Do you believe Stormy Daniels scandal threatens Trump presidency?

[enhanced_deficit]

Do you believe Stormy Daniels scandal threatens Trump presidency/impeachment?

Chatter has gone up sharply since yesterday after shocking claims by lawyers of both Stormy Daniels and Trump and after reports of CBS going ahead with airing of Stromy Daniels interview on March 25th despite legal threats.

Stormy Daniels' lawyer says porn star was physically threatened to remain silent over alleged affair with Trump (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/16/stormy-daniels-says-she-was-physically-threatened-to-keep-silent.html)
CNBC 11h ago



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPPdSnmY2Os
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPPdSnmY2Os


Current top headline on Drudge:

TRUMP ATTY DEMANDS $20M FROM STORMY (https://apnews.com/3a123dc6efc4424f88626f8c8413b685/The-Latest:-Trump-lawyer-claims-up-to-$20m-in-damages)


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Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Plays Coy When Asked If Donald Trump Sex Tape Exists

Updated: Mar 16, 2018
By Megan Heintz

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http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/stormy-daniels-sex-tape-156215


Related

CNN source: Stormy controversy potentially bigger threat to Trump presidency than Russia (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?520313-CNN-source-Stormy-controversy-potentially-bigger-threat-to-Trump-presidency-than-Russia&)


Maxine Waters: If Robert Mueller 'doesn't get' Trump, Stormy Daniels will
washingtonexaminer

[Working Poor]

well I am sure that CNN hopes Stormy can take him down. I don't know if she will or not. I wish they had been this upset about Bush jr and Obama.

[Raginfridus]

Maybe if Stormy Cooter can show she conceived and was "forced" into an abortion. If there is anything to this scandal, the brunt of the evidence will be felt near 2020. It has to grow into something conclusive by then, and there will need to be some human toll for the scandal to resonate with Boobus. Otherwisr, you're left with a rich dude paying a porno girl for favors, and that's just funny trivia.

[TheTexan]

She has big tits

Voted!

[acptulsa]

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a better way to distract people from the Invasion of the Neocons, CIA Candidates and Torturers.

[eleganz]

I find it unusual that someone who signed an NDA can openly talk this much about an NDA.

[CCTelander]

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a better way to distract people from the Invasion of the Neocons, CIA Candidates and Torturers.


Salacious scandals do it every time.

[Raginfridus]

Salacious scandals do it every time.

Right. Its a great distraction. Not sure if her boobies can sink Trumptanic.

[Marenco]

Weapons of mass distraction...

https://grrrgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/wheel-of-fake-news-ben-garrison-cartoon-1024x793.jpg

[enhanced_deficit]

Salacious scandals do it every time.

Seems that way.

http://cdn.worldofwonder.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/clinton.jpg

[timosman]

Not sure if her boobies can sink Trumptanic.

Titanic still would be afloat. :cool:

[oyarde]

She has big tits

Voted!

Plus Rep . I voted .

[TheTexan]

As far as scandals go I would give it two D's on the disgrace/slander scales, and maybe a 36 overall rating.

This scandal is being made to seem a lot bigger than it really is.

[enhanced_deficit]

Maybe if Stormy Cooter can show she conceived and was "forced" into an abortion. If there is anything to this scandal, the brunt of the evidence will be felt near 2020. It has to grow into something conclusive by then, and there will need to be some human toll for the scandal to resonate with Boobus. Otherwisr, you're left with a rich dude paying a porno girl for favors, and that's just funny trivia.

Could be factor for 2018 midterms too with Dems possible impeachment play & roping Trump in "obstruction of justice/lying" through Mueller probe as happened in case of Bill Clinton.

Another interesting observation about media coverage. MSNBC is giving it wall to wall coverage on all their shows and but you won't know if this scandal even existed if you watched Foxnews ( zero coverage... could be because Trump reportedlu watched Fox often.) Ironically, WSJ (also owned by Rupert who owns Foxnews) broke this story and had led substantial investigative reporting on this relating to secret shell company used ny Trump's lawyer.
If this is an inside job, would be double D chess.


well I am sure that CNN hopes Stormy can take him down. I don't know if she will or not. I wish they had been this upset about Bush jr and Obama.

Could be media wants to make WH stressful and force mistakes ahead of Mueller-Trump interview.
Loyal Trump supporters says Trump is "not blackmailable". He also says Trump went with keepers of the swap when he was forced out but that is s whole different topic.

Scaramucci: Michael Cohen Is 'Doing Well' But Stormy Daniels Situation Is 'Stressful' | MSNBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snCX2X0D9V8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snCX2X0D9V8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue20TA8zJX0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue20TA8zJX0

[timosman]

As far as scandals go I would give it two D's on the disgrace/slander scales, and maybe a 36 overall rating.

This scandal is being made to seem a lot bigger than it really is.

Sex sells.

[RJB]

Bill Clinton's presidency proved that Democrats and independents don't care about personal character and even criminal behavior in their candidates. Donald Trump's presidency has shown the same with Republican voters. Independents still support the blowing of the wind.

[Working Poor]

Could be media wants to make WH stressful and force mistakes ahead of Mueller-Trump interview.
Loyal Trump supporters says Trump is "not blackmailable". He also says Trump went with keepers of the swap when he was forced out but that is s whole different topic.
Are we amused yet that the media does not like Trump?I think Trump will be okay. I think this is all show biz. Don't you? It's a great big cosmic joke. It's joke son laugh.

[timosman]

Are we amused yet that the media does not like Trump?I think Trump will be okay. I think this is all show biz. Don't you? It's a great big cosmic joke. It's joke son laugh.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w

[Brian4Liberty]

RIGGED: Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Was on Payroll of Joe Biden, Rahm Emanuel; Previously Sued Trump & ‘The Apprentice’ Reality Show (https://truepundit.com/rigged-stormy-daniels-lawyer-was-on-payroll-of-joe-biden-rahm-emanuel-previously-sued-trump-the-apprentice-reality-show/)


Porn star Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenetti it turns out, worked for Joe Biden and Rahm Emanuel, two Obama pals.

Small world.
...
In fact Avenetti worked on the political campaigns of over 150 Democrats, including national campaigns; When he wasn’t busy suing Donald Trump and The Apprentice producer Mark Barnett for alleged intellectual property infractions.

[EBounding]

lol no. The bar for moral character is already through the floor.

[CCTelander]

It depends upon what the definition of "is" is.

[acptulsa]

It depends upon what the definition of "is" is.

Islamic State.

Or is it Intelligence Service? Oh, yeah. These days that's the same thing.

[shakey1]

Amerikan people so easily distracted.

