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pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 05:52 PM Aug 2018

Here you go: the Michael Cohen plea agreement document.

Last edited Tue Aug 21, 2018, 06:31 PM - Edit history (2)

Lawyers, any thoughts?

What jumped out at me was the part of the letter to Guy Petrillo, attorney, on page 2, paragraph 4, where it said this agreement doesn't preclude them from other prosecutions (other than the ones they agree not to prosecute him for) including 18 U.S.C. 1961.

18 U.S.C. 1961 is a racketeering statute. IOW, they seem to be reserving the possibility of prosecuting him for racketeering.

Or am I misreading that?

Also, reading the plea agreement itself, there appear to be several possible OTHER participants in what looks like a campaign-finance conspiracy, including the news media corporation, an agent, an editor, and "the company" that reimbursed Cohen and even paid him a "bonus" -- i.e., the Trump corporation.

I wonder if any of them are facing charges now.



https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-michael-cohen-plea-agreement

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Here you go: the Michael Cohen plea agreement document. (Original Post) pnwmom Aug 2018 OP
Thank you! Yonnie3 Aug 2018 #1
Check this out: Kingofalldems Aug 2018 #2
KR! Cha Aug 2018 #3
Im no lawyer but this is big. honest.abe Aug 2018 #4

honest.abe

(8,678 posts)
4. Im no lawyer but this is big.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 05:54 PM
Aug 2018

Violations by the President of campaign finance regulations looks very possible.

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