President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen said in a court filing Wednesday that he would plead the Fifth Amendment in adult film star Stephanie Clifford’s lawsuit over a nondisclosure agreement she signed in 2016.
In a court filing Wednesday, Cohen tied the criminal probe directly to his assertion of Fifth Amendment rights in the civil suit.
“I will assert my 5th amendment rights in connection with all proceedings in this case due to the ongoing criminal investigation by the FBI and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York,” he said in part. Cohen last week asked U.S. District Judge James Otero to delay the civil suit due to its overlap with the criminal probe.
So to be clear Trump's lawyer is refusing to answer questions in court because he is worried those answers will incriminate him in a criminal activity.
Well now, isn't THAT interesting?
Also today Trump called into Fox and Friends, and finally admitted what we have known all along.
Also courtesy of TPM:
The President said Michael Cohen is mainly a businessman and only secondarily a lawyer. That at least undercuts his privilege argument. He says what prosecutors are looking at only has to do with Cohen’s personal business dealings, not with his representation of Donald Trump. He also said that he knows nothing about Cohen’s private business dealings. (“I don’t know his business… They’re looking at something having to do with his business. I have nothing to do with his business.”) That’s almost certainly false.
That is also going to make it hard for Cohen to claim executive privilege to keep the Feds from digging through the files that confiscated.
And then there was also this:
Trump says explicitly for the first time that Cohen does represent him with Stormy Daniels: “He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal.”
Boom! There you have it.
I mean WE knew it all along, but Trump and the White House was working hard not to admit this.
I imagine that after this admission Trump's lawyers spent the morning banging their heads against the wall, but is certainly made at least one lawyer very happy.
Thank you @foxandfriends for having Mr. Trump on this morning to discuss Michael Cohen and our case. Very informative.— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 26, 2018
Outmaneuvered again.Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen previously represented to the American people that Mr. Cohen acted on his own and Mr. Trump knew nothing about the agreement with my client, the $130k payment, etc. As I predicted, that has now been shown to be completely false. #basta— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 26, 2018
FB>"The legal defense fund for Trump officials involved in the Russia investigation failed to meet its filing deadline.
ReplyDeleteSo, who’s paying for Trump's legal defense?
Folks, here's the thing: The US is a representative democracy.
That means the ultimate power over government is supposed to reside with the citizens. But, the problem with this model is that it requires reasonable, responsible, informed CITIZENS to work properly. And if you, Citizen, aren't adequately informed, then you CAN NOT be rational or responsible.
Which is, of course, why those in power and those seeking power don't want you to be adequately informed.
In this case, if you don't know who is funding your politicians and their staff, you CAN'T responsibly perform your duties as a citizen.
This isn't about Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative.
This is about the REPUBLIC.
Liberty is not about the SIZE of government.
Liberty depends from a government responsible to the people it governs.
And liberty ONLY exists when citizens are responsible for their government.
As a citizen, it's not just your right to know who's funding your leaders, it is your DUTY.
Laws that hide from public view money funding their leaders are antithetical to liberty.
CITIZENS UNITED MUST be overturned.
Laws MUST be put in place to make public every dollar that funds every candidate for office, every election, every politician, every time. No exceptions.
We must stop promoting to power those who hate and fear government, and instead elect those who truly believe in the Republic, in GOOD government, for every citizen.
If you want a better nation, then you have to be better citizens.
Only then will you get better leaders"<Jim Wright
Yeah. Good luck with that. An informed public? Not any more. Hell, most have no idea - like Humpty Trumpty - what the Constitution actually says!
DeleteYou can blame that on ignorant voters who didn't pay attention when the powers that be started destroying public education and NOT teaching the Constitution.
THAT class should be one totally on its own. If each student was required to have a semester of studying the Constitution, we'd be one helluva lot better off.
Will it happen? Not in my lifetime.
Idk. A you tube channel blasted a hole thru I$I$.
DeleteTook the zip out of the zaps.
