Michael Cohen Saga

‘I Will Not Be The Villain Of His Story’: Most Revealing Quotes From Cohen’s ABC Interview
on May 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. Giuliani Shrugs Off Cohen’s Crimes: ‘Nobody Got Killed, Nobody Got Robbed’
Cohen: Trump ‘Doesn’t Tell The Truth’
Cohen: ‘I Am Done With The Lying, I Am Done Being Loyal To President Trump’
Cohen: Trump Directed Hush Payments, Was ‘Very Concerned’ About Impact On Election
Ari Fleischer Compares CBS’ Benghazi Coverage To Hush Money Payments
Trump’s Telling Us Something (In Spite of Himself) Prime Badge
‘I Did Nothing Wrong’: Trump Downplays Cohen Campaign Finance Violations
In this Jan. 31, 2014 photo David Pecker,  David Pecker, Chairman and CEO of American Media, addresses those attending the Shape & Men's Fitness Super Bowl Party in New York. The Aug. 21, 2018 plea deal reached by Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen has laid bare a relationship between the president and Pecker, whose company publishes the National Enquirer. Besides detailing tabloid’s involvement in payoffs to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal to keep quiet about alleged affairs with Trump, court papers showed how David Pecker, a longtime friend of the president, offered to help Trump stave off negative stories during the 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Marion Curtis) What Did The Enquirer Admit To?

It made a big, big stir yesterday when the Manhattan US Attorney’s announced yesterday that the parent company of The National Enquirer, AMI, had entered a non-prosecution agreement with prosecutors. AMI agreed that the Daniels and McDougal payments were meant to protect Trump’s campaign. I’m less impressed than others that this dramatically raises the legal stakes for Trump: AMI and Cohen vs Trump rather than Cohen vs Trump. This will never be a conventional trial, whether it’s in a courtroom or in the court of public opinion. More interesting to me is what else AMI revealed. Read More 

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