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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***BREAKING*** Michael Cohen has a recording of Trump and him discussing payment to a Playboy model*
THE MONEY SHOT:
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®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
*For the literalists the FBI is in possession of the tape.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)PatSeg
(47,239 posts)dalton99a
(81,386 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Ha ha!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Seems like the loneliest White House ever.
Docreed2003
(16,846 posts)nolabear
(41,930 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)nolabear
(41,930 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Wouldn't give a shit. If it's before he was president...he could have murdered...ok
niyad
(113,029 posts)(this was about comey, but seems apropos now as well.
mchill
(1,017 posts)Joyful.
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)nolabear
(41,930 posts)I dont get were doomed. Might as well die.
Funtatlaguy
(10,862 posts)Money laundering
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)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
(2,768 posts)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
(10,721 posts)...tend to agree with what Evan McMullin said tonight at around the 35:40 mark in the following video:
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)Thanks!!
R B Garr
(16,950 posts)they'll have more of his own words leaked out that show how much he's lying. Strategic leaks kind of thing.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)It's all about November.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)...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
(16,950 posts)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
(15,313 posts)Is there anything? Anything at all?
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)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
(10,721 posts)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
(888 posts)We are all Kosh.
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,135 posts)because if she said to them what she is quoted as saying in this piece, she has a big problem.
Brother Buzz
(36,364 posts)I believe the yahoos in those flyover states just learned a new word
nolabear
(41,930 posts)Hes making statements, demanding to see all tapes since his client is likely affected too...hes on this like a bulldog!
Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)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 DOESNT LIKE that Keith Davidson dude
Never has, never will
nolabear
(41,930 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)what happens then?
jayschool2013
(2,311 posts)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
(6,246 posts)this is all background noise.
Gothmog
(144,890 posts)Squinch
(50,901 posts)"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
(2,435 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)has always been open game...
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)as the president lied to us at our taxpayers expense.
RussBLib
(9,002 posts)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
(26,224 posts)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
(115 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)0rganism
(23,920 posts)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
(527 posts)luvallpeeps
(935 posts)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.