WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, secretly recorded a conversation with Trump two months before the presidential election in which they discussed payments to a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Trump, according to lawyers and others familiar with the recording.
The FBI seized the recording this year during a raid on Cohen's office. The Justice Department is investigating Cohen's involvement in paying women to tamp down embarrassing news stories about Trump before the 2016 election. Prosecutors want to know whether that violated federal campaign finance laws, and any conversation with Trump about those payments would be of keen interest to them.
I cant imagine that this will end well for Trump. Seems like more a distraction.
I still dont see how Trump did anything illegal. And it still seems like a fishing expedition by prosecutors. Furthermore, I want to say that NY is a two party consent state when it comes to recording phone calls.
The FBI seized the recording this year during a raid on Cohen's office. The Justice Department is investigating Cohen's involvement in paying women to tamp down embarrassing news stories about Trump before the 2016 election. Prosecutors want to know whether that violated federal campaign finance laws, and any conversation with Trump about those payments would be of keen interest to them.
I cant imagine that this will end well for Trump. Seems like more a distraction.
I still dont see how Trump did anything illegal. And it still seems like a fishing expedition by prosecutors. Furthermore, I want to say that NY is a two party consent state when it comes to recording phone calls.
Comment