A federal judge in Manhattan just ordered Trump to turn over 8 years of tax returns to Cyrus Vance, the NY DA. The judge said that Trump is not immune from criminal investigations while president. Vance is investigating Trump paying a bribe to Stormy Daniels to silence her during the 2016 election. Boom.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime personal attorney, has now admitted that he indeed paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000. He’s just not saying for what, except that he paid it out of his own pocket and was not reimbursed. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, had previously claimed to have had an affair with Trump, then denied it, and now refuses to answer any direct questions about it. Cohen has also denied the affair and now won’t answer questions about it. So…
One has to ask – Why in the world would a New York lawyer with a celebrity client who’s famous for sexual escapades just give $130,000 to a porn star, who just happened to claim she had an affair with said celebrity client? Oh, and why would he pay that out of his own pocket without reimbursement? The answer is obvious, and Cohen’s explanation of the whole sordid episode doesn’t pass the straight-faced test. He claims the “transaction” was legal and had nothing to do with Trump’s campaign. I wish him luck with that argument in court over the complaint filed with the FEC that the $130,000 was not an in-kind donation to the Trump campaign. I can’t wait to hear the reason he paid a porn start that kind of cash if it wasn’t for the obvious reason.
Next, Cohen must think his audience is stupid. He paid for the bribe legal transaction out of his own pocket? Right. Money is fungible. Here’s the definition of fungible:
Money is interchangeable, and difficult to trace. Over the last 10 years, Cohen has likely been paid millions of dollars in graft legal fees. $130,000 is pocket change in Cohen’s and Trump’s world. Which leads to one last question – why didn’t little Stormy settle for such a piddly amount since she held serious sway over the election? Maybe she realized that Trump voters simply don’t care that their candidate is a complete waste of oxygen and would vote for him anyway, so she settled for what Trump offered.