AT&T Executive Who Oversaw Michael Cohen's Contract Forced Out

[Le Gaucher]

Source: WSJ

AT&T Inc.’s top Washington executive and policy chief is being forced out of the company after his office paid $600,000 to Trump attorney Michael Cohen last year.

The company told employees in an internal memo Friday that Bob Quinn was retiring, but a person familiar with the matter said Mr. Quinn was being forced to leave.

Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-exec-who-oversaw-michael-cohens-contract-forced-out-1526046307

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[Blue_Adept]

1. Everything connected to Trump corrupts

[fleabiscuit]

23. Yup. Lies and corruption is his wheelhouse.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I anticipate that next year's annual meeting will see a number of shareholder proposals. NT

[ChiTownDenny]

17. As a shareholder, I don't have a problem with this.

Trump made it clear he wanted to do harm to CNN and therefore would obstruct the acquisition of Time Warner by ATT that didn't jettison CNN. How else do you deal with a corrupt government and its representatives?

[snort]

19. With more corruption?

[ChiTownDenny]

21. What corruption

did ATT engage in?

[noneof_theabove]

24. Simle fixes...

"...How else do you deal with a corrupt government and its representatives?..."

1) impeachment
2) lock him up ! ! [echoed by Mueller]
3) lead poisoning

[ChiTownDenny]

26. 4) any of the above

works for me.

[lagomorph777]

27. Lock 'em up in Flint?

That does (2) and (3) at the same time.

[ChiTownDenny]

28. + 1

HA!

[mwooldri]

25. Play their game?

I understand that Disney is attempting to acquire the bulk of 21st Century Fox, Murdoch is attempting to buy Sky (which would pass on to Disney).

CNN could be used as a sacrificial pawn that would end up under a Sky (or Disney) umbrella. Here's how it could work..

1. Time Warner spins off CNN into its own company separate from itself as AT&T acquires Time Warner.

2. Sky plc buys the separated CNN and merges it with its Sky News operations.

This benefits CNN as they end up strengthening their international operations, Sky benefits by bolstering their coverage of North America. There's little overlap between CNN and Sky News.

This would be even more delicious if Sky jettisons its own brand for the CNN brand when it comes to news. Fox News relies on Sky News for coverage of European affairs. Imagine the howls from the right when Fox has to rely on CNN....

[Fresh_Start]

29. my corporation's ethics policy says we can't bribe in US or abroad

I'd be surprised if most major corporations don't have rules against bribery

[jberryhill]

3. He'll be fine - these bastards never suffer

[progressoid]

13. He probably got a nice severance package as well.

[Ellipsis]

4. Trumpy sat down with this cat in his tower.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-meetings-mergers-lawyers

[truthisfreedom]

22. Definition of fascism!

[bucolic_frolic]

5. These companies are trying to reverse, bury, soften their associations with Cohen

None that I've seen have said, hey no big deal, total nothingburger.

And it's probably going to cost them more to pay their normal lobbyists once those guys see the sums paid to Cohen.

[Greybnk48]

6. This was NOT a "one bad apple" situation.

This was their corporate ideology being nurtured by A CEO that was hired to nurture it.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Ha!! Too bad let go (supposedly a retirement, but we know the truth, don't we?)...

Trying to bury their head in the sand, eh, AT&T? You got caught w/ the goodies and instead, got burned badly. I'm surprised that this happened at AT&T...usually they are hands off on politics (use EMPACs or employee political action committees and employees decide who gets the money (campaigns) which is usually divided 1/2 and 1/2 among candidates...the person who took an 'early' retirement probably did so outside the normal boundaries of corporate behavior. Good. A big waste of $600 K!!

Well at least the $600 K went into someone's pocket (RUMP I bet got some of it) and didn't do a bit of good...serves them right (the corporate folks seeking advise on dealing w/ RUMP), and also helps us in DU land, as this was $600 K wasted (and not on a repug ad somewhere against one of our candidates). I would even go so far to say that it was $600 K well spent, as it helped us in DU land instead, pointing to the corruption of this admin.

[GusBob]

8. It seems as if these companies are taking the blame to protect Trump

I sense falling on their sword and scapegoating for their master

[Javaman]

9. what else is in bob quinn's closet?

there is more here than what's being told to us.

[Ellipsis]

10. A visit to Trump Tower in Jan. 2017

[Brother Buzz]

11. Trump meets with AT&T execs amid merger push

Trump meets with AT&T execs amid merger push

BY HARPER NEIDIG - 01/12/17

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday morning met with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson as the company pushes for support for its planned merger with Time Warner.

Stephenson and Robert Quinn, AT&’s senior vice president for legislative affairs, arrived at Trump Tower shortly after 9 a.m., according to pool reports. They were accompanied by another person who was not identified.

Bloomberg reported Thursday morning that the meeting was planned to discuss the $85.4 billion merger, which Trump came out against during the campaign.

During a call with reporters Thursday morning, Trump’s incoming press secretary, Sean Spicer, deflected a question about what the topic of the meeting was and whether Trump had changed his stance on the merger.

<more>

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/313966-trump-meets-with-att-execs

[cstanleytech]

12. My bet is on him being paid off to keep quiet.

[catrose]

14. Dragging his golden parachute behind him, I'm sure n/t

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. If AT&T are taking it that seriously...

...everyone that matters should, as well. In normal times, this would be a SERIOUS breach. Today, it's still serious, but is harder to focus on when held up against this background.

[cvoogt]

16. you ain't see nothing like the naughty Quinn!

/nt

[SunSeeker]

18. Instead of "retiring" with a golden parachute, that fucker should be in jail for bribery!

[snort]

20. Yeah, it was just this one guy here. A rogue executive.

Got it?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

30. I wonder if his name will end up on Rachel Maddow's Big Board?

Or is it only for members of the Trump administration who have resigned or been fired?



This isn't a current picture. The list continues around the corner now.

[Omaha Steve]

31. K&R!