U.S. judge questions special counsel's powers in Manafort case

[Rajoo]

AT&T, Novartis Ties to Cohen Reveal Backdoor Bids to Reach Trump

Both AT&T and Novartis confirmed they made the payments to Cohen in a bid for understanding and access in the new administration. Cohen initiated the discussions with Novartis, according to a person familiar with the situation who asked not to be named because the matter isn’t public.

Novartis said it paid Cohen $1.2 million in 12 monthly payments beginning in February 2017, just days after Trump’s inauguration. Novartis said it determined early on that Cohen wasn’t going to be able to help with heath-care policy matters, but it continued to make payments until the contract expired because it couldn’t be terminated for cause.

Besides Cohen, others have taken on consulting roles based on their access to Trump, including his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. Lewandowski, who has been an occasional visitor to the White House and has traveled at least twice with the president on Air Force One, established consulting businesses after the election, but never registered to lobby.
Trump Access

Elliott Broidy, a major fundraiser for Trump’s campaign, sought to profit from his access to the president, according to emails that were hacked and leaked to the media. According to a three-page summary of a meeting in the Oval Office last October, Broidy touted the creation of a counterterrorism task force consisting of 5,000 Muslim soldiers who would fight the Taliban and Islamic State -- with help from one of Broidy’s companies, Circinus LLC, a defense contractor based in Virginia.

Broidy suggested to the president that the deputy commander of the United Arab Emirates’ armed forces meet with Trump in New York or New Jersey. Two months later, the UAE, which had joined Saudi Arabia in an embargo of Qatar that Broidy supported, awarded a $200 million contract to Circinus to perform confidential work, according to Broidy.

Cohen and Broidy were also deputy finance chairmen for the RNC.

http://fortune.com/2018/04/10/the-mi...nal-committee/

[Rajoo]

^^ And AT&T explained their reasons for engaging Cohen to all of it's employees, though short of an apology.

[Rajoo]

I am anxious to find out who would invite Trump to give a speech to a room full of adults, let alone pay him hundreds of thousands of $'s.

[Chicks]

Wingnut web domain names registered to company that paid Cohen

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/polit...ins/index.html

(CNN) At least eight alt-right website domain names were registered to Columbus Nova, the company that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, according to internet records reviewed by CNN.

The domains, which include alternate-right.com, alt-rights.com and alternate-rt.com, were created in August 2016 during the presidential campaign season. That same month, CNN and other news outlets reported on the rising profile of the alt-right movement and its white nationalist connections.
Records show an employee, Frederick Intrater, whose brother Andrew Intrater is the CEO of Columbus Nova, used his company email address to register the web domains, and listed Columbus Nova as the registrant organization, along with the company's address.

So, Whell, you're getting your talking points from sites funded by one of Putin's oligarchs.

[Chicks]

If Whell had a brain, he’d be feeling pretty stupid right now. Manafort should be in lockup by EOD.

[whell]

Originally Posted by Chicks

If Whell had a brain, he’d be feeling pretty stupid right now. Manafort should be in lockup by EOD.

Yawn. More hyperventilating by you and the MSM.

[Chicks]

Originally Posted by whell

Yawn. More hyperventilating by you and the MSM.

You never fail to amuse! History will not treat you and the criminals you so ardently support kindly.

[Chicks]

Justice for rich and poor. Excellent article in The Intercept compares the treatment of Manafort and Reality Winner.

https://theintercept.com/2018/06/03/...paul-manafort/

[BlueStreak]

Why can't Trump simply wait until the investigation is over? He says he's totally innocent and he can pardon himself, so what's the big deal? What's with all the vilification of FBI and DOJ officials? The constant attempts to distract by conjuring up Hillary and Obama?
The shrill tweets, the unhinged accusations of conspiracy and skullduggery?

For someone who claims he has done no wrong, he sure seems nervous.....

[BlueStreak]

These people are so corrupt they've managed to legitimize corruption...… But only when they do it.