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/made-my-choice.jpg

[enhanced_deficit]

RIGGED: Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Was on Payroll of Joe Biden, Rahm Emanuel; Previously Sued Trump & ‘The Apprentice’ Reality Show (https://truepundit.com/rigged-stormy-daniels-lawyer-was-on-payroll-of-joe-biden-rahm-emanuel-previously-sued-trump-the-apprentice-reality-show/)

If the suggestion here is that Biden/Dems may have entraped Trump using Stormy, that would be a major development.
If that were the case, ironically it would reverse of what was claimed in following report yesterday:



19 Mar 2018
Revealed: Trump’s election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians

An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking about using bribes, ex-spies, fake IDs and sex workers.

The company is at the centre of a scandal over its role in the harvesting of more than 50 million Facebook profiles.


From : Trump Election Consultant Firm Cambridge Analytica Execs Caught Discussing Extortion, Fake News (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?520558-Trump-Election-Consultant-Firm-Cambridge-Analytica-Execs-Caught-Discussing-Extortion-Fake-News&)



But if no such angle, then SD's lawyer having a past political affiliation or employment relationship with a Dem politician would not be of much significance here as underlying matter relates entirely to claims made by/transactions between Stormy and Trump's lawyer Cohen few days before 2016 election.


And it could be that Dems surround themselves with best lawyers, even Trump recently interviewed Clinton lawyer reportedly:

Trump met with Clinton's impeachment lawyer to assist in Russia Probe
foxnews
Mar 10, 2018 - President Donald Trump is in discussions with President Bill Clinton's impeachment lawyer about joining the White House legal team

[dannno]

Were the poll options purposely placed in an order that would cause the outcome to resemble male genitalia?

[enhanced_deficit]

SD seems to be pretty good at using media/staying in headlines. Looking at headlines today, most of media (except Fox, Drudge and National Enquirer), seems to be building up coverage ahead of rumored CBS Sunday interview.


Stormy Daniels polygraph report released

By Jake Tapper and MJ Lee, CNN
3:36 PM ET, Tue March 20, 2018


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Washington (CNN)Stormy Daniels was "truthful about having unprotected vaginal intercourse with Donald Trump in July 2006," according to a polygraph test report from 2011.


The report states that the "probability of deception was measured to be less than 1%." It was given to CNN by Michael Avenatti, Daniels' attorney and contains three pertinent questions: "Around July 2006, did you have vaginal intercourse with Donald Trump?," "Around July 2006, did you have unprotected sex with Donald Trump?" and "Did Trump say you would get on 'The Apprentice?'"


https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/politics/stormy-daniels-polygraph-donald-trump/index.html



Were the poll options purposely placed in an order that would cause the outcome to resemble male genitalia?

When earlier saw following headline, thought Newsweek had crossed the line when it came to family values.. and sorry to say this post might have too.


http://www.newsweek.com/stormy-daniels-lawyer-did-not-say-she-has-trump-dick-pics-852268








Related

Ex-Playboy Model Karen McDougal Sues to Break Silence on Trump

By JIM RUTENBERG MARCH 20, 2018

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Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who says she had an affair with Donald J. Trump, is suing to be freed from an agreement with a media company to remain quiet. Credit Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, for Playboy A former Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald J. Trump sued on Tuesday to be released from a 2016 legal agreement requiring her silence, becoming the second woman this month to challenge Trump allies’ efforts during the presidential campaign to bury stories about extramarital relationships.
(Read the complaint (https://static01.********/files/2018/us/mcdougal-complaint-exhibits.pdf?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article).)

The model, Karen McDougal, is suing the company that owns The National Enquirer, American Media Inc., which paid her $150,000 and whose chief executive is a friend of President Trump’s. The other woman, the adult entertainment star Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels, was paid $130,000 to stay quiet by the president’s personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen. She filed suit earlier this month.

Both women, who argue that their contracts are invalid, are trying to get around clauses requiring them to resolve disputes in secretive arbitration proceedings rather than in open court. Mr. Trump has denied the affairs.
Ms. McDougal, in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims that Mr. Cohen was secretly involved in her talks with A.M.I., and that the media company and her lawyer at the time misled her about the deal. She also asserts that after she spoke with The New Yorker last month after it obtained notes she kept on Mr. Trump, A.M.I. warned that “any further disclosures would breach Karen’s contract” and “cause considerable monetary damages.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/ex-playboy-model-sues-to-break-silence-on-trump.html

[oyarde]

Had trump stuck militantly to a constitutional conservative position on everything he would've been as near a lock as you could get for a second term and Pence a good chance at the next four . Since he has not done that he has opened the door for whatever commie whack job the dems select to run against him .

[Raginfridus]

Had trump stuck militantly to a constitutional conservative position on everything he would've been as near a lock as you could get for a second term and Pence a good chance at the next four . Since he has not done that he has opened the door for whatever commie whack job the dems select to run against him .

With or w/o Stormy.

[oyarde]

With or w/o Stormy.

Yes , I think so . Also would have made it easier on sitting congressman, governors and senators in his party

[r3volution 3.0]

Do you believe Stormy Daniels scandal threatens Trump presidency?

To some extent, yes.

It's a lot like the Clinton sex scandal.

The underlying event isn't important; it's the lying, covering-up, etc, that has the potential to become a serious PR (if not legal) problem.

[timosman]

Yes , I think so . Also would have made it easier on sitting congressman, governors and senators in his party

Please clap.

[r3volution 3.0]

Another question: who wants to bang a pornstar in the first place?

Are these the same people who buy used underpants at a yardsale?

[enhanced_deficit]

To some extent, yes.

It's a lot like the Clinton sex scandal.

The underlying event isn't important; it's the lying, covering-up, etc, that has the potential to become a serious PR (if not legal) problem.

Revenge of the Dems for Ken Starr coming then if Dems win controls after midterms as is being projected.

[enhanced_deficit]

There is increasing chance that "distraction firing news" conspiracy theorists will be proven wrong and there will beno major firing or war escalation by WH early next week.
CBS despite warning from Trump lawyers seems to be going ahead with airing of much publicized CBS 60 Minutes interview.


60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels to be broadcast Sunday

The adult-film star and director describes the affair she says she had with Donald Trump in her first television interview about the alleged relationship


2018 Mar 22


The 60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels, the adult-film star and director who says she had an affair with Donald Trump, will be broadcast on Sunday, March 25 at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. Find your local station (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-tv-stations-affiliates/).
Daniels talks to Anderson Cooper about the relationship she says she had with Mr. Trump in 2006 and 2007, revealing details that bring her story up to the present. It is the first and only television interview in which she speaks about the alleged relationship.
The president has denied having an affair with Daniels.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stormy-daniels-60-minutes-donald-trump-interview-to-be-broadcast-sunday/









Stormy Daniels' lawyer: Disc tweet is 'warning shot' to Trump (https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/23/politics/stormy-daniels-lawyer-dvd-tweet/index.html)
CNN

Fri March 23, 2018


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Washington (CNN)The lawyer representing the porn star suing President Donald Trump called a tweet he posted of an apparent data disc a "warning shot" to the President.

