Agreed, but 400m can’t just appear in his bank account without a paper trail. No one is going to help him in broad daylight.
Cohen has been warning about this for a while now. He’s also concerned about Trump using retained documents and privileged knowledge to blackmail the country. As someone who worked closely with Trump for over a decade, and has seen firsthand how the man operates, I think his insights have been accurate, and terrifying.
True but I wouldn’t discount Trump’s game plan is to force seizure of his assets/property.
Half a billion dollars is a LOT of money. That isn’t the kind of money you get from throwing a political fundraiser or two.
Anyone with that kind of money is going to be looking to get something in return, and will have to be convinced that Trump is actually going to be in a position to pay them back.
I’m not so certain that anyone is going to want to take that bet without major collateral given that Trump is weak on fundraising and lagging in the poles.
Right now the one thing he might be able to actually sell is ongoing influence in the GOP given that it’s now a wholly owned subsidiary of Trump Co.
Do we feel his bloodbath comments are an allusion to this? The way he seemed so certain about this statement is very discouraging, even for his bloviating nonsensical ass:
“If I don’t get elected it’s going to be a blood bath for the whole – **that’s going to be the least of it** – it’s going to be a blood bath for the country – **that’ll be the least of it** – if this election if this election isn’t one **I’m not sure that you’ll ever have another election in this country**”
I think it would make a lot of sense for Biden to start questioning the details of Trump’s bond agreements: “Where did the money come from? We demand complete and total transparency so we can be sure that the American President isn’t deep in debt to a foreign entity.”
This seems like a stupid investment given:
1) TFG’s record of walking away from debts, unpaid and
2) his record of blabbing secrets just to look cool.
His assets are already encumbered. All he has left to sell are promises and information. He won’t find many buyers willing to mlbwt that kind of money domestically.
This doesn’t shock me and if it’s not against the law I don’t see much that can be done.
If he’s getting intelligence briefings just give him fully fake information so that he can sell it to Russia and you know precisely who gave the info because only one man would of gotten it
“Russia, if you’re listening…”
All politicians take money from foreign governments and entities…why is this news
I find Michael Cohen to not be forthcoming enough.
He has the goods. Russia, Katie Johnson, Epstein…he knows.
Kick him off TV.
That’s okay no one is paying attention anyway. DOJ ? Yeah you might want to check on this … or do your usual real good investigation.
Remember the whole birther thing? Because an American President can’t be born in another country?
Well, the underlying reason for this was the implication that Obama would support the interests of a foreign country – Kenya – over the interests of the U.S.
Of course, as it turns out, Trump is the real risk, isn’t he?
Can we just have the John Cusak vehicle biography of Cohen already? Make him human but still unlikable and all.
China should offer to give it to him, as a troll.
Strong, pit bull, sex symbol, no nonsense, business oriented, and ready to make a difference!
Stop. Giving. Cohen. Headlines. And. Screens.
Cannon is going to muff the case causeing a mistrial, giving trimp another pass.
This dude needs to be quiet until he is out of the legal lime light.
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Agreed, but 400m can’t just appear in his bank account without a paper trail. No one is going to help him in broad daylight.
Cohen has been warning about this for a while now. He’s also concerned about Trump using retained documents and privileged knowledge to blackmail the country. As someone who worked closely with Trump for over a decade, and has seen firsthand how the man operates, I think his insights have been accurate, and terrifying.
True but I wouldn’t discount Trump’s game plan is to force seizure of his assets/property.
Half a billion dollars is a LOT of money. That isn’t the kind of money you get from throwing a political fundraiser or two.
Anyone with that kind of money is going to be looking to get something in return, and will have to be convinced that Trump is actually going to be in a position to pay them back.
I’m not so certain that anyone is going to want to take that bet without major collateral given that Trump is weak on fundraising and lagging in the poles.
Right now the one thing he might be able to actually sell is ongoing influence in the GOP given that it’s now a wholly owned subsidiary of Trump Co.
Do we feel his bloodbath comments are an allusion to this? The way he seemed so certain about this statement is very discouraging, even for his bloviating nonsensical ass:
“If I don’t get elected it’s going to be a blood bath for the whole – **that’s going to be the least of it** – it’s going to be a blood bath for the country – **that’ll be the least of it** – if this election if this election isn’t one **I’m not sure that you’ll ever have another election in this country**”
I think it would make a lot of sense for Biden to start questioning the details of Trump’s bond agreements: “Where did the money come from? We demand complete and total transparency so we can be sure that the American President isn’t deep in debt to a foreign entity.”
This seems like a stupid investment given:
1) TFG’s record of walking away from debts, unpaid and
2) his record of blabbing secrets just to look cool.
His assets are already encumbered. All he has left to sell are promises and information. He won’t find many buyers willing to mlbwt that kind of money domestically.
This doesn’t shock me and if it’s not against the law I don’t see much that can be done.
If he’s getting intelligence briefings just give him fully fake information so that he can sell it to Russia and you know precisely who gave the info because only one man would of gotten it
“Russia, if you’re listening…”
All politicians take money from foreign governments and entities…why is this news
I find Michael Cohen to not be forthcoming enough.
He has the goods. Russia, Katie Johnson, Epstein…he knows.
Kick him off TV.
That’s okay no one is paying attention anyway. DOJ ? Yeah you might want to check on this … or do your usual real good investigation.
Remember the whole birther thing? Because an American President can’t be born in another country?
Well, the underlying reason for this was the implication that Obama would support the interests of a foreign country – Kenya – over the interests of the U.S.
Of course, as it turns out, Trump is the real risk, isn’t he?
Can we just have the John Cusak vehicle biography of Cohen already? Make him human but still unlikable and all.
China should offer to give it to him, as a troll.
Strong, pit bull, sex symbol, no nonsense, business oriented, and ready to make a difference!
Stop. Giving. Cohen. Headlines. And. Screens.
Cannon is going to muff the case causeing a mistrial, giving trimp another pass.
This dude needs to be quiet until he is out of the legal lime light.
More like “no duh”
This is not a big revelation. Being in his position, they are watching his accounts like a hawk. Nobody can do over 10K transfer in or from outside of the US without it showing up on the IRS’s radar under the [Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) of 1970](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/bank-secrecy-act#:~:text=Congress%20passed%20the%20Bank%20Secrecy,%2C%20tax%2C%20and%20regulatory%20matters).
And that makes him an unregistered foreign agent, which is another felony.
Needs to be verifiable. This is crazy pants, it can’t be legal for him to accept North Korean money to bail his nasty ass out.
Better hope that FBI is doing its job making sure that foreign adversaries are not trying to buy donny
Sod off, Trump has been involved in foreign money from day one. Nothing has changed.
I’m sure Putin will help
“In terms of high-end product influx into the US, Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets” – Trump JR 2008.