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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:41 AM Dec 2018

Trump: "I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law."

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I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law. He was a lawyer and he is supposed to know the law. It is called “advice of counsel,” and a lawyer has great liability if a mistake is made. That is why they get paid. Despite that many campaign finance lawyers have strongly......

6:17 AM - 13 Dec 2018




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....stated that I did nothing wrong with respect to campaign finance laws, if they even apply, because this was not campaign finance. Cohen was guilty on many charges unrelated to me, but he plead to two campaign charges which were not criminal and of which he probably was not...

6:25 AM - 13 Dec 2018




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....guilty even on a civil basis. Those charges were just agreed to by him in order to embarrass the president and get a much reduced prison sentence, which he did-including the fact that his family was temporarily let off the hook. As a lawyer, Michael has great liability to me!

6:39 AM - 13 Dec 2018




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Trump: "I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law." (Original Post) Miles Archer Dec 2018 OP
I have to be at work at 8:15 underpants Dec 2018 #1
Yeah right - because everyone knows that Lawyers just do what they want and aren't under direction Pachamama Dec 2018 #2
And we all heard the tape of him and Cohen hatching their payoff scheme. brush Dec 2018 #27
5 references to himself in 3 tweets Va Lefty Dec 2018 #3
He MISSPELLED two of those tweets Miles Archer Dec 2018 #10
The Trumpturd doth protest too much... methinks C_U_L8R Dec 2018 #4
Rudy, watch out. You are next to get dissed by Donald. Coming soon. riversedge Dec 2018 #5
rudy tried to tell him what excuse to make Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #24
Trump can tweet what he wants. It won't matter, he is "toast"......"burnt toast" Stuart G Dec 2018 #6
"Find A Way To Make This Happen" ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #7
I hate that man's very existence... Moostache Dec 2018 #8
Ignorance of the law: Zoonart Dec 2018 #9
But he knew he was breaking the law. kentuck Dec 2018 #11
Notably, this was written by a lawyer, not Trump. MineralMan Dec 2018 #12
Rudy perhaps? Docreed2003 Dec 2018 #14
I don't know. I just know that Trump isn't capable MineralMan Dec 2018 #15
smells like a mangled version of Rude Ghoul Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #25
agreed, he did not write this nt EleanorR Dec 2018 #17
Those charges were just agreed to by him in order to embarrass the president Johonny Dec 2018 #18
Not necessarily PJMcK Dec 2018 #33
Oh sweet 8lb9oz baby Jesus.... Docreed2003 Dec 2018 #13
The judge agreed with this Jarqui Dec 2018 #16
I hope there are wiretap recordings of trump telling cohen to pay the hush money Blue Owl Dec 2018 #19
What happened to "the buck stops here"? BSdetect Dec 2018 #20
Uh huh Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 #21
Ignorance of the Law is not a defense edhopper Dec 2018 #22
'i never directed Micheal Cohen to break the law' Volaris Dec 2018 #23
Next is. "I never directly directed Micheal Cohen to break the law" bullimiami Dec 2018 #28
Exactly. And then: I don't remember directing.... Volaris Dec 2018 #32
OMG Pathetic harumph Dec 2018 #26
Nah, he just asked Cohen nicely uponit7771 Dec 2018 #29
Echoes of "I am not a crook". BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2018 #30
Oh, stuff it already! smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #31

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
2. Yeah right - because everyone knows that Lawyers just do what they want and aren't under direction
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:44 AM
Dec 2018

....from clients....

And it looks like good buddy David Pecker at AMI directed his National Enquirer to make payments on their own too?

WOW!!!

Thou protesteth too much Donny.... the walls are closing in

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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
10. He MISSPELLED two of those tweets
Reply to Va Lefty (Reply #3)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:56 AM
Dec 2018

I tried to grab them for this post but he had already deleted and re-tweeted them.

