broad daylight on 5th Ave. and he GOT away with it."
Delete~IT~ was his DARE into the Ru$$ian Mob back in the day...DONE ALREADY! He told USa. OK!?
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/trump-attorney-michael-cohen-bragged-part-russian-mob-report/
~IT~ is the KEY^to the Hen Hot House
If the guy is rich, t matters not what he looks like. I mean, I hope she aborted Drumpf's kid and it comes out, but Drumpf's not better looking than tweedledee Broidy.
ReplyDeleteEveryone in this world is so sick and tired of trump. EVEN FOX NO NEWS!!! This asshole is such a shithole we the people of this world cannot stand his ugly lying face another day.
ReplyDeleteThe freak is just a cheap lousy disgusting con man. Why even bother to represent or defend such a moron? All lawyers should just walk away from this toxic slime bag from the swamp of idiots. He is a filthy boar, his foundation is a filthy boar, his products are a filthy boar, his resorts are dumps and he is a very nasty dirty human. ))))TOXIC((((
trump is a stable genius, why doesn't he represent himself :) He doesn't listen to his attorneys, so why bother.
Delete3:15am: All *reputable* lawyers ARE walking away from him. Unprecedented. (And 'unpresidented', LOL!)
DeleteSo the entire republican party bows down to trump and his organization. Why? well just maybe the trump foundation of idiots, morons, prostitutes, playboy bunnies and porn stars were in celebration and have lots to hide. The con job and huge win of the rigged election of the century. The WH candy man doctor supplying drugs for the entire party. The extortion, the bribes, the threats, the mob, the NRA. Yeah old dotard is really a big lying shithole of a guy. Kanye his brother really really really loves him and Cohen really really really loves and misses him. Geez whiz so pathetic.
ReplyDeleteRu$$ian Mob!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/trump-attorney-michael-cohen-bragged-part-russian-mob-report/
"longtime friend Gregory Ehrlich recalled that he had invited Cohen to his wedding and was amused when he he overheard the attorney bragging to another guest that he affiliated with the Russian mob."
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ReplyDeletehttps://www.salon.com/2018/04/27/donald-trumps-fox-and-friends-debacle-did-the-president-throw-himself-under-the-bus/
maybe it was Sean Hannity? Sean seemed nervous about being named as a client of Cohen's, and wanted to separate himself as quickly as possible.
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