BREAKING: NY State investigators have issued a subpoena to Cohen as part of Trump Foundation probe

[Mrs. Overall]

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BREAKING: New York state investigators have issued a subpoena to Michael Cohen as part of Trump Foundation probe.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators in New York state have issued a subpoena to Michael Cohen as part of their criminal probe into the Trump Foundation.

A spokesman for Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s tax department confirmed the subpoena to The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The subpoena was issued after Cohen’s attorney said the longtime lawyer for President Donald Trump has information that would be of interest to prosecutors at both the state and federal level.

As a close Trump confidant, Cohen could potentially be a significant source of information for state investigators looking into whether Trump or his charity broke state law or lied about their tax liability.

Anyone charged with a state crime could not be pardoned by the president.

Messages left with attorneys for Cohen and Trump were not immediately returned Wednesday.

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[malaise]

1. Oh Yes

Get thee to the greatest page

Down they go.

[Achilleaze]

2. Round up ALL the republican criminals

They all deserve justice: lock them up

[bearsfootball516]

3. Pardon-Proof!

[FakeNoose]

14. Well, the Governor could pardon him

... Cheeto can't do shit about it! If the information is good enough to get the Trump family, maybe they won't charge Cohen with anything. That would be his payoff I think.

[groundloop]

23. Whadya' mean that Spanky can't do anything about it..... he can fire the Governor can't he?

[Claritie Pixie]

4. What I've been waiting for!

I can’t believe how fast this is happening!

[leftieNanner]

5. The best way to break the trump

is to take away ALL of his money! Begin with the Trump "Foundation" (AKA Donnie buys pictures of himself) and move on to his real estate biz.

[FakeNoose]

15. That's what will happen

The Foundation doesn't control much money. But all their tax-scamming and hiding stuff behind the foundation has been going on for so many years. They never gave anything to charity, so they don't deserve the tax exempt status.

This is going to tie up their money so they can't get it out of the country. Eventually the shady shit he's been doing with the real estate sales is what will take him down I think. He won't have a penny left, and neither will those snotty kids.

[Leghorn21]

6. I simply cannot say how utterly delighted I am to read of this shiny new subpoena with

M. Cohen’s name on it.

And it’s in regards to the what? The TRUMP FOUNDATION?!??

OH FUCK YEAH


And say, has this fine gentleman been invited for a chat with the Grand Jury yet?!?

Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of The Trump Organization:



Whassuppp, ALLEN?!?

[bearsfootball516]

7. The house of cards is coming down

The article even states that this subpoena was issued DIRECTLY because of Cohen's attorney saying Cohen has info on Trump that he wants to spill.

There is no beating around the bush here.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Wow! Wham!! Thanks for posting good news bearsf...nt

[mr_lebowski]

27. No offense but I think you're 'reading into' it here a little ...

"The subpoena was issued after Cohen’s attorney said the longtime lawyer for President Donald Trump has information that would be of interest to prosecutors at both the state and federal level"

Not the same as 'directly because' ... or is there more in the actual article?

[JI7]

8. this would be an area he could not pardon, right ?

[Leghorn21]

16. RIGHT!! Not a hint, not a whiff of a possible pardon for lil Mikey Cohen for state charges!!!

[watoos]

31. Who cares about Cohen?

The board of the Trump Foundation is being charged, that's Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka, no pardons for them.

[SWBTATTReg]

9. And the dominoes start to fall...wouldn't the rest of rump's ...

business dealings and the like, that Cohen (and others who worked for rump too) be eligible for the state to open up investigations on? After all, after hearing about the shell corporations that were being setup for rump, what other nefarious purposes did other on-paper-only rump corporations play in evading taxes, and the like?

Why else would someone need over 500 or so companies? I can perhaps imagine a 100 or so, for perhaps each of his buildings, real estate, etc., but 500?

[triron]

11. How about indicting the whole Trump family including Donald?

[PatSeg]

12. Yes

Leave no stone unturned. Otherwise we will be playing whack-a-mole with the same characters for decades. No putting the past behind us and moving forward until everyone responsible for undermining our democracy is held accountable. To paraphrase Trump, "The carnage stops right here, right now." Funny how Trump's words keep coming back to bite him in the ass.

[Grasswire2]

13. Freeze all the Trump assets now.

Pull the passports.

Let's see how fast Melania grabs Barron and heads offshore. Oh wait. She's already offshore, gone to Africa.

[NoSmoke]

21. I'm waiting for

Jar-Jar & Ivanker to repair to Israel.

[MontanaMama]

17. Oh my!

I could get used to this...

[Lonestarblue]

18. Waiting for Putin to stop funding Trump.

When Trump has lost his businesses and the presidency, he will be of no more use to Putin. I doubt Putin and his oligarchs will continue throwing money down that rat hole. Trump kids will also be down the tubes because no one will loan money to them either, including foreign governments that have given loans to gain favorable treatment from Trump.

[zentrum]

29. Agree completely.

The money must be drying up.

[Hekate]

19. It just gets better and better

[uponit7771]

20. Please pray for Cohen's life and he doesn't fall of balconies like other Russian enemies do

[C Moon]

22. It's getting better all the time!

[dalton99a]

24. Kick

[volstork]

25. Well then,

it seems to be On Like Donkey Kong!

[pangaia]

26. Don't forget the rest of them--

McConnell, Pense, Ryan, Sessions, Grassley, Nunes, ..
They are all in this up to their eyeballs.

Taking down trump won;t be enough....

[Amaryllis]

28. ANyone else forsee tax returns in the picture soon?

[triron]

30. Barbara Underwood rocks.

[watoos]

32. This is really big news folks

This needs to stay on the front page of DU.

Remember that Trump just admitted to paying Stormy from money from his Foundation which is totally illegal.

Don Jr, Eric, and Ivanka are board members, if they approved the payment they are in trouble and Cohen can cough up the information. No state pardons.

I can't repeat this enough, this is big news.

[Quixote1818]

34. I was thinking the same thing. EVERYONE knows his issues are with money

I often have doubts about where anything will go but I feel like this has a pretty good shot and taking him down or at least making him look very bad!

[Nitram]

33. So many crimes to investigate, so little time.