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PeraclesPlease — Thu, 10 May 2018 10:08:47 +0000

Same week he tweeted this, Cohen set up an LLC to monetize his access to Trump.

And, same week Stormy Daniels was paid off via Cohen’s LLC, Trump flew in Bill Clinton's accusers to the presidential debate. https://t.co/J18lUQYRZv
— Adam Khan (@Khanoisseur) May 10, 2018

Want access to Crooked Hillary? Don't forget - it's going to cost you!#DrainTheSwamp #PayToPlay pic.twitter.com/qjMBZkEnK9
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2016

URL:

https://twitter.com/Khanoisseur/status/994471755308675072

‘I’m crushing it’: How

artappraiser — Thu, 10 May 2018 06:47:09 +0000

In reply to 'Trump's going to be forced to resign': Stormy Daniels' lawyer predicts a fall

‘I’m crushing it’: How Michael Cohen, touting his access to President Trump, convinced companies to pay millions

He pitched potential clients on his close association with the president, noting he still was President Trump’s lawyer, according to associates. He showed photos of himself with Trump and mentioned how frequently they spoke, even asking people to share news articles describing him as Trump's “fixer.”

By Michael Kranish, Rosalind S. Helderman, Carolyn Y. Johnson and Josh Dawsey

@ WashingtonPost.com, May 9

Also they have this

Russia-linked company that hired Michael Cohen registered alt-right websites during election

Followed by these two story links:

Treasury inspector general launches probe into possible leak of Cohen’s banking records

Claims about Michael Cohen’s banking history were made public by Michael Avenatti, an attorney for a porn star who was paid $130,000 to keep quiet about her alleged affair with President Trump.

Lawyers for Michael Cohen accuse Stormy Daniels's attorney of distributing false information

Trump Told His Lawyers He

artappraiser — Thu, 10 May 2018 06:38:03 +0000

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Trump Told His Lawyers He Knows Nothing About Michael Cohen's Business

By Brian Bennett @ Time.com, May 9

President Trump told his lawyers on Tuesday night he didn’t know about payments made to his personal attorney by a Russian oligarch and businesses lobbying the federal government.

After the payments were revealed by Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, and then largely confirmed by news accounts and the companies themselves, Trump lawyers Jay Sekulow and Rudy Giuliani called the president to ask him about it.

“I don’t know anything about it,” Trump told his lawyers, according Guiliani’s recollection of the phone call.

Guiliani said Trump’s legal team is confident Special Counsel Robert Mueller doesn’t believe the President had a role in the transactions. “He was good on it,” Guiliani said. “Nobody’s concerned about it. It doesn’t involve us. If it involved us Mueller would have kept it.”

Asked if the President directed Cohen to accept payments from companies like Novartis and AT&T, Guiliani said, “I have no idea. I doubt it.” Guiliani believes the news helps Trump’s legal team because it feeds the impression that the investigations are moving far from Russian interference.

“They are chasing rainbows,” Guiliani said. “This is yet another irrelevant thing that is made into a big thing.”

Given that the special counsel’s initial mandate is to investigate Russian collusion with Trump’s campaign, Trump’s legal team will “try to block them from everything they can do which would be far afield from that,” he said.

Discussions over whether Trump will agree to be interviewed by Mueller are “right now on hold,” he said.[....]

NEW / NBC News: AT&T in a

artappraiser — Thu, 10 May 2018 06:29:46 +0000

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NEW / NBC News: AT&T in a statement says they were contacted by Special Counsel Mueller's office and "we cooperated fully, providing all information requested in November and December of 2017."
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) May 9, 2018

Tonight's MSNBC's Last Word

artappraiser — Wed, 09 May 2018 04:10:21 +0000

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Tonight's MSNBC's Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell INTERVIEW WITH AVENATTI and explainer, 18 min.

He challenges Cohen to release his bank statements.....

