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Home Front: Politix
Daniels' lawyer: Cohen got $500K from Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg
2018-05-09
[NBC] Stormy Daniels' attorney claimed Tuesday that President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen received $500,000 from a company controlled by a Russian oligarch, deposited into an account for a company also used to pay off the adult film actress.

Daniels' attorney, Michael Avenatti, also detailed other transactions he said were suspicious, including deposits from drug giant Novartis, the state-run Korea Aerospace Industries, and AT&T ‐ which confirmed it paid Cohen's company for "insights" into the Trump administration.
It's all there! Korean Aerospace alien invasion, opioids, Russian oligarchs, whores, money. What else is there ?
If true, Avenatti's claims, made in a dossier posted to Twitter, could add a new dimension to the federal investigation into Cohen. NBC News has reviewed financial documents that appear to support Avenatti’s account of the transactions.

"This thing is a pig and they can try to put lipstick on a pig ‐ tonight, next week, next month ‐ but it's still gonna be a pig," Avenatti said on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell." "This thing's ugly and it's gonna get worse."
Posted by:Besoeker

#16  Whores gotta Whore. Facts, Schmacts, when CNN (and others) are paying
Posted by: Frank G   2018-05-09 21:14  

#15  Avenatti Accuses The Wrong Michael Cohens Of Making ‘Fraudulent’ Payments
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-05-09 17:35  

#14  
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2018-05-09 17:07  

#13  ATT emailed all employees today that payments to Cohen were for legitimate consulting services detailing services provided per Dallas Morning News.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606   2018-05-09 14:19  

#12  Oops, my bad. E.D. had it first with #6.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-09 13:24  

#11  Hillary Rodham ClintonNews

BREAKING: Russian Oligarch Who Allegedly Paid Michael Cohen $500K Is Linked to Clinton Foundation & Podesta
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-09 13:21  

#10  They do this all the time and the MSM faithfully reports on it ad nauseum. Somebody did something or got money from someone and they make it sound sinister. But is it illegal? Is it really even sinister if all of the pertinent details were reported. NBC won't tell us that. MSM won't even ask. They just report it as if it is. It's nothing more than Democrat Party propaganda.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-05-09 11:06  

#9  Ref #8, more pls and faster.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-09 11:03  

#8  Anti establishment candidates swept the primaries yesterday. All of this is blowing up in the swamp creatures faces at the ballet box.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606   2018-05-09 11:01  

#7  In other words if someone could control the out come of a US Presidential election they would be paid millions and millions. This definitely fake news.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606   2018-05-09 09:52  

#6  The Russian oligarch is linked to Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation.
Posted by: Eohippus Dribble5682   2018-05-09 09:52  

#5  I know a guy who has a $150 million paintimg hanging on his living room wall. Ex Vietnan vet purple heart 101st airborne Porto Rican. Gets paid millions up front by foreign governmemts.

He makes sure their government and banking systems can't be hacked. $500k is nothing to Russia.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606   2018-05-09 09:45  

#4  Fake news. The American own company had done work for the Oligarch in the past. And happened to have hired Cohen for some entirely unrelated work.

As to where he got this information - from that raid of Cohen's office I suspect. Leaked by Mueller's team.

I better watch out. My uncle's wife's brother's drinking buddy's nephew's barber once had Russian Dressing on a salad...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-05-09 08:34  

#3  Probably kept off the books, much like the Clinton Foundation records.
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2018-05-09 07:48  

#2  How soon will Avenatti be joining the Mueller team ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-09 07:44  

#1  And he knows...how?
Posted by: Frank G   2018-05-09 07:24  

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