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Hardly. Avenatti produced what are SARs. These are Suspicious Activity Reports. Banks have to submit them for unusual transactions. They are maintained in the SAR database. Thousands of people have access.
What is far far more important is the content and what it shows. Something tells me that a full examination of Cohen's banking will show enough criminality to put Cohen away for decades. That is if he doesn't sing. |
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"All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination."--Barbara Grizzuti Harrison “There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.” - Patrick Rothfuss |
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Circled nothing is still nothing. "Nothing will stop the U.S. from being a world leader, not even a handful of adults who want their kids to take science lessons from a book that mentions unicorns six times." -UNLoVedRebel Mumpsimus: a stubborn person who insists on making an error in spite of being shown that it is wrong |
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Circled nothing is still nothing. "Nothing will stop the U.S. from being a world leader, not even a handful of adults who want their kids to take science lessons from a book that mentions unicorns six times." -UNLoVedRebel Mumpsimus: a stubborn person who insists on making an error in spite of being shown that it is wrong |
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It smacks of “anomaly hunting”.
Avanatti admitted on TV that at least one of the alleged payments might have been made by or to a different Michael Cohen. It’s part and parcel of the Roy Cohn/Roger Stone/Donald Trump playbook to hone in on that one discrepancy and tout it as if it invalidates the 90% plus allegations that are, in fact, true. And it’s transparent, tiresome, and in the long run ineffectual. |
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“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that...I will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” - President Donald J. Trump, January 20, 2017. "And it's, frankly, disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write. And people should look into it." - President Donald J. Trump, October 11, 2017. |
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Actually it is at least three, and reveals that Avenatti is sloppy and is willing to damage innocent people using documents that he clearly did not obtain legally.
He claimed that Cohen was tapped and now he is attacking AT&T and others based on his wildly biased opinions. |
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Circled nothing is still nothing. "Nothing will stop the U.S. from being a world leader, not even a handful of adults who want their kids to take science lessons from a book that mentions unicorns six times." -UNLoVedRebel Mumpsimus: a stubborn person who insists on making an error in spite of being shown that it is wrong |
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They play up anything less than statements of absolute certainty as being indicative of dishonesty rather than an acknowledgement of the possibility of mistakes. That way when they tell the most obvious lies, they can cite their vehement insistence as supporting evidence in and of itself. |
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Circled nothing is still nothing. "Nothing will stop the U.S. from being a world leader, not even a handful of adults who want their kids to take science lessons from a book that mentions unicorns six times." -UNLoVedRebel Mumpsimus: a stubborn person who insists on making an error in spite of being shown that it is wrong |
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Avenatti is claiming that in so doing what they did was illegal, despite the fact there is no basis for that conclusion.
The actual evidence of wrongdoing is the fact that Avenatti is under investigation by the Treasury department (well that and the whole tax fraud thing.) Hopefully Mueller and Wood can rope this clown in. |
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Oh well, was not really expected a response, so much easier to claim a poster knows nothing about the law than to address the points.
By the way, here is a form motion used by SDNY. http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/forms/a...phv_motion.pdf I direct everyone’s attention to the part of the sample motion about no pending disciplinary proceedings. And now we all know something else correct about the practice of law. |
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Ha! Foolmewunz has just been added to the list of people who aren't complete idiots. Hokulele It's not that liberals have become less tolerant. It's that conservatives have become more intolerable. Last edited by Foolmewunz; 9th May 2018 at 07:26 PM. Reason: I had erroneously quoted a second, unrelated post. |
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There will be hell to pay if Michael Cohen was taking this money without Trump's knowledge. Cohen was essentially stealing from Trump. Trump's the main victim, but the media will spin it another way.
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Foolmewunz it’s in this one too.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/09/av...-cohen-israel/ Do try and keep up please! ![]() |
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So why did Trump pay to hide still images and/or text messages pertaining to an affair that (he claims) never occurred?
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The Trump defenders here provide a most useful service. They keep front and center for our awareness (and delectation) the gyrations, deflections and cognitive dissonance that tribe is prone to in their unwillingness to face reality. This serves to remind to not lose sight of the forces at work striving to undermine the rule of law in service of the maintenance of their crooked Liar in Chief.
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Okay, let me just try this: This is the form motion you referenced. It states:
This is the ethics complaint form you cited. It is titled "The State Bar of California" and instructs that the complainant send it to the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel of the State Bar of California. The state bar is not a disciplinary proceeding in state or federal court. It's entirely internal to the Bar Association. Furthermore, simply having a complaint lodged against him or her does not put an attorney out of good standing. One of either two things needs to occur: 1) the Bar Association, after investigation and a hearing, declares the member not to be in good standing; or 2) the censure action is brought in an actual real court (usually the attorney sues the bar after receiving discipline). You are wrong. I say this not just as a lawyer. I say this not just as a matrimonial attorney (who have high ethics complaint rates compared to other practitioners). I say this not just as a matrimonial attorney who has had former clients file ethics complaints (none of which were actioned). I say this not just as an attorney who has applied to practice pro hac vice in federal court. I say this not just as an attorney who has applied for such status in the Southern District of New York. I say it as an attorney who was admitted pro hac vice by the SDNY while I had an ethics complaint open against me with the state bar. There is nothing involved in this process that you have in any way gotten right. it would have been closer to the truth if you'd let a cat walk across your keyboard and just posted that. |
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I'm amazed with the cognitive dissonance across the board on so many issues JFK assassination, 911, evolution, flat earth, religion, but I am stunned by the depth and pervasiveness with Trump. Never in my life have I experienced so obvious a liar, cheat and con-man. And never have I seen so many people in denial.
It's not like Trump is a slick, polished or persuasive. He's nonsensical, inarticulate, amazingly self-centered. Basically a moron in a suit and tie. ??????? How is this possible? |
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