Lol. You are reading too much into nothings, and choosing to believe the hype spun by the gold digging attorney of a gold digging porn star. Self delusional.
ReplyDeleteSure. Everyone but Donny is a liar and money hungry. Contribute something to the dicussion or piss off.
Delete8:47. You again?
DeleteLOL so why does trump spend all of his time whining about it? HA HA
Delete45* might not read books, but he sure is an open one. He is one messed up, crooked son of a bitch.
DeleteI will take him at face value, and use Occam's Razor for logic — simple, just like 45*.
ot This is all a lie. Not only were Diamond and Silk not blocked but they have consistently received better distribution than professional left-leaning media sites. I explain here:
ReplyDeletehttps://thinkprogress.org/diamond-and-silks-facebook-censorship-hoax-a764012eed5b/
Diamond and Silk’s Facebook censorship claim is a hoax
Deletehttps://thinkprogress.org/diamond-and-silks-facebook-censorship-hoax-a764012eed5b/
Diamond and Silk
https://twitter.com/DiamondandSilk/status/989301325832699904
Here’s a link to the phone call Trump made to the Fox News show: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_lu_Hgw60Ns
ReplyDeleteIt’s nuts. 30 minutes of him jumping from topic to topic, ranting. He’s claiming everything is “fixed” against him. The reporters look stunned and can barely get a word in edgewise. They do at least gently call him out on a couple things.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fox-and-friends_us_5ae1d1fee4b055fd7fc8f474
DeleteLISTEN FOR THE $norting
more and more towards the end...
30 Minutes almost none stop raging...
$peedFreakViagra Junkie!
"you keep your sanity"
INSANE! A+ <misapprehension
'heh' <A tinylaugh caught @ the end... Phew...!
'~IT's like he got 'IT' off HIS $hitgibbon ape chest.'
One of them told trump maybe he should take a break from watching all the cable news :)
DeleteManic episode.
DeleteI saw Rudy Ghoul-e-onie in the hardware store this morning buying rope. I think he is going to hang himself.
ReplyDeletePerfecto as to his last name, 8:56 AM!
DeleteTwo Members of Congress Were Rumored to Be Having an Affair. He May Be the Next Speaker. She’s Out of a Job.
ReplyDeleteThe whispers appeared to drive Rep. Kevin McCarthy out of the GOP leadership race three years ago. He’s back in it, but Renee Ellmers is out of elected office altogether.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-members-of-congress-were-rumored-to-be-having-an-affair-he-may-be-the-next-speaker-shes-out-of-a-job
"Washington is the kind of place where if Mitch McConnell and George Clooney walk into a fundraiser, it will be a close call who attracts more attention.
DeleteNot only do members have affairs with impunity, but if one goes wrong or there’s harassment involved the rules are heavily tilted to exonerate the member, silence the victim, and fund the settlement with taxpayer dollars. "
Why is the Sarahpac website still up and running?
ReplyDeleteDiamond and Silk busted for lying under oath about Trump payments as their House hearing goes off the rails
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/diamond-silk-busted-lying-oath-trump-payments-house-hearing-goes-off-rails/
A Guide To Unscrambling Trump’s Bonkers ‘Fox & Friends’ Interview
ReplyDeletePresident Donald Trump on Thursday called into his favorite TV program, “Fox & Friends,” and spoke for more than 30 minutes in what at times was an agitated, stream-of-consciousness rant. The president careened over a lot of ground in the rare interview.
Here’s a summary:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fox-and-friends_us_5ae1d1fee4b055fd7fc8f474
‘Thank you, Fox & Friends’: Attorney Michael Avenatti gloats after Trump stumbles through legal minefield on live TV
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/thank-fox-friends-attorney-michael-avenatti-gloats-trump-stumbles-legal-minefield-live-tv/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/26/donald-trump-to-visit-uk-on-friday-13-july
ReplyDelete'Delighted that President @realDonaldTrump will visit the UK on 13 July and hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister May.'
