emptywheel on Twitter: "A friend suggests that Rudy 9/11's suggestion that Trump paid Cohen back gradually likely means "structuring." That is, money laundering."

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1. ghoulish apostle‏ @copiesofcopies May 2
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  “Gradually. In $9,999 increments.”
  
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1. zodlogic‏ @zodlogic May 2
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  Rudy even used word "funnelling". to really nail down that Trump was trying to hide this money flow.
  
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1. rmc‏ @Thelast_try May 2
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1. Claudia Kincaid‏ @ClaudiaKincaid_ May 2
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  I kind of like the theory that Trump was so broke that he had to pay in installments -- a layaway plan for hush money.
  
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1. David Williams‏ @dznyc May 2
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  Rudy flat out admitted that Trump used the pretext of a retainer agreement to make the repayments, despite Cohen not performing any work at the time
  
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1. Priscilla Maloney‏ @sodergrengirl May 2
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  I. can't. stop. laughing.
  
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1. Harland Gundlefinger‏ @Gundlefinger16 May 2
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  They were just following their usual protocol. We call it money laundering. They call it "smart." They're wrong.
  
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1. Bradley Soshea‏ @bradsoshea May 2
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  Bradley Soshea Retweeted Kyle Griffin
  
  https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/991866288556400640?s=21 …
  
  Bradley Soshea added,
  
  Kyle GriffinVerified account @kylegriffin1
  
  Avenatti tells @TheLastWord he hopes Giuliani is not suggesting the Cohen reimbursement took place over several months to avoid $10K+ payments to avoid reporting those payments: “That’s a serious, serious problem. It’s a violation of federal law. It’s a criminal act to do that.”
  
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1. jp‏ @JohnPlatner May 2
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  Only Structuring if purposefully broken up to be under the 10k reporting limits. If larger, and with form 8300, no probs.
  
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1. AV8‏ @AV8intheblue May 2
  Replying to @emptywheel
  
  Oops...is that illegal?
  
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