On Thursday night, Michael Avenatti tweeted an image of what looked like a CD or DVD, with the caption: "If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is this worth???? #60minutes #pleasedenyit #basta."
Avenatti said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer that the disc contains evidence proving the porn star's claims about her alleged affair with Trump.
"I want to be really clear about this: It is a warning shot. And it's a warning shot to Michael Cohen and anyone else associated with President Trump that they better be very, very careful after Sunday night relating to what they say about my client and what spin or lies they attempt to tell the American people," Avenatti said.






Related

Stormy Daniels' Attorney Implies His Client Has Pictures Of Trump (http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/03/23/stormy-daniels-attorney-implies-his-client-has-pictures-of-trump/)
CBS Los Angeles 13h ago

Stormy Daniels attorney reveals 'thuggish' acts by Trump fixer 'delivered in person' — and warns DVD 'contains evidence' (https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/stormy-daniels-attorney-reveals-thuggish-acts-trump-fixer-delivered-person-warns-dvd-contains-evidence/)
12h ago

Dude Who Claimed Sex With Obama Is Livid At Media's Obsession With Stormy Daniels (http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/23/larry-sinclair-obama-media-stormy-daniels/)
The Daily Caller 22h ago

[Raginfridus]

Is it security footage of Stormy Cooter and Trump walking into same luxury hotel?

This is what pulls us into another war.

[pcosmar]

Another question: who wants to bang a pornstar in the first place?


Seriously?

[Raginfridus]

Seriously?He's got a point...

https://www.stdcheck.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/6431913060335616.png

[timosman]

Another question: who wants to bang a pornstar in the first place?

Altar boy. :cool:


A young priest is listening to a confession of a girl. She said she gave blowjob to a boy.

The Priest did not know what to give as punishment.

So he asked the altar boy if they knew what other priests give for blowjobs.

And altar boy said.

Usually a snickers bar.

[brushfire]

There's precedent, and a known formula for success. The only thing that stuck in the clinton case, was his dna... Where are all the me too's on clinton? Dont get me wrong, I'm hoping trump will get taken out by one of these scandals, but seeing the clintons evade justice doesn't leave me with much hope.


http://cdn.mamamia.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/clintonwearingdress.jpeg

[TheTexan]

Are these the same people who buy used underpants at a yardsale?

Only if it smells nice.

[Anti Globalist]

No I don't think she threatens Trump.

[kpitcher]

If there is any trail connecting the 130k payment back to trump then it'd be interesting if that could be considered election fraud by trump

[enhanced_deficit]

Threatened with lawsuit, Oakland theater cancels screening of Stormy Daniels interview

Saturday, March 24, 2018
Oakland's well-loved New Parkway Theater was forced to cancel a planned screening of the Stormy Daniels 60 Minutes interview scheduled for Sunday at 7 p.m. (https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/New-Parkway-60-minutes-Stormy-Daniels-where-watch-12774196.php) after CBS threatened to sue, the theater announced this week. The New Parkway, which periodically screens notable television events, originally planned to charge $5 a ticket for admission to see Anderson Cooper's sit-down with the adult film star, President Trump's alleged former mistress.

But CBS contacted them and said that if they did so, they would be sued, the theater said Thursday in a statement.
https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/new-parkway-watch-stormy-60-minutes-oakland-sued-12778925.php




Donald Trump faces further sex claims as porn star Stormy Daniels lifts lid on home movie (http://https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/trump-faces-further-sex-claims-12248306)

Republicans fear Daniels may have naked *footage of the president after her *lawyer said he had a DVD.

Steve Lawson
25 MAR 2018
US president Donald Trump could face further sex claims tonight as porn star Stormy *Daniels

prepares to lift the lid on their affair in a TV interview.

Republicans fear Daniels may have naked *footage of the president after her *lawyer said he had a DVD.

The claim that more women are expected to come forward emerged hours before Daniels was due to appear on CBS’s 60 *Minutes.
Going on TV will break a confidentiality agreement.

Ex-Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal has also alleged she had a 10-month affair with Trump.
The 46-year-old claims their trysts began after Trump’s wife Melania gave birth to son Barron in 2006.







If there is any trail connecting the 130k payment back to trump then it'd be interesting if that could be considered election fraud by trump

Hopefully not as that could cause problems in the Bible belt.

https://i.imgur.com/iH8QhU3.png


News reports have cited docs from his lawyer but DD didn't sign.

http://cdn.worldofwonder.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/stormyhush.jpg

[Anti Federalist]

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/71/70/13/15172296/3/920x920.jpg

[Anti Federalist]

Tempting, isn't it men? ^^^

Nothing but poison.

Yes, I am relatively certain that these scandals will used to destroy Trump. (never minding the fact that he pretty much destroyed himself, politically, over the last few weeks)

A billionaire, who is now president, one of the richest and most powerful men in the world, is going to be brought down by vindictive woemen, all because he needed validation of some skank touching his pee pee. What chance do you think you have?

Keep it in your pants, have no truck with woemen.

You'll be better off in the long run.

[Anti Federalist]

That said, can you imagine Ron Paul being dragged into some nonsense like this?

But being fickle, feeble minded mushheads, AmeriKunts reject a straight arrow like Ron, then bitch when they get a Trump.

If he had a taste for little boys, there would probably be less controversy in this current fucked up social environment we live in.

[enhanced_deficit]

Yes, I am relatively certain that these scandals will used to destroy Trump. (never minding the fact that he pretty much destroyed himself, politically, over the last few weeks)
..

Second part makes even a scandal like this more significant, he seems to be burning bridges at much faster pace than building new ones.
WSJ (Fox owner owned) investigative reporting breaking this story is another puzzling part of this story, there is no evidence that it is connected to ongoing war between him and some top officials of Federalist Bureau of Informations.

If the reporting so far is not fakenews, this is bound to have political impact though might not be quick.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTzXjSY0GFF6qemgkEUcG_XJIChWOGTW NJRC28KdLu0DplWwd3babH8-sMgbdOwgINe_iKY7V4BcQ (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/20/trump-stormy-daniels-affair-allegations-of-very-li/)
49% of Americans: Trump affair allegations are of 'very little importance' to the nation' says poll
(https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/20/trump-stormy-daniels-affair-allegations-of-very-li/)Washington Times Mar 20, 2018

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUksnOP33wIciHYlVS1PcP7NCxSdkfb OwNqnOhWez2eRIGZMYTVbLTGXkJd-mGl1RR0v-B9XA9spk (https://www.salon.com/2018/03/23/why-trump-will-weather-stormy_partner/)
Why Donald Trump will weather Stormy Daniels
(https://www.salon.com/2018/03/23/why-trump-will-weather-stormy_partner/)Salon Mar 23, 2018

Only Half Of Trump Voters Say Affair With Porn Actress Would Be Immoral
(https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/only-half-of-trump-voters-say-affair-with-porn-actress-is-immoral_us_5aa81a12e4b0e872b4bf7e00)HuffPost Mar 13, 2018

Stormy Daniels could be final straw for Trump faithful (https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/stormy-daniels-could-be-final-straw-for-trump-faithful-1.3425593)
Mar 14, 2018

[TheTexan]

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/71/70/13/15172296/3/920x920.jpg

Her right boob is huge.