"the full state visit the US president was promised when May visited Washington last year, meaning he will not be honoured with an official banquet at Buckingham Palace or a carriage procession up the Mall."
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/989546562073309184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2018%2Fapr%2F26%2Fdonald-trump-to-visit-uk-on-friday-13-july&tfw_creator=jessicaelgot&tfw_site=guardian
Trump will have folks coming out AGAINST his visit to the UK once he arrives there, which well they should.
DeleteHe's a total embarrassment to America and has never represented me in any way!
they will line the mall with protestors.
DeleteKinda sounds like the only thing working with Donnie for the last 20yrs and with alittle help from Viagra is his dick. He must own all the spam ads in your email account...Russian girls, male enhancer, Canadian pharmacy, Ukraine hot girls, get harder and longer. Yep old Donnie is in deep swamp shit alright.
ReplyDeleteCohen isn't a man.
ReplyDelete1.6 million to abort donnies spawn and no freedom to tell. Sounds cheap and sad. Do we know this womans name?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/04/trump-announces-hes-considering-interfering-with-justice-department-investigations/
ReplyDelete" “I’m very disappointed in my Justice Department,” he said. “But because of the fact that it’s going on, and I think you’ll understand that, I have decided that I won’t be involved. I may change my mind at some point, because what’s going on is a disgrace.”"
Yep his presidency sure is a disgrace,
DeleteHOLY $HIT bipolar meltdown!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lu_Hgw60Ns&app=desktop
Manic for sure. Hmm.
DeleteManic depression and bipolar disorder? Yikes!
BREAKING GUILTY!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-cosby-found-guilty-on-all-counts-in-sexual-assault-retrial_us_5adf7c79e4b061c0bfa274b3
Trump Falls Apart On Fox And Destroys His Attorney/Client Privilege With Michael Cohen
ReplyDelete...By disavowing Cohen as his attorney on anything but the Stormy Daniels matter, Trump is telling federal investigations that whatever communications that they may have between Trump and Cohen outside of Daniels are not covered by attorney/client privilege. Since Cohen is not a member of the administration, the communications are not covered by executive privilege. Trump was unhinged and clearly worked up during the Fox and Friends interview. He also blew his own legal defense to bits.
New York prosecutors used Trump’s comments to speed up the review of the seized documents:
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/26/trump-falls-apart-on-fox-and-destroys-his-attorney-client-privilege-with-michael-cohen.html
Trump is a fucking liar, but the majority of Americans knew that already. He needs to be jailed for the rest of life or executed for treason/being a traitor.
ReplyDeleteHis place in the history books is going to be embarrassing for his family members.
They will change their last name back to Drumpf.
Deletehttps://www.vox.com/2018/4/26/17272470/bill-cosby-trial-verdict-guilty-sexual-assault-andrea-constand
ReplyDeletehttps://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-set-confirm-mike-pompeo-170230932.html
ReplyDelete"With unanimous support from Republicans and backing from a handful of Democrats, the Senate on Thursday confirmed CIA director Mike Pompeo as the next secretary of state.
The vote in favor of Pompeo was 57-42.
Six Democrats and a independent who caucuses with the party, Sen. Angus King of Maine, joined in confirming Pompeo. The Democrats supporting him were Sens. Doug Jones of Alabama, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Bill Nelson of Florida."
There's your list of DINOs we need to get rid of.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pompeo-chinese-ties-disclosure_us_5ae10e97e4b04aa23f1f0103
"CIA Director Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, came under fire earlier this month for failing to disclose business ties to two companies controlled by the Chinese government."
"Pompeo omitted any mention of the Chinese companies on a mandatory questionnaire he filled out last year before his Senate confirmation to head the CIA. Asked if he had “received any compensation from, or been involved in any business transaction with a foreign government or any entity controlled by a foreign government” in the past 10 years, Pompeo wrote, “No.”