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Hermit-The-Prog

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24. rudy tried to tell him what excuse to make
Reply to riversedge (Reply #5)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:48 PM
Dec 2018

TrumPutin couldn't get it all in his head, but he tried repuking what the Rude Ghoul told him was a good excuse.

Too bad all those lawyers, the judge, FBI agents and Cohen disagree with Dumb Donald's characterization of the plea, guilt, and law.

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Stuart G

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6. Trump can tweet what he wants. It won't matter, he is "toast"......"burnt toast"
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:48 AM
Dec 2018

Trump will sing a song,
When he is gone.
It is not sad,
That he is mad.
Time to go.
And it will be so...........

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ProfessorGAC

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7. "Find A Way To Make This Happen"
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:50 AM
Dec 2018

That's the kind of language he probably used. That said, notable in it's absence would be the word "legal" before the word "way".

Poor baby is finding his deniability gambit is on thin ice.

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Moostache

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8. I hate that man's very existence...
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:51 AM
Dec 2018

Universal karma, please explode his heart and end the scourge of the age. PLEASE??!!!???

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Zoonart

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9. Ignorance of the law:
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:56 AM
Dec 2018
Ignorantia juris non excusat[1] or ignorantia legis neminem excusat[2] (Latin for "ignorance of the law excuses not"[1] and "ignorance of law excuses no one"[2] respectively) is a legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely because one was unaware of its content.
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kentuck

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11. But he knew he was breaking the law.
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:13 AM
Dec 2018

Just give him money. He knew what needed to be done.

No collusion!

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MineralMan

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15. I don't know. I just know that Trump isn't capable
Reply to Docreed2003 (Reply #14)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:31 AM
Dec 2018

of writing that many words on any subject. I'm not sure about Giuliani, either.

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Hermit-The-Prog

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25. smells like a mangled version of Rude Ghoul
Reply to MineralMan (Reply #15)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:53 PM
Dec 2018

(I should've read the whole thread before speculating about this above).

This looks to me like he was tweeting what somebody tried to tell him is his 'out'. Whether they believed it or not is another question. They may have been trying to stop a tantrum and this was the best they could come up with.

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Johonny

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18. Those charges were just agreed to by him in order to embarrass the president
Reply to MineralMan (Reply #12)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 11:51 AM
Dec 2018

"The President"

Trump would have written me had he wrote it.

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PJMcK

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33. Not necessarily
Reply to Johonny (Reply #18)
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 05:41 AM
Dec 2018

Trump has often referred to himself in the third person. For example, in the confession interview with Lester Holt, he said, (paraphrasing), "This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story."

There are many more examples and I've always thought it was odd.

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Jarqui

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16. The judge agreed with this
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:31 AM
Dec 2018
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/07/politics/michael-cohen-robert-mueller-donald-trump/index.html
"In particular, and as Cohen himself has now admitted, with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with and at the direction of Individual-1." (Trump)

That is now the finding of this court.
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Blue Owl

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19. I hope there are wiretap recordings of trump telling cohen to pay the hush money
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 12:01 PM
Dec 2018
Somehow I have a feeling there are...
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BSdetect

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20. What happened to "the buck stops here"?
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 12:25 PM
Dec 2018

You hired these "best people" and left them without any instructions?

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edhopper

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22. Ignorance of the Law is not a defense
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 04:03 PM
Dec 2018

If your accountant cheats on your taxes, you are still guilty.

If you didn't know shooting a man in the face on 5th Avenue was a crime, you would still be charged.

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Volaris

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23. 'i never directed Micheal Cohen to break the law'
Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:45 PM
Dec 2018

It's gonna be so fuckin awesome when there's tape to the contrary lol!

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Volaris

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32. Exactly. And then: I don't remember directing....
Reply to bullimiami (Reply #28)
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 12:19 AM
Dec 2018

And then: I didn't know that directing was illegal
And then: directing shouldn't be illegal
And then: this is a witch hunt

And then: he will go to prison.

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