[timosman]

Tempting, isn't it men? ^^^

Not very. Unfortunately, for most people, these conclusions have to come from first hand(s) experiences. :cool:

[Anti Federalist]

Her right boob is huge.

Yah, there is plenty of "research" material online about her.

Not the best fake tit job was done about 10 years ago.

[Raginfridus]

Tempting, isn't it men? ^^^

Nothing but poison.

Yes, I am relatively certain that these scandals will used to destroy Trump. (never minding the fact that he pretty much destroyed himself, politically, over the last few weeks)

A billionaire, who is now president, one of the richest and most powerful men in the world, is going to be brought down by vindictive woemen, all because he needed validation of some skank touching his pee pee. What chance do you think you have?

Keep it in your pants, have no truck with woemen.

You'll be better off in the long run.

No. I'm not 70 though.

[kpitcher]

Tempting, isn't it men? ^^^
A billionaire, who is now president, one of the richest and most powerful men in the world, is going to be brought down by vindictive woemen, all because he needed validation of some skank touching his pee pee. What chance do you think you have?

Keep it in your pants, have no truck with woemen.

You'll be better off in the long run.

Blaming her for a downfall isn't right. It takes 2 to tango and he is just as much at fault, maybe more so because he claims to be so smart and worldly that he should have seen this sort of thing coming.

However, from what I've seen of the diehard trump fans on boards and even my own FB feed suddenly something that happened over 10 years ago should not be brought up at all. Funny, by that same logic where Obama was born shouldn't have matter because that happened more than 10 years beforehand...

[Swordsmyth]

Blaming her for a downfall isn't right. It takes 2 to tango and he is just as much at fault, maybe more so because he claims to be so smart and worldly that he should have seen this sort of thing coming.
That has nothing to do with what AF said.


However, from what I've seen of the diehard trump fans on boards and even my own FB feed suddenly something that happened over 10 years ago should not be brought up at all. Funny, by that same logic where Obama was born shouldn't have matter because that happened more than 10 years beforehand...
The Constitution doesn't have a requirement that the President be moral it does have a requirement that he be a natural born citizen.

[Raginfridus]

My source at team Stormy's sent me the contents of the mysterious disk:


https://youtu.be/IylpdBimc00

[Caution: vid may give Republikunts blue balls. Viewer discretion is advised.]

[EBounding]

Is she on drugs? What’s with her pupils?

[Raginfridus]

Is she on drugs? What’s with her pupils?

That's just sagging.

[Anti Federalist]

Blaming her for a downfall isn't right. It takes 2 to tango and he is just as much at fault, maybe more so because he claims to be so smart and worldly that he should have seen this sort of thing coming.

However, from what I've seen of the diehard trump fans on boards and even my own FB feed suddenly something that happened over 10 years ago should not be brought up at all. Funny, by that same logic where Obama was born shouldn't have matter because that happened more than 10 years beforehand...

I don't blame her anymore than I blame a rattlesnake for biting.

She's a pornstar who fucked a billionaire married man who is now president.

Of course she's going to blab everything she knows about what went on between them to the whole world...it's her nature, as is a rattler's fangs.

A smart man would never have picked up that snake to begin with.

[spudea]

so she told her story of their consensual sexual encounter. Other than the sex details, didn't learn anything new. She complains about the suits against her for violating the NDA and she feels threatened...

Whoopty fucking doo. She is counter suing to invalidate the NDA, big fucking whoop, you already told your story.

Then it moves on to the campaign finance lawsuit where they show only one partisan lawyer saying there is something there, could be a violation yadda yadda yadda. Is Michael Cohn's payment an in kind contribution, bullshit....

[Brian4Liberty]

Kind of ironic that they are trying to spin the payment to Stormy as a campaign donation violation. I thought the illegal payments went the other way, where the person who wants the uranium pays the candidate...

[timosman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31i5JSfv6QE

[Raginfridus]

Kind of ironic that they are trying to spin the payment to Stormy as a campaign donation violation. I thought the illegal payments went the other way, where the person who wants the uranium pays the candidate...

This too is 3d chess. If Trump can get jailed for paying a ho with donations, Hildabeast can get jailed for giving dudes uranium for donations. Its gonna be fine.

[timosman]

I think Trump is leading them around by the nose. What will happen if they discover she actually lied?

[Raginfridus]

I think Trump is leading them around by the nose. What will happen if they discover she actually lied?

Then it'll die in a wimper, like John McStain's boot (but unfortunately not John).

[timosman]

Then it'll die in a wimper, like John McStain's boot (but unfortunately not John).

I don't think so, he is really letting them go for it. Probably laughing his ass off while watching 60 minutes.

[Raginfridus]

What's the payoff exactly? If he's laughing or shitting his hose, what's that to any of us though?

[timosman]

What's the payoff exactly? If he's laughing or shitting his hose, what's that to any of us though?

Watching the MSM digging themselves a grave. :cool:

[nikcers]

Watching the MSM digging themselves a grave. :cool:
The MSM just love Trump he is like Bill Clinton and Bush wrapped up into one package.

[Anti Federalist]

LOL, was she tripping during that interview?

https://3yvyry34ci8m114x1l4t6kap-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DZLBtSMU8AAga0d-450x600-218x150.jpg

Twitter couldn’t help but notice Daniels’ dilated pupils. Later came the accusations of drug use.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/stormy-daniels-super-dilated-pupils-spark-accusations-she-was-high-on-meds-for-60-minutes-interview/

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6b/04/f9/6b04f93bdc0431743ae5b70c40077b79.gif

[EBounding]

Thanks for posting. I didn't want to go down the road of searching "Stormy Daniels Pupils"

[donnay]

LOL, was she tripping during that interview?

https://3yvyry34ci8m114x1l4t6kap-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DZLBtSMU8AAga0d-450x600-218x150.jpg

Twitter couldn’t help but notice Daniels’ dilated pupils. Later came the accusations of drug use.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/stormy-daniels-super-dilated-pupils-spark-accusations-she-was-high-on-meds-for-60-minutes-interview/

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6b/04/f9/6b04f93bdc0431743ae5b70c40077b79.gif

Or mind control drugs?

[Anti Federalist]

Thanks for posting. I didn't want to go down the road of searching "Stormy Daniels Pupils"

I was happy to "take one for the team".

<shudder>

[Jan2017]

People will be told to care about this . . . sad if they actually do.

Presidents JFK and Bill Clinton cheated on the First Lady while in the WH --
this Stormy/Playboy bunny story is so 2006 or 2011 or whenever it was - and there's probably even a few more like it.

