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Tom of Temecula

(1,315 posts) Mon May 6, 2024, 11:29 AM May 6

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'Most damning evidence' yet unveiled by Trump's prosecutors [View all]

Prosecutors in New York on Monday showed a series of documents that Daily Beast reporter Jose Pagliery described as "the most damning" yet seen in former President Donald Trump's Manhattan hush-money trial. The documents related to the Trump Organization's scheme to reimburse former Trump "fixer" Michael Cohen for shelling out hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.

As described by MSNBC's Katie Phang, one showed Trump Organization officials making calculations on a piece of paper with the Trump Organization letterhead about how to pay back Cohen. In total, the Trump Organization paid Cohen back a total of $420,000 over the span of a year in $35,000 monthly increments.

It was these payments that prosecutors alleged were falsely logged as legal expenses when in reality they were an illegal campaign contribution made by Cohen to ensure that damaging information about Trump did not come out ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

"We're seeing the white corporate notepad that says TRUMP at the top," marveled Pagliery in a post on Twitter. "It shows the coverup math. This is the most damning evidence we've seen so far."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-trial-testimony-2668175394/

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'Most damning evidence' yet unveiled by Trump's prosecutors [View all] Tom of Temecula May 6 OP

how some ppl feel the need to see a guilty verdict b4 they'll believe he's a crook is just mopinko May 6 #1

It will always be some people. LiberalFighter May 6 #12

he HAS lost 20-30% of the hard core party faithful. mopinko May 6 #15

He received about 13% of the vote in 2020. LiberalFighter May 6 #17

Don't forget his rallies Tickle May 6 #20

Even then, they won't believe that he's a crook. Orrex May 6 #27

Hoping ALL jurors see it as damaging to Trump also riversedge May 6 #2

That should stink up the place... rubbersole May 6 #3

LOCK HIM UP !! nt TeamProg May 6 #4

Didn't Mueller have this same info? FakeNoose May 6 #5

Cyrus Vance wouldn't touch it either WarGamer May 6 #6

True dat FakeNoose May 6 #9

False. He was asked to stand down by the Southern District of NY, which delayed his office's readiness to prosecute. W_HAMILTON May 6 #11

Math Smackdown2019 May 6 #7

Sheesh...he paid for a LOT of abortions.... AZ8theist May 6 #10

The Chump campaign of 2016 paid off way more than Daniels and McDougal FakeNoose May 6 #18

Pretty sure the difference was to pay taxes on the $$$ funneled to & threw Cohen HuskyOffset May 6 #19

The higher figure Cohen received included the interest on the loans he took out, maybe a fee for services too. summer_in_TX May 6 #22

There was extra for Cohen on top of the money for payments and the fees he incurred getting the hush money. Zipgun May 6 #24

It was to make him whole. usedtobedemgurl May 6 #25

Looks bad for the demagogue. Passages May 6 #8

TickTock, you snake. Joinfortmill May 6 #13

It's like they hired Lin Manuel Miranda to script and stage the unfolding of the evidence lindysalsagal May 6 #14

Trump is famous for avoiding a paper trail. It's interesting that in this case he left a totally legible Martin68 May 6 #16

Does the jury know Tickle May 6 #21

You can be sure that Cohen's defense attorneys can and will use that knowledge. summer_in_TX May 6 #23

Isn't the defense going to argue TFG just signed what they gave him? Raven123 May 6 #26

If only they weren't risking a mistrial with the Daniels testimony today.... Oliver Bolliver Butt May 7 #28