Trump lawyer 'paid by Ukraine' to arrange White House talks

Keyser_Soze · 2018-05-23T18:30:24.548Z

The White House schedule said only that Mr Poroshenko would “drop in” to the Oval Office while Mr Trump was having staff meetings.

That had been agreed through official channels. Mr Cohen’s fee was for getting Mr Poroshenko more than just an embarrassingly brief few minutes of small talk and a handshake, the senior official said. But negotiations continued until the early hours of the day of the visit.

Seems that if this is the case, that they negotiated the FEE up until hours before the visit, that Trump and whoever handles scheduling would have to be aware of this. Cohen would have had to convey to the president that their demands had been met and that Poroshenko should get more time.

Huge.

Apocalypto · 2018-05-23T18:35:19.252Z

margaretms2:

You know this rule, right? There is always a tweet .

True, always.

tnt · 2018-05-23T18:39:44.612Z

Wow.

So who investigates this? Do we need another special counsel or can Mueller handle this?

tnt · 2018-05-23T18:39:57.603Z

Or is it part of the case against Cohen?

Adam · 2018-05-23T18:47:07.103Z

tnt:

Wow.

So who investigates this? Do we need another special counsel or can Mueller handle this?

If I were a betting man I’d say that Mueller already knows about this. Maybe he adds it to the obstruction of justice investigation against Trump. Also, there’s nothing that says that Mueller isn’t also going to go after Cohen in the end. This seems more his purview. Ukraine and Manafort. The separate FBI raid by the southern district of New York may just be wire/campaign fraud or who knows what. Certain things Mueller wasn’t interested in.

SaysWho · 2018-05-23T18:52:45.967Z

Silence from the Trumpers.

SimplyTrying · 2018-05-23T18:54:33.601Z

SaysWho:

Silence from the Trumpers.

They’ll just go back to “collusion isn’t illegal”.

Adam · 2018-05-23T18:58:30.517Z

SimplyTrying:

SaysWho:

Silence from the Trumpers.

They’ll just go back to “collusion isn’t illegal”.

I’m betting it will be: Wait where’s Russia? This is Ukraine. Mueller fails to find Russia collusion!!!

DOLOOP · 2018-05-23T19:00:14.170Z

Looks like Kim’s check to Cohen for the Summit must’ve bounced.

DOLOOP · 2018-05-23T19:03:36.868Z

Adam:

SimplyTrying:

SaysWho:

Silence from the Trumpers.

They’ll just go back to “collusion isn’t illegal”.

I’m betting it will be: Wait where’s Russia? This is Ukraine. Mueller fails to find Russia collusion!!!

It’s not collusion if they pay you!

SimplyTrying · 2018-05-23T19:06:03.403Z

It’s not against the law if the president’s lawyer does it.

margaretms2 · 2018-05-23T19:08:43.867Z

It’s weird, because even if Trump is ■■■■■■■ with an investigation to protect his associates involvement in serious crimes like money laundering and bank fraud–that’s still reprehensible and inexcusable behavior on the part of a president.

Apocalypto · 2018-05-23T19:25:07.298Z

Hmm, not a peep from trump huggers.

NebraskaFootball · 2018-05-23T19:25:44.720Z

Apocalypto:

Hmm, not a peep from trump huggers.

I know. Very surprising. Not yet sure how to try and spin this one perhaps?

Tilly_jow · 2018-05-23T19:43:25.997Z

SimplyTrying:

It’s not against the law if the president’s lawyer does it.

Everybody knows the Trumpstain gets his cut, even if it’s just paying the bills.

Demon · 2018-05-24T20:03:39.704Z

And still nothing. How odd.

Guntsu · 2018-05-24T21:11:02.903Z

Holy cow no Trumpkins in here yet?!

Color me surprised, I mean their ability to spin is only rivaled by Trumps porn stars.

NebraskaFootball · 2018-05-24T21:16:26.741Z

Guntsu:

Holy cow no Trumpkins in here yet?!

Color me surprised, I mean their ability to spin is only rivaled by Trumps porn stars.

Sean and Rush were both off the air today, so likely that is the reason why none of them responded here. They are unsure how to spin this on their own. I would be unsure if I were them as well. This is pretty damning.

Candyman · 2018-05-24T21:20:43.073Z

Pay to play was only bad until January 2017.

NebraskaFootball · 2018-05-24T21:21:33.092Z

Candyman:

Pay to play was only bad until January 2017.

Judging by the lack of condemnation from Trump supporters, so it would appear.