Who could possibly care (?) - can't be very many!

[kahless]

No doubt whores across the country are outraged by her behavior of exposing a client. That is bad for business. This is again also back firing on the media for exposing consensual sex between two individuals over a decade ago.

Stalking, black mail, revenge porn. Lock her up!

[Jan2017]

A look at Trump's history with Playboy and the late Hugh Hefner

President Trump has some history with the late Hugh Hefner and the Playboy empire he left behind.

During the 2016 election, when Trump's history with women was being put under a microscope, it was reported that he appeared in a 2000 Playboy softcore porn video in which he pops a bottle of champagne and pours it on the Playboy bunny logo.

Over the years Trump did publicity stunts with Playboy and partied with Hefner and the Playboy playmates.

Trump appearred on a cover of the March 1990 Playboy with October 1987 Playmate of the Month Brandi Brandt . . .
However, Hefner's son, Cooper Hefner said in August of 2017 that his father came to view that cover as a mistake.
Trump had that cover framed and hanging on his New York City office wall as recently as June of last year.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a-look-at-trumps-history-with-playboy-and-the-late-hugh-hefner

President approval ratings probably going up (?)

https://s26.postimg.org/wlzk4ch09/trumpbrandibrandt031990.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Altho -

November 2013
Former Playboy Playmate Brandi Brandt faces drug trafficking charges

Nikki Sixx’s ex-wife Brandi Brandt has been extradited from Los Angeles to Australia to face drug trafficking charges.

Prosecutors allege the former Playboy Playmate was part of a syndicate that smuggled $130,000 worth of cocaine shipments
onto Qantas and United Airlines passenger planes flying between California and Sydney in 2007.

Brandt and her ex-boyfriend, motorcycle stuntman Rusty Setser, reportedly conspired with an airline catering company to
have the hidden drugs removed by members of the staff.

The 45-year-old is due in court in December and faces life in prison if convicted, according to the New York Daily News.
Sixx and Brandt were married from 1989 to 1996.
http://torontosun.com/2013/11/18/former-playboy-playmate-brandi-brandt-faces-drug-trafficking-charges/wcm/edb98d89-7fad-4714-8375-243a62a98d6a

[Jan2017]

Brandt and her ex-boyfriend reportedly conspired with an airline catering company to have
the hidden drugs removed by members of the staff.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VQ_3sBZEm0

[Working Poor]

People will be told to care about this . . . sad if they actually do.

Presidents JFK and Bill Clinton cheated on the First Lady while in the WH --
this Stormy/Playboy bunny story is so 2006 or 2011 or whenever it was - and there's probably even a few more like it.

Who could possibly care (?) - can't be very many!

Everyone who voted for Clinton is morally outraged that Trump screwed a whore go figure. They finally found a moral compass now that Clinton is out.

[Aratus]

I was happy to "take one for the team".

<shudder>

100,ooo Thanx, Anti Federalist!!!

[enhanced_deficit]

Now media has a problem that leader of conservative values party is too silent:



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAb8busXsAA9NzL.jpg




White House defends Trump's Stormy silence

By Dan Merica, CNN
Tue March 27, 2018

Sanders pressed on Trump affair allegations 00:44

Washington (CNN)White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump's silence on allegations (http://www.cnn.com/2018/03/27/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-stormy-daniels/index.html) leveled against him by porn star Stormy Daniels, maintaining that while the President is a "counter-puncher," he doesn't necessarily punch back at every story.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/27/politics/sanders-defends-trump-silence-stormy-daniels/index.html





They are trying to make him Republicans' "Bill Clinton". Will Bill Clinton formula really work on a Republican POTUS with strong Christian evangelical base?

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/images/misc/poll_posticon.gif Poll: STORMY seyz she has a SPOTTED DRESS (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?520875-STORMY-seyz-she-has-a-SPOTTED-DRESS&)

[dannno]

Now media has a problem that leader of conservative values party is too silent:



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAb8busXsAA9NzL.jpg




White House defends Trump's Stormy silence

By Dan Merica, CNN
Tue March 27, 2018

Sanders pressed on Trump affair allegations 00:44

Washington (CNN)White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump's silence on allegations (http://www.cnn.com/2018/03/27/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-stormy-daniels/index.html) leveled against him by porn star Stormy Daniels, maintaining that while the President is a "counter-puncher," he doesn't necessarily punch back at every story.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/27/politics/sanders-defends-trump-silence-stormy-daniels/index.html





They are trying to make him Republicans' "Bill Clinton". Will Bill Clinton formula really work on a Republican POTUS with strong Christian evangelical base?

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/images/misc/poll_posticon.gif Poll: STORMY seyz she has a SPOTTED DRESS (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?520875-STORMY-seyz-she-has-a-SPOTTED-DRESS&)

Fake news..


White House on Stormy Daniels: Trump 'denied all these allegations'
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/07/trump-stormy-daniels-payment-444133


(https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/07/trump-stormy-daniels-payment-444133)White House says Trump continues to deny Stormy Daniels affairhttps://www.cnn.com/2018/03/26/politics/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-60-minutes-alleged-affair/index.html

[enhanced_deficit]

Fake news..


White House on Stormy Daniels: Trump 'denied all these allegations'


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/07/trump-stormy-daniels-payment-444133

(https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/07/trump-stormy-daniels-payment-444133)


Good point, unfortunately fakenews could be winning battle of credibility if these reports are to be believed.


Voters believe Stormy over Trump (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/28/stormy-daniels-trump-polling-488619)
Politico Mar 28, 2018



Stormy's lawyer seems quite aggressive in tweets/ media appearances, perhaps few strongly worded tweets from the king of tweets accusing Stormy of slander right after her CBS 60 minutes interview could have helped in managing public perceptions?
This story seems to have staying power looking at media coverage of late and Stormy team seems to be on the offensive.


