Seth Abramson: The STEELE dossier says (1) COHEN was running TRUMP-Russia coordination

[dixiegrrrrl]

Excellent to folow..

Link to tweet

[The Wielding Truth]

1. Big news. This is research that should put them all away.

[Kirk Lover]

2. Yes and I "heard" that Cohen stepped in after Manafort was out....he picked up where

Pauly left offffffffff.

[RockRaven]

3. Remember, Cohen was EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT of Trump Organization

Not some random coffee boy, or even acting as Trump's attorney. Trump Org had a general counsel, and it wasn't Cohen. Cohen was an executive on par with Junior and Ivanka.

[OneGrassRoot]

19. And his position with RNC. n/t

[Botany]

23. and he was #2 in charge of finances @ the RNC too

n/t

[yonder]

4. If true, that should tie this nasty little bundle of stink up for good, I think. nt

[smirkymonkey]

5. Dumb people should really think twice before deciding to lead a life

of crime. He is so screwed. However I won't be happy until his boss goes down.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. If they can prove it

they've got them

How long will it take?

[George II]

8. Probably lots of stool pigeons are now lining up to save their asses - Page, Gates, and....

....maybe even Manafort.

Can't wait for Mueller to give the order to the FBI, "SWARM, SWARM, SWARM!"

[dixiegrrrrl]

28. The link to Cohen going to Prague has now been proven. HUGE big deal.

We now know for certain that Cohen was the bag man for Russian money.
And working for RNC to defraud the election
AND a director in the Trump Organization.

The links to each of those is blinking neon red.

We haven't even gotten to the kids yet. Ivanka's activities have been under teh microscope for some time now.
THAT's the one I am very interested in also.

[bucolic_frolic]

30. I believe you

Now, Federal prosecutors must prove it in a court of law, if they are not fired by the perp organization, and if screams of "Witch Hunt!" don't start a civil war. These people believe government is the enemy, and they are trying to stay in power.

Sorry if preaching, surely you know all this.

[Volaris]

47. 6 more months...

But it will trickle out a little bit at a time, and every one will add weight to the camels back.

By the time we get to Election Day, the nation will be screaming bloody murder for his impeachment, and the dems will take both houses.

That's my bet.

[tanyev]

7. Ruh Roh...

[George II]

9. A couple of things. 1 - a person can have more than one passport, so the one he waved....

...didn't necessarily have to be the one he used to go to Prague.

2. Cohen had better avoid windows in high floors AND he'd better hire a food taster.

[Me.]

10. Oh It's All Going To Come Out

They are so screwed...really

[IluvPitties]

11. Whoa! Big f'n deal.

[JunkYardDogg]

12. A link to the source of this document would be very good to show...

N/T

[dixiegrrrrl]

26. The link on posted tweets can be clicked on to go to the source.

In this case:....@SethAbramson

[JunkYardDogg]

42. Thanks Dixie grrrrrril

[Kingofalldems]

13. Is this related?:

Link to tweet

[triron]

21. yep, sure is; you can bank on it.

[byronius]

14. Gosh, why do liberals always assume the worst about these allegations?

Because they ring like goddamned bells, that's why.

Christopher Steele is a better American than 39% of Americans.

[garybeck]

51. nice avatar n/t

[byronius]

53. And you as well.

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. I hope SO MUCH for this.

For this document to be proven true, for corroborating evidence, and for the panic racing through the ranks to get in line for a plea deal.

I'm sure RM will be able to pick and choose who and what is on offer, depending on how useful it is.

[BlueJac]

16. I like this news!

[malaise]

17. The Con and the rest of the Kakistocracy have been scared shitlesss

since that Cohen raid.
Crunch time is coming - lock them all up!

[Nitram]

18. My guess is that the Steele dossier is dead on accurate.

[triron]

20. I think Cohen took it over from Manafort.

That's why that judge gave Mueller's prosecutors so much static maybe.
He knows what is coming down but is a Trump supporter.

[True Blue American]

22. Is This What

Sent Nunes running to the WH at midnight? Because do not forget Nunes was on the campaign,too?

Is this why he is so desperately still trying to shut down the investigation? And trying to change the subject to John Kerry.

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. Nunes could have been panicked by any one of the crimes we know of.

He was frantically playing whack a mole for some time.
Been real quiet for some time now, hasn't he?

[True Blue American]

25. Not seen Nunes

One time on the TV!

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. I really like the way these guys play hide and go seek.

They seem to be thinking..."Well if I stay off national tv, and be real quiet, Mueller won't find me"
or
"If I resign, or even promise not to run for re-election, maybe....etc."

They are gonna find out that "out of sight, out of mind" is not working.

[True Blue American]

33. Now that you mention it

Wonder how many of those who are retiring have dirty fingers?

Ryan, Gowdy,Isaa,on and on.

[Mr. Ected]

36. Don't forget that worm, Chaffetz

He bolted almost immediately when the first fissures in their poorly-crafted cover-up began to show.

[dixiegrrrrl]

37. Those names and more have been identified as linked in some way.

So I put them on Arya's list......

[True Blue American]

55. McConnell

It has been proven he accepted Russian money. Ryan? He is conveniently leaving to spend time with his family. You know,the ones ready to leave for College?

[Doodley]

27. No wonder Trump is calling the investigation a witch hunt. That is his ONLY defense.

[dem4decades]

29. If Cohen was the Russia connection, why did Mueller have the SDNY make the search?

This all seems to good to be true, but if there was evidence of a Cohen/Russia connection why didn't the Special Counsel's office do it?