But earlier this month, McClatchy reported his Kansas company’s ties to Sinopec – an oil and gas giant that is majority-owned by the China Petrochemical Corporation. Documents seen by HuffPost Wednesday show that Sentry International, a Kansas company where Pompeo served as president, imported products from two subsidiaries of the state-owned oil company China National Petroleum Corporation. The transactions – for a total of 12 shipments of oil and gas equipment – occurred as late as 2007 and 2009, when Pompeo was still serving as Sentry’s president. That brings Pompeo’s total undisclosed relationships with foreign firms to four.
After McClatchy’s initial news report, Sen. Bob Menendez, a member of the Senate foreign relations committee, vowed to ask Pompeo about the omission. On Wednesday, HuffPost learned that Pompeo stood by his answers to the questionnaire in response to a written question Menendez sent Pompeo after the committee hearing."
Another lying fuck confirmed by the Senate.
The Democratic Party continues to be an impotent disaster.
Any Democrat crossing over to the Republican side needs to be axed in upcoming elections. Friggin' traitors!
Deletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/internet-freaks-surreal-photos-pompeo-kim-jong-un-looks-taller-propaganda-murals/
Delete"Trump admits Mike Pompeo ‘wasn’t supposed to meet with Kim Jong Un’"Pic$!^
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-says-pompeo-wasnt-supposed-to-meet-with-kim-jong-un-cddc1cd147a5/
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/parents-us-student-sue-north-korea-death/
DeleteWho dresses Michael Cohen? He seems to have a lot of money but it's clear he doesn't spend it on clothes. That sport coat looks like something Bozo the Clown left in a thrift store. His suits don't fit; haircut is something out of West Side Story; and his shoes look like water skis.
ReplyDeleteTrump campaign seizes on Kanye tweets to sell MAGA hats
ReplyDeletehttp://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/385034-trump-campaign-seizes-on-kanye-tweets-to-sell-maga-hats
https://twitter.com/PodSaveAmerica/status/989639414702788608
DeleteI would have loved for a journalist to ask trump, so you were lying before when you said you didn't know Stormy. let him lie his way out of that question.
ReplyDeleteDid Dr Ronnie pass out a few pills on his way to the unemployment office, because trump seems like he was in a manic phase.
"In a profile on the strange relationship between President Donald Trump and his FBI-raided personal attorney Michael Cohen, the Wall Street Journal reported on an embarrassing anecdote from the lawyer’s son’s bar mitzvah in 2012.
ReplyDeleteAccording to a source who attended the younger Cohen’s coming-of-age event, Trump told the crowd, after showing up late and delaying the service, that he only attended the bar mitzvah after being urged by his attorney, secretary and children.
Guests at the celebration laughed because, as the source told the Journal, “everyone knew it was very realistic-sounding.”
Read the entire article looking into the unique — and now-strained — relationship between Trump and Cohen via the Wall Street Journal."
"Does this anti-"sodomite," slavery-defending, Holocaust-denying Idaho pastor lead a hate group?"
'“We could shut down the homosexual-sodomite parade in Spokane, if the Christians would just simply turn out and stop that nonsense,”'
"“I don’t care if the entire world says slavery’s wrong,” he said. “If God says it’s right, and God allows for it, I’m going to allow for it.”
He is also a Holocaust denier.
“I’m not saying that Hitler didn’t kill Jews,” "
https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2018/04/26/does-this-anti-sodomite-slavery-defending-holocaust-denying-idaho-pastor-lead-a-hate-group
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/christian-group-calls-parents-pull-kids-school-protest-national-lgbt-day-silence/
DeleteHere’s The White House Questionnaire For GOP Candidates Who Want Trump’s Backing
ReplyDeletehttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-gop-questionnaire_us_5ae0f0f5e4b04aa23f1ee5f2
Is his head photoshopped onto that suit?
ReplyDeleteMother Of Christ Almighty, what in Jesus and God's name was he thinking?