Seth Rogen Reveals Stormy Daniels Told Him About Alleged Trump Affair 10+ Years Ago — Watch (http://hollywoodlife.com/2018/04/02/seth-rogen-stormy-daniels-donald-trump-affair-reaction-video/)
Hollywood Life 10h ago

Donald Trump Spent $27k In Taxpayer Money Tracking Media Stories After Stormy Daniels Sued Him (http://www.tmz.com/2018/03/31/donald-trump-taxpayer-money-stormy-daniels-media-stories/)
Highly Cited TMZ Mar 31, 2018

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRLMenbb5nRu0B8pYQju7eCYLcSZMj3X tgka_fSUACtjiSsScMtP_hH91OYHYPTAMAWTrFJz0BO (http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/02/stormy-daniels-lawyer-vows-boil-donald-trump-like-frog-saucepan-7434997/)
Stormy Daniels' lawyer vows to 'boil' Donald Trump 'like a frog in a saucepan' (http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/02/stormy-daniels-lawyer-vows-boil-donald-trump-like-frog-saucepan-7434997/)
Metro 11h ago

Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump's Weird Obsession With Daughter Ivanka, Who Trump Compared to Stormy Daniels
(http://www.newsweek.com/stephen-colbert-trumps-weird-obsession-ivanka-861309)Newsweek Mar 27, 2018

[enhanced_deficit]

This should help close the matter for good:



Trump Denies Knowledge of $130,000 Payment to Stormy Daniels

President also says he didn’t know where the money came from

https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-XZ379_NONDIS_GR_20180325112650.jpg

Stephanie Clifford has said the $130,000 was intended to keep quiet allegations of a sexual encounter with President Donald Trump. Photo: (l to r) Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images; Ron Sachs/CNP/Zuma Press

By Rebecca Ballhaus and Joe Palazzolo
Updated April 5, 2018 6:20 p.m. ET 370 COMMENTS (https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-denies-knowledge-of-130-000-payment-to-former-porn-star-1522963827#comments_sector)

President Donald Trump denied knowing about a $130,000 payment his lawyer made to Stephanie Clifford, a former adult film star, in the month before the 2016 presidential election, commenting for the first time on a payment that has dogged the White House since first reported by The Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyer-arranged-130-000-payment-for-adult-film-stars-silence-1515787678) in January.
Asked on Thursday aboard the flight returning from an event in West Virginia whether he had known about the payment at the time to the former actress known professionally as Stormy Daniels, Mr. Trump responded: “No.”
Asked why his attorney, Michael Cohen, had made the payment, the president responded: “You’ll have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney. You’ll have to ask Michael.”
Ms. Clifford has said the payment was intended to keep quiet allegations of a sexual encounter with the president.
He said he didn’t know where the money for the payment (https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyers-payment-to-porn-star-was-reported-as-suspicious-by-bank-1520273701) had come from. “No, I don’t know,” Mr. Trump said. He ignored a question on whether he ever set up a fund of money that Mr. Cohen could draw from.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-denies-knowledge-of-130-000-payment-to-former-porn-star-1522963827

[eleganz]

Anybody surprised that the sex scandal stories all went away?

[dannno]

Anybody surprised that the sex scandal stories all went away?

It's time to focus on Sinclair Media.

[timosman]

It's time to focus on Sinclair Media.

This one is even better. ;)

[enhanced_deficit]

Spoke too soon, media and lawyers don't seem to want to move on from this story still.



Anybody surprised that the sex scandal stories all went away?

Number of haedlines have decreased but saga seems to continue at lower temperature. New wave of headlines after POTUS broke silence couple of days ago:


'Concerned' Evangelicals Plan To Meet With Trump As Sex Scandals Swirl

April 6, 20185:00 AM ET
Sarah McCammon

White evangelicals fueled Donald Trump's campaign, but some worry about recent sex scandals and the effect they could have on the midterms.
Evan Vucci/AP

As allegations continue to swirl about the president and a payout to a porn star to cover up a sexual encounter, evangelical leaders are organizing a sit-down with President Trump in June, four sources with knowledge of the planned meeting tell NPR.
"We're very concerned" about the allegations, said a leader of a faith-based ministry. The leader is involved in hosting the gathering, which organizers are aiming to take place June 19 at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. The source said the combination of the Stormy Daniels (https://www.npr.org/2018/03/25/596868354/stormy-daniels-shares-graphic-details-about-alleged-affair-with-trump) sex-scandal allegations and Trump's continued reputation for divisive rhetoric could suppress evangelical turnout in the November midterm elections (https://www.npr.org/tags/549279262/2018-midterm-elections).
"It is a concern of ours that 2018 could be very detrimental to some of the other issues that we hold dear," like preserving religious liberty and restricting abortion rights, the source noted. The source, like the others with knowledge of the event, spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity so as to not jeopardize the meeting.

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/06/599972396/concerned-evangelicals-plan-to-meet-with-trump-as-sex-scandals-swirl


Stormy Daniels' attorney mocks Trump with a 'Merry Christmas' in April as he says President's claim he didn't know about $130,000 hush money payment to porn star blows his own defense

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5586191/Stormy-Daniels-attorney-mocks-Trump-merry-Christmas-April.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5586191/Stormy-Daniels-attorney-mocks-Trump-merry-Christmas-April.html#ixzz5C0bTIE00)




Stormy Daniels Going Public Is Pussy Grabbing Back

https://www.thenation.com/article/stormy-weather/

Stormy Daniels Has 'Major Announcement' About Man Who Threatened Her Over Trump Affair, Lawyer Says (http://www.newsweek.com/stormy-major-announcement-threat-affair-876358)Newsweek 2h ago

[Raginfridus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VQ_3sBZEm0

When music videos were fun.

[Raginfridus]

Anybody surprised that the sex scandal stories all went away?

Nope. Trump and wife no doubt worked this out years ago. Its nobody's business, nobody cares.

[nikcers]

Nope. Trump and wife no doubt worked this out years ago. Its nobody's business, nobody cares.
To the Ned Flanders out there that this would bother its water under the bridge, for everyone else it makes Trump seem transparent and "blunt" and like he has nothing to hide.

[eleganz]

There was always some major announcement coming up on the horizon, unfortunately none of them turned out to be the stories they were built up to be, I certainly don't expect this new one to turn into anything real, though I could be wrong!



Spoke too soon, media and lawyers don't seem to want to move on from this story still.




Number of haedlines have decreased but saga seems to continue at lower temperature. New wave of headlines after POTUS broke silence couple of days ago:


'Concerned' Evangelicals Plan To Meet With Trump As Sex Scandals Swirl

April 6, 20185:00 AM ET
Sarah McCammon

White evangelicals fueled Donald Trump's campaign, but some worry about recent sex scandals and the effect they could have on the midterms.
Evan Vucci/AP

As allegations continue to swirl about the president and a payout to a porn star to cover up a sexual encounter, evangelical leaders are organizing a sit-down with President Trump in June, four sources with knowledge of the planned meeting tell NPR.
"We're very concerned" about the allegations, said a leader of a faith-based ministry. The leader is involved in hosting the gathering, which organizers are aiming to take place June 19 at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. The source said the combination of the Stormy Daniels (https://www.npr.org/2018/03/25/596868354/stormy-daniels-shares-graphic-details-about-alleged-affair-with-trump) sex-scandal allegations and Trump's continued reputation for divisive rhetoric could suppress evangelical turnout in the November midterm elections (https://www.npr.org/tags/549279262/2018-midterm-elections).
"It is a concern of ours that 2018 could be very detrimental to some of the other issues that we hold dear," like preserving religious liberty and restricting abortion rights, the source noted. The source, like the others with knowledge of the event, spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity so as to not jeopardize the meeting.

