[View here as a Twitter thread] Yesterday I wrote about evidence of a TrumpRussia conspiracy in the prosecution docs. A follower asked: Did Trump think he’d get away with all of this? The answer (I believe) is yes. Seems to me Trump had a 2-part plan. #1: [If he wins] shut down all investigations. Winning would put …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Trump said prosecutors found no evidence of “collusion” with Russia. Even the WashPost said⬇️ Not all evidence is admissible in court. For example, hearsay (with certain exceptions) is generally not admissible. On the other hand, if top notch prosecutors, like the SDNY or Mueller, include a “fact” in a court …
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[View here as a Twitter thread] The Mueller Cohen sentencing memo: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5453418-Mueller-Cohen-filing.html … Mueller (OSC) was kinder to Cohen than SDNY. Cohen’s looking at 6 months for lying; OSC says he provided valuable info and could serve his sentence concurrently with the SDNY sentence, which makes it disappear. Cohen went to “significant lengths” to assist OSC. …
[View here as a Twitter thread] The Cohen SDNY Sentencing Memo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FF9-6bM5U_EvklRVj9Hyxeo6C2vzFYgq/view … We learn a few things about Cohen. There are a few zingers. Here are my notes: Until 2007, Cohen was a lawyer earning about 75K per year (—a very low salary for a NY lawyer in 2007). Cohen got his break in 2007 …
[View here as a Twitter thread] 1/ What’s up with all Trump’s lawbreaking? Spoiler: When you understand how the Trump family became wealthy, the meaning of MAGA becomes clear. I’ll explain. Sources in links and these (well researched books): 2/ Friedrich, DJT’s grandfather, left Germany in 1885. He came to the US in search …
[View here as a Twitter thread] The following witnesses are cooperating: Michael Flynn, Michael Cohen, George Nader, Rick Gates, Richard Pinedo. Plus those other unnamed witnesses in the Flynn memo. (links in the last tweet) And I’m probably forgetting some. That list of cooperating witnesses should be enough to spill the entire story. Michael …
[View here as a Twitter thread] The memo and addendum are here: What we know: Flynn was cooperating with at least two investigations—at least one of which was a criminal investigation—outside the Special Counsel’s office. This means the Mueller probe is fairly safe. Why? Because the evidence is spread around to various offices. The …
Preliminary comments: My law practice was limited to representing indigents on appeal from adverse rulings. IOW, my clients lost at trial, wanted to appeal, but couldn’t afford to pay. I was appointed by the court. And I wrote this book: I’ve long been an advocate for criminal justice reform. That’s why I had such strong …
[View here as a Twitter thread] I finally started reading Cohen’s sentencing memo. https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5360474/Gov-Uscourts-Nysd-505539-8-0.pdf …Someone made a comment on one of my threads. I can’t find it now: The person commenting suggested that when Cohen said he’d take a bullet for Trump, he was anticipating this moment. Notably, in his memo, Cohen explains that his …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress about negotiating with Russia on behalf of Individual 1 & family for the Moscow Project all through the election. The doc is here: https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-michael-cohen-plea-documents-mueller-probe …1 – 6 detail the lies. The doc gets good at #7: The truth. Assumptions I’m making: Individual …
