All that money being paid to Cohen. And for nothing? There's a name for that.
Here in Minnesota, there's a crime that is called "Theft by Swindle." It's my favorite criminal charge. So, Novartis paid Cohen a bunch of money to get them direct contact with Trump. They didn't get what they paid for, but they let him keep the money, because it would have been embarrassing to them if the reason for the payment was known. Cohen stiffed them.
Well, guess what? It's known now. Cohen didn't perform, so Novartis wrote the payment off as a loss.
Theft by Swindle.
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It's money that nobody has to account for, especially the RNC. I'm pretty sure the "donors" don't feel swindled, they feel like they have access to the President that others don't.
But I could be wrong.
For example, maybe they hoped Cohen could help them push a product (opioid, say) into Russia?
Or maybe it's a disguised bribe ("When the FDA finally tackles X, you remind Mr Trump we helped buy him some time with several of those talkative pussy problems he had"
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