Exclusive: Mueller's team

artappraiser — Wed, 09 May 2018 04:02:53 +0000

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Exclusive: Mueller's team questions Russian oligarch about payments to Cohen

By Kara Scannell and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN

Updated 6:30 PM ET, Tue May 8, 2018

[....] What FBI agents wanted to know

FBI agents asked Vekselberg about payments his company's American affiliate, Columbus Nova, made to Cohen, according to one source. The Russian was questioned as well about $300,000 in political donations by Andrew Intrater, Vekselberg's American cousin who is the head of Columbus Nova, sources said.

Intrater was also questioned by Mueller's investigators, two sources told CNN. Last month, Vekselberg was placed on the US government's list of sanctioned individuals, prohibiting him from traveling to the US.

The payments occurred at the same time Cohen was trying to build a consulting and legal business after the election and around the time he left the Trump Organization. [....]

After publication, Columbus Nova provided a statement from its attorney, Richard Owens.

"Columbus Nova is a management company solely owned and controlled by Americans," the statement said. "After the inauguration, the firm hired Michael Cohen as a business consultant regarding potential sources of capital and potential investments in real estate and other ventures. Reports today that Viktor Vekselberg used Columbus Nova as a conduit for payments to Michael Cohen are false. The claim that Viktor Vekselberg was involved or provided any funding for Columbus Nova's engagement of Michael Cohen is patently untrue. Neither Viktor Vekselberg nor anyone else other than Columbus Nova's owners, were involved in the decision to hire Cohen or provided funding for his engagement."

Later Tuesday, Eric Kosta, general counsel of Columbus Nova, sent this statement: "As the General Counsel of Columbus Nova, I can confirm that the company is 100% owned and controlled by Americans. Any suggestion that at any point in time Viktor Vekselberg or any of his companies owned or exercised any control over Columbus Nova is patently untrue."

Intrater did not respond to requests for comment. An attorney for Vekselberg did not respond to a request for comment, nor did representatives for his company in Russia. Cohen did not respond to a request for comment [....]

WaPo's Philip Bump also did

artappraiser — Wed, 09 May 2018 03:56:45 +0000

In reply to Oh, he's most definitely a

WaPo's Philip Bump also did this "explainer": How money flowed through Michael Cohen’s multi-purpose shell company

includes this chart, also talks about the Russian, sums up It’s clear from the reported transactions that there was more money flowing into the Essential Consultants account than has been revealed. (At the time Cohen withdrew the $1 million, the account hadn’t yet received the $750,000 paid by AT&T, Novartis and Korea Aerospace.) Meaning that if Avenatti’s representation is accurate, the graphic above is still incomplete

AT&T Twitter Account: Can You

artappraiser — Wed, 09 May 2018 03:41:42 +0000

In reply to 'Trump's going to be forced to resign': Stormy Daniels' lawyer predicts a fall

AT&T Twitter Account: Can You Please Tell Us More About 'Pay to Play'

Today 10:30pm

This is sad funny, it's our present and future talking to bots....

Fox News web headline:

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 09 May 2018 03:14:58 +0000

In reply to DOJ has declined to comment

Fox News web headline:

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Questionable Cash

Michael Cohen-linked firm received big payments from Russian oligarch: report

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Not sure how TV is spinning it

DOJ has declined to comment

artappraiser — Wed, 09 May 2018 02:58:21 +0000

In reply to And now there's this. Boom.

DOJ has declined to comment on any possible connection between Cohen, AT&T and the antitrust trial https://t.co/xdN2KgwiJV
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) May 8, 2018

To be clear: AT&T is acknowledging that it paid Trump's personal lawyer to try to get insight into Trump. (In a year when insight into Trump is basically... what everyone would like to have)
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) May 8, 2018

And here is the statement from Novartis, the pharmaceutical company: “Any agreements with Essential Consultants were entered before our current CEO taking office in February of this year and have expired.”
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) May 8, 2018