WH PANIC: "There are references to checks, w- amounts & references to business entities/individuals"

[kpete]

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https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.491943/gov.uscourts.nysd.491943.6.0_1.pdf

[PearliePoo2]

1. Oh man, no wonder Cohen was (report-ably) crying in court Friday.

I hope we ALL get to see DJT crying in court soon too!

Let's get those charges rolling! RAWHIDE!

[PJMcK]

8. Cohen was not in court on Friday

He was photographed hanging out with some cronies smoking cigars.
The judge was pissed and tomorrow he (and his lawyers) have to present a list of Cohen’s clients.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/cohen-lawyers-judge-spar-over-attorney-client-privilege

[Scarsdale]

11. They say that

tRump is the ONLY client, so nobody else would be affected. Unless the tRump "kids" are mentioned. The entire family needs to be prosecuted for their dirty dealings. Taxpayers are still funding business trips for the slimeballs. Ivanka is the new Sec. of State, since she sat in for daddy at the conference this week overseas. Stormy Daniels would have been a better choice, more brains, less Botox.

[bitterross]

19. I love your post. "More Brains, Less Botox" and the rest.

I think you are mostly correct on the clients list. The kids and some other close associates who might not yet be in public light are in that list of names. Most likely, the list includes some very nefarious characters with whom he doen't want to be associated. I'm betting mobsters and Russian-linked people.

I do think Stormy is probably smarter than Ivanka. Ivanka only has what she has for the same reason 45 does. Daddy gave it to her, just like his daddy gave everything to him.

[True Blue American]

16. Yes, because

Cohen’s Attorneys could not answer the Judge questions! Not to smart of Comey to stroll around like a Mafia Don when he should have been in Court. Now, he has been ordered to appear.

Cohen must be as arrogant as Trump.

[PJMcK]

17. "Cohen must be as arrogant as Trump"

Also, Cohen must but be as stupid as Trump.

Cohen must be as ignorant as Trump.

Cohen must be as myopic as Trump.

This is fun! I could go on all day!

[lindysalsagal]

18. Who would want the job of Cohen's lawyer???

Only someone who doesn't know what really went on.

[CottonBear]

22. They looked like mob cronies. It was a real life Sopranos meetup.

[George II]

23. One of those cronies was CFO of Deutsche Bank.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[CelticWinter]

3. K&R nt

[dembotoz]

4. all those things they thought they were getting away with

capone downfall came with the irs....wonder where trump screwed himself bigly

[Scarsdale]

12. Porn stars and

playmates. He is so used to paying women for sex, he knows no other way!!

[Sanity Claws]

5. This was filed under seal

How did courtlistener get it and redact portions of it? My guess is that defense counsel released it. Your guess?

[kpete]

7. ask emptywheel:

Link to tweet

[malaise]

6. Oh My!

Lock them up!

[triron]

9. I honestly don't see how this portends panic. Sorry.

[pnwmom]

10. Only if you think reporters might follow up on some of those names

and discover illicit purposes for payments to sketchy people -- or to more victims.

But if you think all those checks are above-board, then they can be above-board. Like if an ordinary person were caught up in a lawsuit.

[Mr.Bill]

13. Cohen's office was where they hid everything

because they thought it was safe because of attorney-client privilege. Too bad for them that no one among them understood the limits of that privilege.

[FreepFryer]

14. I just heard the Seinfeld scene change music in my head

What a colossal bunch of dumbasses.

[George II]

24. How about this sound?

[FreepFryer]

27. Love it! *sad trombone w hint of mockery*

[Tatiana]

15. So who else is this thug "fixing" things for?

The RNC?

Other Republicans we would recognize?

[FakeNoose]

20. Apparently Trump is his only client

He was probably paid by the Trump Organization rather than Cheeto himself. (That's my guess anyway.) So maybe some of the kiddies are also mentioned in the seized documents.

Cohen knew he would be indicted and warrants would be served. Why did he have all those incriminating documents right on the premises? At the very least, scan the documents and store them off-site, preferably on a cloud somewhere. What a complete dope who deserves a very long prison sentence.

[Stryst]

21. As a kid during the OJ trial, I have memories of the white bronco chase

Common Cohen, run... let a new generation see what happens when you try to flee.

[George II]

25. I have a vision of Frankie Pentangeli in a bathtub.

[PoorMonger]

26. So the arguement is...

That no new criminally liable people should be named nor face consequences - because we didn’t know about them last Sunday? Pfft these guys are such shit at actual lawyering it’s no wonder that Cohen set himself up as an NDA mill AND rigged the system by getting a second stooge to intercept and dupe clients.

[Cosmocat]

28. Yeah, any reputable business or individual who worked with this scumbag

is going to get what is coming to them, to be honest.

I really like Ray Donovan, the series, but that is, you know TV. If you need a Ray Donovan type lawyer, you are at best in shady territory to begin with.