Careful, lest you'll harsh their mellow.
Yeah, I rolled all over the living room floor laughing when I read that hogwash.
The contribution overage wasn't technically illegal, so the fine was appropriate. Now as to the criminal stuff? That'll come out with Hillary's when we nail her to her cross.
Not really. We're reasonably confident that your legal acumen,though brilliant, will be mostly ignored by team Trump.
Well that's not the way the US Attorney in the SDNY sees it.
Cohen is charged and pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations.
More howboutism
The Obama campaign was late filing a campaign finance document.
Late as in after they got caught.
You can read what has been unsealed in court right here.
https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-cohen-court-documents-plea-deal-charges-2018-8/
In a nutshell,
Cohen caused AMI, the corporation that owns the National Enquirer, to make an illegal corporate contribution by paying Karen McDougal $150,000 and then burying her
story in order to help the Trump campaign avoid bad publicity during the campaign.
It's illegal for a corporation to make a donation directly to a candidate. Donations must be made to the candidate's election committee.
Cohen used fraudulently obtained loans to open a shell company and pay Stormy Daniels to hush up.
Then Cohen fraudulently invoiced the Trump organization $35,000 a month during 2017 calling it a retainer.
The Trump organization paid the $35,000 a month and posted it to legal expenses with the notation "retainer fee".
They also "grossed up" the total amount for tax purposes.
What's not clear is, why Mr. Weisselburg was granted immunity and what kind of immunity it was.
The prosecutors in the SDNY already had most of this from subpoena documents from both Cohen and the Trump organization.
https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-cohen-court-documents-plea-deal-charges-2018-8/
In a nutshell,
Cohen caused AMI, the corporation that owns the National Enquirer, to make an illegal corporate contribution by paying Karen McDougal $150,000 and then burying her
story in order to help the Trump campaign avoid bad publicity during the campaign.
It's illegal for a corporation to make a donation directly to a candidate. Donations must be made to the candidate's election committee.
Cohen used fraudulently obtained loans to open a shell company and pay Stormy Daniels to hush up.
Then Cohen fraudulently invoiced the Trump organization $35,000 a month during 2017 calling it a retainer.
The Trump organization paid the $35,000 a month and posted it to legal expenses with the notation "retainer fee".
They also "grossed up" the total amount for tax purposes.
What's not clear is, why Mr. Weisselburg was granted immunity and what kind of immunity it was.
The prosecutors in the SDNY already had most of this from subpoena documents from both Cohen and the Trump organization.
Late as in they didn't file their 48 hour notices by the deadline.
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Late as in they didn’t file at all and they were caught.
President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign was fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for campaign reporting violations — one of the largest fees ever levied against a presidential campaign.
Among many miscellaneous reporting errors, the main issue with Obama’s campaign finances was a series of missing 48-hour notices for almost 1,300 contributions totaling more than $1.8 million. The notices must be filed out for contributions of over $1,000 that are received within 20 days of election day.
President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign was fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for campaign reporting violations — one of the largest fees ever levied against a presidential campaign.
Among many miscellaneous reporting errors, the main issue with Obama’s campaign finances was a series of missing 48-hour notices for almost 1,300 contributions totaling more than $1.8 million. The notices must be filed out for contributions of over $1,000 that are received within 20 days of election day.
