The Daily Beast confirmed the report with a source saying, “How the fuck did Avenatti find out?” https://politicalwire.com/2018/05/08/cohen-received-500k-from-russian-oligarch/ …
This seems to bring the #StormyDaniels thread and the Russian influence over our elections thread together, which raises this question:
Why did Mueller refer Cohen to SDNY?
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Question, because I really don’t know. Did Mueller refer all matters Cohen or just select ones? Couldn’t he have carved out the Russian payment?
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To nail him on state charges which Trump can't pardon? Then maybe later prosecute on federal after Trump is a sure thing?
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I think Cohen created a pay for play scheme by selling access to the President. I suppose that's what SDNY is investigating, while Mueller keeps jurisdiction over all Russia related matters.
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Spread the investigation across multiple jurisdictions in case Trump manages to shut down the Muller probe? Does this make sense, legally?
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It can be referred right back to Mueller; it probably already has.
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Mueller didn't. Mueller routinely advises his benevolent overlord [Rosenstein] of possible cases swirling around. Rosenstein then does what he's supposed to do with a multi-district conspiracy: Decide who/where/when to pursue a case. If all $ was paid in SDNY, it's a SDNY case
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Taxi sceme is state crime & state crimes can not be pardoned. Out of reach of trumpie.
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Given the sensitivity of targeting Trump's lawyer, he might effectively be using SDNY as his "clean team" to stay as above board as possible.
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So trump can't pardon him. Federal crimes only, not state.
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Federal crimes - like Cohen's - are handled in Fed Ct by US Attys, Fed Judge, etc. Cohen's case, yes, is in NY. But that doesn't make it a "state case". Fed courthouse, FBI, Federal Grand Jury: most likely a federal case.
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Maybe he didn't. The NY office had to execute the searches, but we don't know if they have taken over more than that, do we? I think Mueller's still involved.
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Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein is involved in all DoJ criminal investigations, and any DepyAG office routinely directs cases to one office or other. Beyond that, I defer to
@pbump (who answered these questions a month ago)https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/04/09/to-search-michael-cohens-home-and-office-the-fbi-had-to-clear-a-higher-than-normal-bar/ …
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Maybe Mueller wasn’t through. Just washing the dishes as he finished cooking the meal?
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Best speculation I’ve seen is from
@emptywheel who posited that the referral happened before they learned of the Vekselberg involvement.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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