[dixiegrrrrl]

32. Mueller has authority over USA Attorneys if needs be.

Mueller is working as an extension of the Dept. of Justice ( which is why Sessions had to recuse himself).

SDNY -Schniederman- has been doing a lot of work at the state level on this case.
Plus there are state charges for some of the things that these guys have been up to.

[tableturner]

39. Schniederman is AG of the state of New York. SDNY is a federal district headed by a US Attorney.

People keep getting that mixed up. SDNY is a federal court district. Each federal court district has a US Attorney. Schniederman is the Attorney General of the State of New York.

Now there are reports that Mueller and Schniederman have been in consultation so that if federal charges are pardoned, Schniederman can bring state charges for those acts that are both federal and state offenses.

A side note: Related to this is a highly publicized effort underway to change NY law to allow a pardoned federal crime to be prosecuted in that state. Right now it is prohibited.

Edited to add: You are correct about the concept of an investigation handed over to a federal district by Mueller (in this case, the SDNY) possibly being brought back later to Mueller if the facts warrant.

[dixiegrrrrl]

41. thank you...I do get them mixed up sometimes.

[FakeNoose]

46. I believe it was Rod Rosenstein's call

We had a discussion about this on DU a couple weeks ago. SDNY reports to Rosenstein also, he wanted to offload some of the burden because Mueller is covering so much on this investigation. There were political and strategic benefits to having SDNY take over the Cohen raid.

BTW Eric Schneiderman doesn't work for the FBI, he's the Attorney General for the State of New York.

[True Blue American]

34. Yep, Schnneiderman, several,already getting their ducks in order

Trump has made too many enemies. He has no friends,only paid lick spittles.

[duforsure]

35. Conspiring,

And committing treason against this country by Cohen and trump and many others may be why they're so desperate now, and if trump does anything they'll lower the boom on them all. This will soon happen as more leaks out about what they've done, and not from Mueller, but from the free press and others involved in uncovering their crimes. Trump's already done. They know what he did.

[triron]

40. +1000

[riversedge]

38. k for visibility

[liberalla]

43. Yes, paying the hackers is a HUGE deal... Collusion? Obviously.

I can't wait for EVERYTHING to be out in the open and common knowledge!

[Honeycombe8]

44. Wow. Looks like Mueller has hit a bullseye. The direct link to Trump.

How Trump has kept himself out of many things - by using his fixer Cohen as his arm.

What I wouldn't give to see what the NY prosecutors seized from Cohen. I bet it's a treasure trove. I'm salivating just thinking of the prospect of tapes. Tapes so he can relive his threats to people? Or tapes so he can blackmail people later? I hope these things see the light of day.

[True Blue American]

54. They have his 📞

So it is clear they know who he talked with.

[Calista241]

45. If this is true, Cohen had nearly a year to clean up his records before Mueller raided him.

Even a dumbass like Cohen would've shit his pants when a special counsel was appointed, and destroyed everything even remotely incriminating.

[DonaldsRump]

48. Not necessarily

Forensic technology hardware/software is readily available to law enforcement, and can track down digital files that have been deleted etc. It's amazing what they can find.

Also, remember that electronic communications are, at the very least, two way, if not more. There are usually multiple copies that exist.

Michael is not the brightest star in the heavens, so I doubt he thought of every possible precaution against forensic technology.

Stupid Watergate is right!

[dixiegrrrrl]

60. I am sure the 16 cell phones they found in a drawer will reveal something.

It could be that a lot of these guys really do not fully understand how digital files can be searched.

a lot of what they were doing was old school mob shit. Cohen going to Italy and from there to Prague, cause no passports needed from Italy.
All that stuff worked well for years, no one seemed too curious. and Trump oozing supreme confidence.
" I'm gonna be a king, whaddya worried about? People have to do as I say".

[Eyeball_Kid]

49. I don't understand something.

The Steele dossier has been in circulation since mid-2016. I was able to download it before it hit Buzzfeed. Why is this news now? Because the MSM stamped their imprimatur on it?

[dixiegrrrrl]

50. I haven't a clue. unless...

There was so much argument about it that it was being used but not discussed.

[GusBob]

52. "He doesn't have a Prague stamp on his passport"

Well no shit it's not a country

[Mike Niendorff]

56. Ok, you've got my attention here.

Some very interesting info on that twitter thread, particularly toward the end.

Thanks for posting this.


MDN

[Ilsa]

57. I bet Manafort wanted to be Chief of Staff, and that was why

he told IQ45 he'd work the campaign for free. When he got cut, Cohen took over the muddy underbelly of the campaign, including paying off the women, hackers, bots, etc. He probably thought he was heir apparent to a West Wing office, but donald cut him out, telling him he needed Cohen in NY. Sounds to me like trump knew about everything, and tried to keep distance between himself and the dirty partner in crime. I'm amazed Cohen would keep quiet given how much dirty work was shoved on him, and then he was cut from the high profile, fancy appointment.

[Botany]

58. Lay low in Bulgaria?

BTW look @ #4 in the Steele document … it mentions that if Hillary wins the election then
some of the “operatives” should go to Plovdiv, Bulgaria to “lay low” please remember the picture
of Ivanka Trump and Wendy Deng (Vlad Putin’s girl friend) was taken in Bulgaria just prior to
the Cohen/Russian meet up in Prague in Aug/Sept. 2016.

[triron]

59. kick for visibility

[triron]

61. kick again

[triron]

62. kick again

[triron]

63. +1000

[struggle4progress]

64. "And if anybody asks about the money, tell them we're doing a lot of non-disclosure agreements!"