Here are five felonies Trump committed -- if Cohen is telling the truth

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Here are five felonies Trump committed — if Cohen is telling the truth

By Max Boot at the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/27/here-are-five-felonies-trump-committed-if-cohen-is-telling-truth/?utm_source=reddit.com&utm_term=.74a5b966f1ca

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2. Lying to the FBI and the Justice Department. According to CNN, Trump, in his written testimony to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, claimed “that Roger Stone did not tell him about WikiLeaks, nor was he told about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between his son, campaign officials and a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton.” Cohen contradicted those assertions.

3. Suborning perjury. Cohen testified that Trump encouraged him to lie to Congress about his attempts in 2016 to build a Trump Tower in Moscow and that his personal lawyers reviewed the mendacious testimony.

4. Violating campaign finance laws. Cohen testified that Trump told him to pay off a porn star and reimbursed him for doing so. Cohen even produced a check Trump signed while he was president and another one that was signed by Donald Trump Jr., implicating the president’s son in this felony, as well.

To these four offenses, one may add: 5. Bank, wire and tax fraud. Cohen testified that Trump inflated his assets to win bank loans and deflated them to reduce his taxes — precisely the kind of scheme for which Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is now facing lengthy prison time. And Cohen added that he knew of other offenses that federal prosecutors are still investigating.


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1. K&R

Sooner or later, they are going to get him on something. There is just too much crime and corruption there for him to beat every charge.

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2. in "conspiracy to defraud the united states", "the united states" means the federal government or

any of its agencies.

it's not a crime, in and of itself, for a politician to lie to the american public at large.

so to the extent donnie lied about the leaked emails to the fbi or the doj, ok, that's a crime, but that's point #2.


i'm not sure what crime #1 is really meant to be here. or is it meant to be the same, just that #2 is donnie personally lying to the fbi, and crime #1 is donnie conspiring with others to commit that same lie?

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3. I see your point. Will put in #5