***BREAKING*** Michael Cohen has a recording of Trump and him discussing payment to a Playboy model*

[DemocratSinceBirth]

THE MONEY SHOT:

When The Wall Street Journal revealed the existence of the payment days before the election, Mr. Trump’s campaign spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said, “We have no knowledge of any of this.” She said Ms. McDougal’s claim of an affair was “totally untrue.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/us/politics/michael-cohen-trump-tape.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

*For the literalists the FBI is in possession of the tape.

[oberliner]

1. Actually the NYT is saying the FBI has the recording

[PatSeg]

2. Whoa!

[dalton99a]

3. Yep

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. This f--king guy. (Trump)

[Drahthaardogs]

27. Nelson Laugh

Ha ha!

[Iliyah]

5. Someone gonna get fired . . . .

[dalton99a]

6. Yep.

[Cracklin Charlie]

39. Who's left?

Seems like the loneliest White House ever.

[Docreed2003]

7. That just made my day!!

[nolabear]

8. And if he taped that...Oh Lordy!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. You just know the convo is obscenity laden.

[nolabear]

13. I hadn't thought about that. I hope it gets simulcast everywhere.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

41. Great entertainment value !! But the red-staters I know

Wouldn't give a shit. If it's before he was president...he could have murdered...ok

[niyad]

43. "LORDY! I Hope There Were Tapes!" Sandy and Richard Riccardi

(this was about comey, but seems apropos now as well.

[mchill]

9. What else could they have?!!

Joyful.

[onecaliberal]

10. :

[Garrett78]

12. What makes anyone who has paid attention over the last couple years think this will have any impact?

[nolabear]

15. If he taped that, he taped other things. But hey, roll on over.

I don’t get “we’re doomed. Might as well die.”

[Funtatlaguy]

17. Yep.....we need proof of Trump talking about Russia

Money laundering

[Garrett78]

20. I'm not rolling over. I'm voting in November.

Trump lies constantly and has been breaking laws since before he became president*. His supporters and Republicans in Congress don't care. In fact, they applaud it.

[Afromania]

29. I hear ya, we can't count on republicans doing anything

but every little bit buries him and them. It gives us more righteous fire when this over. It gives our guys a little more ammo to shout them down when they try to play the equivalency game.

[Garrett78]

55. I agree with that, and hopefully it boosts our GOTV efforts while suppressing their's. But I also...

...tend to agree with what Evan McMullin said tonight at around the 35:40 mark in the following video:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. This

[renate]

54. That's a fantastic quote!

Thanks!!

[R B Garr]

18. I'm taking it as the start of the slippery slope of leaks. Now when he tries to lie

they'll have more of his own words leaked out that show how much he's lying. Strategic leaks kind of thing.

[Garrett78]

19. Thousands of lies have been documented and Trump is actively breaking laws.

It's all about November.

[LanternWaste]

26. While many things are about November...

...not everything in fact, is about November. Allowing ourselves to see a bigger picture, rather than focusing on one, and only one mechanism while ignoring (or minimizing) all other concerns, greatly assists our development of rational thought.

[R B Garr]

28. Well, there has been an active investigation into him, so you've got

to start somewhere since Congress won't hold him accountable. If this was in the possession of the FBI, that has a far more boding meaning to it than accusations from others who have to prove their case in court. The FBI has a different playbook.

I had a feeling this would happen. Strategic leaks that undermine him, so when the FBI lays it all out, he's cooked.

[kcr]

22. Oh, come on!

Is there anything? Anything at all?

[LanternWaste]

23. once the avalanche has begun, it's too late for the pebbles to vote.

While it may not affect polling data, it has a direct affect on the legal processes... even the ones we do not see. It's difficult to perceive more than one impact, I realize... but as with many things in life, once the avalanche has begun, it's too late for the pebbles to vote.

I say that only because I've "paid attention."

[Garrett78]

33. Laws mean nothing to Republicans. Trump has been breaking laws since day 1, and before.

Just recently, everyone was all excited when it came out that Trump was shown hard evidence that he knew Putin directed Russian interference in our election. The next day? Nothing. The needle hadn't budged. Did the White House even address the story?

Prior to that, everyone was all excited about Helsinki, saying that Trump's presidency is coming to an end as a result. Next thing you know, Putin is being invited to the White House.

November is our only hope.

[HuskyOffset]

48. I see you there, Ambassador Kosh!

We are all Kosh.

[joshcryer]

14. We need to file the FOIA as soon as possible.

[VMA131Marine]

21. I wonder if Hope Hicks was questioned by the FBI about this

because if she said to them what she is quoted as saying in this piece, she has a big problem.

[Brother Buzz]

24. Exculpatory evidence, no collusion, exculpatory evidence, no collusion.....

I believe the yahoos in those flyover states just learned a new word

[nolabear]

25. I need a lesson in sharing tweets here. SOMEONE go find Michael Avenatti's feed. He's on FIRE!

He’s making statements, demanding to see all tapes since his client is likely affected too...he’s on this like a bulldog!

[Leghorn21]

30. Here, bear:

Here is what I said less than two months ago. I demanded
the release of what I called the #TrumpTapes then, and I
am demanding the release of them again now. #Basta
Michael Avenatti
✔
@MichaelAvenatti
Here are my comments relating to the shocking development
in court today relating to the #TrumpTapes. They should be released now.

Link to tweet

Plus, Avenatti REALLY DOESN’T LIKE that Keith Davidson dude
Never has, never will

[dalton99a]

34. +1

[nolabear]

35. Thank you! He's on MSNBC now. Go man, go!

[Scurrilous]

31. K&R

[B2G]

32. If Trump claims he didn't know he was being recorded,

what happens then?

[jayschool2013]

42. New York is a one-party consent state

That means it is legal to record a conversation even if only one party has knowledge of that recording. Prevents wiretapping, but not recording of regular conversations.

[superpatriotman]

36. Unless it's indictable

this is all background noise.

[Gothmog]

37. Has trump reacted on twitter yet?

[Squinch]

38. My first thought? McConnell and Ryan will spin this as:

"See? Democrats are lying when they say trump never paid anyone!"

And republicans will smile and nod and each will go out and yell at a brown person for existing.

[33taw]

40. Hillary was vilified for not leaving Bill. Is Melania now open game?

[handmade34]

50. Melania

has always been open game...

[AlexSFCA]

44. can fbi release the recording to the public? we have the right to hear it

as the president lied to us at our taxpayers expense.

[RussBLib]

45. Oh, look! Something new and shiny!

to take our attention away from ... what?

Talk about bimbo eruptions! (They may be smart women, just using a recent term thrown at Bill Clinton. Bill could not match Trump's philandering)

[cstanleytech]

46. But does it matter really? After all its already been well established that Trump

is a liar and he wont pay his debts even when he can afford to but this does not really cause me to be jumping for joy.
Not unless he lied to federal investigators or lied on paperwork he submitted as those are actual crimes he could be impeached for.

[firstwife]

47. Lordy, I hope there's tapes!

[sarcasmo]

49. Womp! Womp!

[0rganism]

51. and?

how is this shocking, or even news?
it's not exactly a surprising secret that Trump is a philanderer who pays money for his partners' silence.

we're apparently okay with him caging toddlers and committing espionage against the USA, so how is paying off a model going to shift the dialog?

[nmgaucho]

52. Dumbest fucking books ever published

[luvallpeeps]

53. Joe South!

Album played at my house growing up. I only recently realized what " 'til they're covered up in flowers, in the back of a black limousine" was saying. Good shit. I don't think I'm gonna be able to sleep with all this stuff going down lately.