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/06/599972396/concerned-evangelicals-plan-to-meet-with-trump-as-sex-scandals-swirl


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5586191/Stormy-Daniels-attorney-mocks-Trump-merry-Christmas-April.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5586191/Stormy-Daniels-attorney-mocks-Trump-merry-Christmas-April.html#ixzz5C0bTIE00)




https://www.thenation.com/article/stormy-weather/

Stormy Daniels Has 'Major Announcement' About Man Who Threatened Her Over Trump Affair, Lawyer Says (http://www.newsweek.com/stormy-major-announcement-threat-affair-876358)Newsweek 2h ago

[enhanced_deficit]

There was always some major announcement coming up on the horizon, unfortunately none of them turned out to be the stories they were built up to be, I certainly don't expect this new one to turn into anything real, though I could be wrong!

It is becoming bit unpredictable scandal.



https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.nJLjxdTu0BCQHcQum6AiCgHaFq&w=274&h=198&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7
FBI RAIDS TRUMP LAWYER (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/politics/fbi-raids-office-of-trumps-longtime-lawyer-michael-cohen.html)
MUELLER MOVES IN (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382341-fbi-raids-trump-lawyers-office)


http://www.drudgereport.com/i/logo9.gif



The F.B.I. on Monday raided the office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/politics/fbi-raids-office-of-trumps-longtime-lawyer-michael-cohen.html


Dow's 400-point rally is nearly erased in final hour on report of FBI raid of Trump's lawyer



At its session high, the Dow rose as much as 440.42 points.
The major indexes closed well off their highs after the New York Times reported the FBI raided the office of President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.



Published 10 Hours Ago 1 Min Ago

[enhanced_deficit]

Senator Blumenthal compares raid to 'nuclear strike with multiple warheads':



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFXWlFnb_tk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFXWlFnb_tk



PRESIDENCY UNDER SIEGE (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5598833/Trump-sputter-tweets-FBI-raid-lawyer-Attorney-client-privilege-dead.html)


http://www.drudgereport.com/i/logo9.gif

[Swordsmyth]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided against recusing himself from the investigation into President Donald Trump (https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/id/1252249)’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, but will consider stepping back from specific questions tied to the probe, according to a person familiar with the matter.

More at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-24/sessions-declines-to-recuse-himself-from-probe-into-trump-lawyer

[enhanced_deficit]

Some pundits on TV yesterday were saying that latest Fox interview shows contradiction by POTUS but that seems to be an assumption:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZzyq3S-4Yk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZzyq3S-4Yk



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHMG1YnLrik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHMG1YnLrik

[Raginfridus]

Senator Blumenthal compares raid to 'nuclear strike with multiple warheads':



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFXWlFnb_tk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFXWlFnb_tk



PRESIDENCY UNDER SIEGE (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5598833/Trump-sputter-tweets-FBI-raid-lawyer-Attorney-client-privilege-dead.html)


http://www.drudgereport.com/i/logo9.gif


Why did we ever let a "free" press get away with this degree of hyperbole?

[enhanced_deficit]

Why did we ever let a "free" press get away with this degree of hyperbole?

Some merit in this statement but looking at broader samples of press conduct this is relatively very tame compared to for example press coverage of Iraqi WMDs threat, Iraq war, Syria chemical weapons threat , ISIS etc.

[enhanced_deficit]

Some pundits on TV yesterday were saying that latest Fox interview shows contradiction by POTUS but that seems to be an assumption:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZzyq3S-4Yk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZzyq3S-4Yk



Giuliani was suppose dto make things better for Presdency, or above interview happened without his advice?

Giuliani: Trump repaid attorney Cohen for Stormy Daniels settlement

Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that President Trump repaid his attorney for a settlement with an adult-film actress. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

May 3 at 12:32 AM

Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and a recent addition to President Trump’s legal team, said Wednesday night that Trump made a series of payments reimbursing his attorney, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 settlement with an adult-film actress — despite Trump’s assertion (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-didnt-know-his-attorney-paid-130000-to-porn-star-stormy-daniels/2018/04/05/ef038dc6-3913-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html?utm_term=.882d5201c43e) last month that he was unaware of the payment.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...c0a_story.html (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/giuliani-trump-repaid-lawyer-cohen-for-stormy-daniels-settlement/2018/05/02/526cde54-4e76-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.html)

[enhanced_deficit]

Islamic State.

Or is it Intelligence Service? Oh, yeah. These days that's the same thing.


That could be seen as a huge allegation on freedom management entities.

[enhanced_deficit]

Trump’s Stormy Daniels Payment Referred to Justice Department by Office of Government Ethics

By Jessica Kwong On 5/16/18

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics on Wednesday referred President Donald Trump’s financial disclosures to the Department of Justice after determining that he should have disclosed his reimbursement for a $130,000 payment to keep adult film star Stormy Daniels quiet about their alleged affair.
Related: White House doesn’t deny Trump campaign violated law with Stormy Daniels payment (http://www.newsweek.com/white-house-doesnt-deny-trump-campaign-violated-law-stormy-daniels-payment-861015)
Trump’s latest disclosure form, which the office released on Wednesday, reflected that he reimbursed the amount in 2017 to his lawyer Michael Cohen, who arranged the nondisclosure agreement with Daniels.
But Trump was required to note the transaction as a liability the prior year and failed to do so. The office’s acting director David Apol in a letter (https://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/16175559/OGELetterToDOJ_05_16_18.pdf) to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein explained that the forms were being referred after the nonprofit legal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) requested in a complaint that the agencies investigate whether the payment should have been reported.



http://www.newsweek.com/trump-stormy-daniels-payment-justice-department-930088

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Breaking on Drudge:


COHEN BIZ PARTNER FLIPS

http://www.drudgereport.com/i/logo9.gif





Michael Cohen’s Business Partner Agrees to Cooperate as Part of Plea Deal

Imagehttps://static01.********/images/2018/05/23/nyregion/23taxi/merlin_138523239_e204159c-1275-467d-98f2-6803420ea319-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale

Evgeny Freidman, who for many years has been Michael Cohen’s partner in the taxi business, leaves court in Albany on Tuesday after pleading guilty and promising his cooperation in state and federal investigations.CreditNathaniel Brooks for The New York Times



May 22, 2018


A significant business partner of Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, has quietly agreed to cooperate with the government as a potential witness, a development that could be used as leverage to pressure Mr. Cohen to work with the special counsel examining Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Under the agreement, the partner, Evgeny A. Freidman, a Russian immigrant who is known as the Taxi King (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/upshot/new-york-taxi-mogul-seeking-a-bailout-says-hes-too-big-to-fail.html), will avoid jail time, and will assist government prosecutors in state or federal investigations, according to a person briefed on the matter.
Mr. Cohen’s conduct was initially examined by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating the 2016 election that led to Mr. Trump’s victory, and then referred to the United States attorney’s office in Manhattan. Last month, federal agents carried out search warrants at Mr. Cohen’s home, his office and a hotel room where he was staying, seeking documents related to his business associates and accountants.

