Thursday, April 19, 2018

Trump's attorney Michael Cohen abruptly drops his suit against Buzzfeed and Fusion GPS. Gee, I wonder why?

Courtesy of Politico: 

Embattled attorney Michael Cohen has dropped a pair of much-touted libel suits against BuzzFeed and the private investigation firm Fusion GPS over publication of the so-called dossier detailing alleged ties between President Donald Trump and Russia. 

Cohen abandoned the suits late Wednesday as he continues to fight to recover documents and electronic files seized from his home, office and hotel room last week by federal authorities as part of what appears to be a broad criminal investigation into his conduct. 

"The decision to voluntarily discontinue these cases was a difficult one," Cohen's attorney David Schwartz said. "We believe the defendants defamed my client, and vindicating Mr. Cohen’s rights was — and still remains — important. But given the events that have unfolded, and the time, attention, and resources needed to prosecute these matters, we have dismissed the matters, despite their merits." 

The dossier claims that Cohen met with Russian operatives somewhere in Europe, including Prague, to attend a meeting to “clean up the mess” created by public disclosures of other Trump associates’ reported ties to Russia. 

So why would Cohen suddenly drop these lawsuits?

A couple of reasons spring to mind.

For one Cohen is under criminal investigation, and being sued for defamation by the attorney for Stormy Daniels.

That means he would be involved in at least three legal battles at the same time, one of which might see him face time in a federal prison.

That is a lot of money be spreading around. Even if he is rich, there is a limit. 

The other reason is discovery in the Fusion GPS and Buzzfeed cases.

Any evidence that Cohen has to reveal to battle them in court is likely going to then be made available to the media, and will definitely be available to the Mueller team.

And as we have witnessed before team Mueller are known for jumping on newly revealed information quickly and decisively.

In response to all of this Cohen might not remain Trump's personal attorney for long.

In fact one of Trump's past legal representatives has reportedly told Trump he cannot Trust Michael Cohen.

Courtesy of Slate: 

One of President Donald Trump’s longtime legal advisers said he warned the president in a phone call Friday that Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and close friend, would turn against the president and cooperate with federal prosecutors if faced with criminal charges.

Mr. Goldberg said he cautioned the president not to trust Mr. Cohen. On a scale of 100 to 1, where 100 is fully protecting the president, Mr. Cohen “isn’t even a 1,” he said he told Mr. Trump…. In the call, Mr. Goldberg [-] said he told the president Mr. Cohen could even agree to wear a wire and try to record conversations with Mr. Trump. “You have to be alert,” Mr. Goldberg said he told the president. “I don’t care what Michael says.”

Of course IF Trump fires Cohen that would then give him less reason to go out on a limb to protect his former boss. 

You know it is almost as if Trump is being outmaneuvered on all sides.

19 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:21 AM

    Gosh. The story just gets juicer by the day. If Donald Trump and congress doesn't accomplish anything in the remaining terms, at lease America was treated to a drama mama good time with that donnie boy and his team.
    I mean if you want to know who all fell by the wayside go to Rachel Maddow's past shows on youtube. She's keeping count.
    It's gotta be reality tv. It's the way of our new government.
    Every day, you turn on the tv and something related to Trump and Putin plays out.
    Cohen is a side character. Like in the game of thrones when we get use to a evil persona then he gets ousted.
    George Martin couldn't make this stuff up.

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  2. Maybe Donald used to blow kisses to Michael too, and Michael's seen what good that's done James Comey...?

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  3. Anonymous11:26 AM

    The Sewer Rat is soooo fucked!

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  4. Trump has FOX News' Judge Jeanine Pirro on speed dial for legal advice...she was topic de jour in the Durst murder trial. A witness on the stand testified that she saw Pirro, who worked at DA's office at the time, boffing the cop who was investigating the murder case. Pirro should throw $10 at Cohen so he'll write up an NDA for the cop she's going to want silenced.

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  5. Anonymous11:30 AM

    Basis of Cohen's suit was he was not in Prague.

    Reports now say Mueller has evidence he was in Prague.

    Cohen would totally lose suit if he was there.

    Dropping the suit was probably a good idea.

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    1. Anonymous2:40 PM

      Not only that, but he risks perjury charges if he says in the Buzzfeed lawsuits that he never went to Prague, but he did go to Prague.

