If AT&T paid Michael Cohen ..then isnt that a Bribe?

[Le Gaucher]

Is it Fucking illegal?

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Pay to play

is the consensus of the analysts on tv.

[Sophia4]

2. Good questions. Wouldn't want to jump to any conclusions, but . . . . ?

How is AT&T to explain this?

We are waiting. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. . . . . . . . .

[PoliticAverse]

3. Nah, they paid him for "insights into understanding" - nod, nod, wink, wink. n/t

Full Statement: “Essential Consulting was one of several firms we engaged in early 2017 to provide insights into understanding the new administration. They did no legal or lobbying work for us, and the contract ended in December 2017”

[mercuryblues]

13. Didn't Cohen say on the paper work

it was a real estate consulting firm? So why would ATT pay money to a real estate consulting firm? If they wanted political insight on trump?

[sarcasmo]

4. What was the payment for? Net Neutrality repeal?

[octoberlib]

5. And the merger with Time Warner. They only got half of what they wanted.

[sarcasmo]

9. I love it when Corporations are exposed.

[octoberlib]

6. Chris Hayes talked about this on his show and said he hopes some enterprising reporter

investigates this. Also mentioned was that Vekselberg was under sanctions and that those sanctions were rolled back after the payments he made.

[Thedemby]

7. Nahh...

Just repaying over charges on his many cell phones. No Problemmo! ( But the Mueller knows for sure!)

[wishstar]

8. Cohen is not registered as a lobbyist and probably didn't report the income on his taxes either

so I would guess the payments are problematic legally for Cohen

[Atman]

10. I've put up with a lot from AT&T. Too much.

Not really by choice. We left them many years ago, then they bought our next cell provider. Then we were stuck with them because of coverage are. But this is too much. We’re switching to Verizon (I know, they’re probably just as bad) at the end of the month, after nearly 20 years with various incarnations of AT&T.

[.99center]

11. I believe it counts as a loan.

They were repayed with Trump's corporate tax giveaway.

[C_U_L8R]

12. It looks like bribery

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And it would not surprise if everyone throws Cohen under the bus tomorrow

[BumRushDaShow]

15. He went under the bus

when Drumpf threw him there back during that AF1 interview, regardless of what Ghouliani has been running around saying.

[Kirk Lover]

14. So sanctioning the oligarchs would dry up the money train. nt