The Department of Justice Calls Donald Trump a Felon...FELON!!

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Federal prosecutors released sentencing recommendations for two alleged criminals who worked closely with Donald Trump: his lawyer MichaelCohen, and campaign manager Paul Manafort. They are filled with damning details. But the most important passage by far is this, about Trump’s fixer: “Cohen himself has now admitted, with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with and at the direction of Individual-1.”

The payments in question, as the document explains, concern a payoff to two women who claimed to have affairs with Trump. The payments, according to prosecutors, were intended to influence the campaign, and thereby constituted violations of campaign finance law. They have not formally charged Trump with this crime — it is a sentencing report for Cohen, not Trump — but this is the U.S. Department of Justice calling Trump a criminal.

There is more. Under normal circumstances, the long list of charges federal prosecutors cited against Michael Cohen would be a political catastrophe for President Trump. One of the president’s closest associates turns out to have allegedly committed a long string of crimes, from tax evasion to making false statements to a financial institution, that would besmirch the good name of the man who worked at his side for years.

Of course Trump has no good name. But the fact that he is being called a felon by the United States government is a historic step. And it is likely the first of more to come.

Bottom Line: Donald J Trump is a crook.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Dupe thread. This talking point already has a thread on it, faggot.

 

[HenryBHough]

Jeez, I'm old enough to remember when The Justice Department understood the meaning of the word "justice".

 

[EvilCat Breath]

An arrest is imminent then?

 

[Thinker101]

Yikes!!! From the "Intelligencer"...it must be true.

 

[Kat]

Already a thread on this.