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  6. Anonymous11:43 AM

    Its about time these buffoons realize that trump is not worth it. He is a walking shithole stain on America. Why on earth would anyone even a idiot moron protect and defend such a asshole? His bully threats and mob mentality is nothing more than nasty stinky farts from the shithole himself. He sucks. He is illegitimate. He is a dotard, moron and disgrace to America. Get rid of him for goodness sake.

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    1. Anonymous12:21 PM

      Evidently as long as they could also make a lot of money they did not care.

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  7. Anonymous11:43 AM

    If the FBI raid seized evidence that Cohen did make that trip to Prague would Cohen be guilty of fraud if he continued suing Buzzfeed and Fusion?

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    1. Anonymous2:57 PM

      First of all, the FBI were not involved and secondly it wasn't a raid. The state/county police in NY state simply exercised a search warrant.

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  8. Crystal Sage11:46 AM

    Mueller has proof that Cohen went to Prague, collaborated by information from the raid. The release of the Playboy Playmate from the Inquirer embargo will also lend credibility to the Stormy Daniels revelations. It will all blow up soon, even if Mueller is fired. He is way too smart not to leave a stink bomb embedded in his investigation.

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  9. And Karen McDougal won her lawsuit against American Media. She settled but essentially won.

    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ex-playboy-model-karen-mcdougal-free-tell-her-215307703.html

    "Former Playboy model Karen McDougal has been freed up to tell her story about an alleged affair she had with Donald Trump, after settling a lawsuit with publisher American Media, McDougal said in a statement provided to TheWrap on Wednesday.

    “I am pleased to have reached a settlement with AMI on my own terms, which restores to me the rights to my life story and frees me from this contract that I was misled into signing nearly two years ago,” McDougal said. “My goal from the beginning was to restore my rights and not to achieve any financial gain, and this settlement does exactly that. I am relieved to be able to tell the truth about my story when asked, and I look forward to being able to return to my private life and focus on what matters to me. Thank you to my family, friends, legal team, and the public for the support I have received.”

    McDougal’s attorney, Peter Stris, said in his own statement, “We are glad that AMI has agreed to a settlement that restores Karen’s life rights to her, and makes right the wrongs that had been perpetrated against her. She is now able to move on from this and go back to living her private life, as she has wanted from the beginning. Our firm is happy to have been able to help Karen reach this favorable outcome and free her from the fear of speaking her truth.”"

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    1. Anonymous3:02 PM

      Lo$er:

      https://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/19/trump-teen-pregnancy-prevention-program-cuts-illegal.html

      https://thinkprogress.org/karen-mcdougals-stunning-victory-c34e21cee66c/

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  10. Just proves that unlike his orange client, Cohen is smart enough to realize he can't fight a war on two fronts and win.

    Still hasn't sunk in that ultimately he is going to lose.

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    1. Anonymous2:59 PM

      If he was smart he never would have jeopardized his license to practice law for trump. He dropped the suit because law enforcement has info that the other parties were telling the truth.

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  11. Anonymous2:29 PM

    Take away his passports. He may hit the high seas with missy gee to escape prison.

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  12. WA Skeptic6:05 PM

    I knew Traitor Trump was a sleazy creep who left a slimy trail on the entrance to the White House, but these things just highlight my disgust.

    ITMFA. And don't forget to convict as well. He and his entire administration.

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  13. Anonymous1:47 AM

    nobody wants to go to prison to protect tRump. All the NDA's will not protect them once the door shuts behind them. He is not worth risking losing everything for. Slimeball would sell his own mother for a few bucks, and a large T on an outdoor toilet. I want to see the entire "empire" destroyed, since it was all built on screwing the little guy over with unpaid contracts. Princess Ivanka should be in prison, too, along with her prick of a husband plus her brothers, Beavis and Butthead.

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  14. Anonymous10:42 AM

    David Corn on Mother Jones said that he recalled that Cohen said he was in Prague 14 years ago. This after Cohen had said that he had never been to Prague. An ongoing story to prove that Cohen had indeed been to Prague. Just about the time when maybe Putin was puttin' on the make to Donald Trump's presidency.
    In fact I think, for a long time we have been watching Putin divide and conquer our nation with Faux news being his propaganda machine. And now Sinclear is getting ready to seal the deal.
    I bet if anyone cared to follow the money, all our United States business and politics could be traced back to Putin.
    I mean the fact that Stein and Bernie came timely upon the game to seed discontent amidst the Democrats. Something is not right.
    It's like Putin is the alien invasion that everyone is expecting.
    But like when he invaded Crimea under an anonymous guise we are being infected with Pootinism. Not Trumpism.

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