Mr. Trump’s lawyers have been resigned to the strong possibility that the investigation of Mr. Cohen’s businesses could lead him to cooperate with federal prosecutors (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/us/politics/lawyers-for-trumps-personal-attorney-set-for-friday-court-appearance.html).
That likelihood could become greater with a business partner of Mr. Cohen’s cooperating with law enforcement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/nyregion/michael-cohen-trump-taxi-cooperation.html




Mnuchin says Cohen’s financial records are missing (https://nypost.com/2018/05/22/mnuchin-says-cohens-financial-records-are-missing/)

By Mark Moore
May 22, 2018 | 2:44pm

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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said financial records of President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen appear to be missing from his agency and the inspector general is investigating.



Novartis sacrifices its top attorney in an attempt to quell clamor over $1.2M in Cohen payments — while ex-CEO Jimenez struggles to explain

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May 16, 2018 11:24 AM
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Faced with a growing crisis over its $1.2 million in payments to President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, Novartis announced early Wednesday that the company’s top lawyer has abruptly resigned in hopes of bringing the whole tawdry affair to an end.
“Although the contract (with Cohen) was legally in order, it was an error,” said Felix Ehrat, group general counsel of Novartis, in a statement (https://www.novartis.com/news/media-releases/novartis-announces-changes-executive-committee). “As a co-signatory with our former CEO, I take personal responsibility to bring the public debate on this matter to an end.”
The chances of that happening, though, are zero. If anything, this move will only heighten pressure on Novartis to fully explain why it agreed to pay $1.2 million to an attorney whose only relevant attraction to the pharma giant was his close personal tie to the president. That remains the bottom line after ex-CEO Joe Jimenez gave an interview to Forbes’ Matthew Herper, where he struggled to explain why the company hired Cohen.
“If we were the experts on policy, he was the expert on the way that they think, together as a team it could be a way for us to better navigate what was going to be a pretty sticky Affordable Care Act Repeal-and-Replace,” Jimenez told Herper in the interview. (https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2018/05/16/former-novartis-ceo-explains-why-his-company-paid-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-1-2-million/#101a29ee26a3)
Jimenez also took “full responsibility,” saying that his replacement, Vas Narasimhan, was not involved. And he repeatedly emphasized the uncertainty around Trump’s election for the move to gain some clarity.

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May 16, 2018
The Michael Cohen Bribery Scandal Is Now a Trump Bribery Scandal

By Jonathan Chait@jonathanchait

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Last night, the Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5732429/Michael-Cohen-asked-millions-dollars-pass-Trump-family-members.html) reported a development in the Michael Cohen saga of seismic scale. In a December 2016 meeting in Trump Tower, the British tabloid reports, Cohen asked Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, who runs a $100 billion Qatari investment fund, to send him “millions” which, the story claims, would go “through him to Trump family members.”

We have already learned of multiple cases of Cohen using his access to Trump to jack up multiple corporations for outrageous sums. The Daily Mail report deepens the trouble in two crucial ways. First, it extends Cohen’s scheme from domestic corporations (or, in one case, domestic corporations controlled (https://www.propublica.org/article/columbus-nova-russian-oligarch-michael-cohen-trump-lawyer-marc-kasowitz) by foreign entities) to direct overseas fundraising. Second, and more ominously, it alleges that Cohen funneled the money to Trump’s family. It was bad enough that Trump’s lawyer was enriching himself by cashing in on access. Now the story suggests he was enriching them, transforming the Cohen bribery story into a Trump bribery story.

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Trump's unwritten rules for cashing in

President Donald Trump has a number of unwritten rules for his associates who are looking to profit from their association with him, according to people who know him well.

Associates must be successful, never create a bad story and never say they influence Trump.



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Amid all the scrutiny this week of Trump (https://www.cnbc.com/donald-trump/) confidantes cashing in on their relationships with President Trump, just about everyone in Washington has weighed in: Yes, it's corruption! No, it's just Washington being Washington! Yes, Trump is drowning in the swamp!
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders argues that payments by AT&T (https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=T) to President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen (https://www.cnbc.com/id/105143549) really represent "the definition of draining the swamp" because the Trump Administration didn't let the payments stop the Department of Justice from taking steps against the AT&T/Time Warner merger.
But one aspect of all this remains relatively unexplored: How does President Trump himself feels about his former employees cashing in under his name?

Never create a bad story

But all that success comes with a caveat: If the work draws any negative attention – a "bad story" in Trump parlance – the president could cut off access, publicly distance himself, or spread the word that you are out of favor.
This is something of a gray area, because it's never entirely clear to former aides and staffers what the president will have a problem with. In one recent case, a prominent Trump supporter was barred from a presidential fundraiser because Trump's aides decided he had become a political liability.
There's one giant exception that proves this rule: Michael Cohen himself. Disclosures about the president's former lawyer's payouts from companies including AT&T and Novartis have been front and center for a week, creating a quintessential "bad story" for Trump.
The president seems to have little respect for Cohen, routinely mocking him in private. That's why White House aides are flummoxed by the president's ongoing relationship with his New York fixer, who has broken this key rule and yet the president will not break with him.
One way to keep from embarrassing the president is to stay well within the norms of Washington DC's already pliable consulting and lobbying regulations. Cohen didn't do that, even with his big-name corporate clients. "If Novartis entered into a contract for $1.2 million sight unseen, that is unbelievable to me. I have never heard of anything like that," says one long-time Republican operative.

Never say you influence Trump

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Trump's financial disclosure gives conflicting accounts of Cohen payment




President Trump released his financial disclosure filing on Wednesday which says that Trump "fully reimbursed" his lawyer Michael Cohen.
Cohen is known for paying porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money to silence her about an alleged affair with President Trump.
The filing gives conflicting accounts about the reason for the payment: Was it a liability or an expense?
The answer could have serious legal ramifications.



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Following initial denials from Trump that he knew of the payment, Trump's recently hired attorney, former New York city mayor Rudy Giuliani, told Fox News host Sean Hannity earlier this month that Trump had reimbursed Cohen and that the payment was "perfectly legal" and did not violate campaign finance law.
"It's not campaign money. No campaign finance violation. They funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it," Giuliani said.
In a separate interview the next day on Fox & Friends, Giuliani insisted the hush money was paid "for personal reasons."
"The president had been hurt personally, not politically, personally so much — and the first lady — by some of the false allegations," he said. "That one more false allegation six years old, I think [Cohen] was trying to help the family."
But later in the same interview, Giuliani conceded that the payment clearly had a political component.
"Imagine if that came out of October 15, 2016, in the middle of the last debate with Hillary Clinton?" he said. "Cohen made it go away. He did his job."
Trump's annual financial filing, released Wednesday includes conflicting characterizations of the Cohen payments.

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