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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am getting more and more convinced that Hannity is under investigation
Yesterday I commented on how Cohen let it slip that one of his clients other than Trump is under investigation right now.
Cohen only had three clients. That makes it a 50-50 chance that that person is Hannity.
The reason I believe that Hannity is that client is because Cohen talked about how originally he was mainly a real estate lawyer. And he talked about how easy it was to set up a shell company.
Then I remembered Hannity saying this.
"Michael knows real estate."
And thousands of pages of public records show that Hannity has a massive portfolio over the past decade, more than 20 shell companies linked to Hannity bought at least 877 properties for just under $89 million, The Guardian said Sunday.
The residential properties in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Vermont, and New York include multimillion-dollar mansions used by Hannity, single-family units in modest suburbs, and apartments in low-income areas,
Hannity claims that Cohen only ever gave him advice and never represented him. Think about where Cohen was at that point in his life and what he was engaged in.
What ethical legal aboveboard advice could Cohen have even possibly given Hannity I can't think of any.
The type of advice Cohen was giving out at that time was how to over and under inflate the value of your properties and how to easily set up shell companies.
If Hannity took any of that advice and followed through on it, he could be in for a shitstorm full of trouble. My guess is the southern district is currently looking into all of those purchases and looking into Hannity's Financial records to see if he also over and under inflated the value of his properties like Trump did.
I hope to God that's what happened and that Hannity will be spending some time behind bars with his fellow Republicans.
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)It would make sense. Any person with a brain can understand that there would be limited reasons for anyone to use the services of Michael Cohen, and this would be one of the limited reasons. Trump probably even turned Hannity on to him since he would otherwise have no connection.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)DFW
(54,387 posts)Since Hannity has been basically running a propaganda ministry for the extremist right for something like two decades, I regret that he will not end up like his role model, Josef Göbbels.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)That is too good for him. I want him rotting in the slammer.
DFW
(54,387 posts)Otherwise he emerges as a right-wing martyr, and that's worse than Gobbels' fate.
One obvious variation--Hannity does NOT get to shoot his wife or poison his children first.
Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)that needs some serious looking into. All the money laundering, shell corporations, and shady dealings indicate that the whole industry might be dirty. Or at least a huge part of it.
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)for several reasons. One being this: To challenge a property assessment, you have to get an appraisal to present to the adjustment board. That means there are appraisers out there who would have prepared appraisals for these hearings. Trust me, no appraiser is going to prison for Sean Hannity. If they were instructed to construct a phony appraisal based upon inflated expenses(typical trick for income properties), then the person preparing the appraisal knows what they did.
And again - this is a STATE CRIME!! No pardon for Mr. Hannity.
Wednesdays
(17,379 posts)If so, that's still federal. What you're looking for is the Attorney General of the State of New York.
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)Once it became known he was one of Michael Cohen's clients, I assumed he was also swept up in the whole thing.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)His conviction would be the sweetest - next to tRump's, of course!! I'd party for days!
Thanks for pulling the logical pieces together.
Initech
(100,076 posts)Hannity's definitely in on it since his head is so far up Trump's ass. The question is to what degree?
Garion_55
(1,915 posts)Hannity is the biggest anti Muller anti investigation pundit out there. Because he personally could get caught up in the bullshit. He's protecting his own ass.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)investigation.
Garion_55
(1,915 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)mahina
(17,660 posts)Fucker.
Hekate
(90,694 posts)...and it was very enlightening for people like you who have been keeping tabs. As I believe he intended it to be. It's like he wrote on the blackboard 2 + 2 = ? and anyone keeping track knows the answer is 4.