The Trump-Cohen tape is out on CNN and this "cash' element of the controversy is crazy:
Cohen told Trump about his plans to set up a company and finance the purchase of the rights from American Media, which publishes the National Enquirer.
"I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend David," Cohen said in the recording, likely a reference to American Media head David Pecker.
Trump interrupts Cohen asking, "What financing?" according to the recording. When Cohen tells Trump, "We'll have to pay." Trump is heard saying "pay with cash" but the audio is muddled and it's unclear whether he suggests paying with cash or not paying. Cohen says, "no, no" but it is not clear what is said next.
No payment was ever made from Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the President's attorney, has said. Giuliani has previously acknowledged that the recorded discussion related to the buying the story rights.
And then...
Davis later added: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you voted for Donald Trump, listen to the tape and ask yourself: Is Donald Trump lying when he said he didn't use the word 'cash' and accuses Michael Cohen of using the word 'cash'? Cohen has been disparaged. Cohen has been insulted and called all sorts of things by people around Donald Trump."
Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for the Trump Organization, refuted that the tape shows Trump was offering a cash payment.
"Whoever is telling Davis that cash in that conversation refers to green currency is lying to him," Futerfas told CNN. "There's no transaction done in green currency. It doesn't happen. The whole deal never happened. If it was going to happen, it would be a payment to a large company that would obviously be accompanied by an agreement of sale. Those documents would be prepared by lawyers on both sides."
Cash, in the conversation, was in reference to how a deal would be financed, Futerfas added.
"The word cash came up in the context of the distinction between financing, which is referenced, and no financing, which means a full payment, a total one-time payment. That's the context in which the word cash is used," he said. "Anyone who knows anything about the company or how the President does business knows there is no green cash. Everything is documented. Every penny is documented."
I refuse to doublecheck but I am confident Cohen had a contract with Ms. MacDougal, or Stormy, or both. No mention of a suitcase with unmarked twenties of a bag of Trump Casino chips.
Cohen's lawyer was more colorful:
Davis told Cuomo the tape clearly shows that it’s Trump who says “cash” and declared, “Richard Nixon couldn’t spin the tape that did him in, and there’s no way that Mr. Giuliani, who knows from being U.S. Attorney, the only people who use cash are drug dealers and mobsters. Cash is not what you do, and it was Michael Cohen who said, ‘No, no, no, no.’ And Donald Trump, despite what Rudy Giuliani said publicly, the tape contradicts Mr. Giuliani and the word ‘cash’ is heard by everyone.”
Well. On Wall Street people talk about cash financing all time and never mean green bills. I have even bought a car in a "cash deal", or at least, in a deal that involved neither a lease nor any financing (Yeah, that's how us high rollers roll. Four year old Highlander, but whatever...). And it's not just me!
Buying a Car: Should You Pay With Cash if You Can?
It may seem like a smart idea: You're buying a car, and you can afford to write one check for the entire vehicle, which means you'll never have to make a payment. You should go ahead and do that, right? Not necessarily. We explain why it isn't always a great idea to buy a car with cash, even if you can afford to do so.
Wait, what? Buy with cash by "writing a check"? Whatever could that mean?
As to the notion that only drug dealers and mobsters use actual cash, hmm - maybe that is why so many people are afraid of their plumber. It's not Trump, it's the tax evasion! I guess Mr. Davis has never met a small businessman who sometimes mis-estimates his business receipts, at least as far as tax reporting goes. I've heard it happens.
Well. I have thought for a while we were at least making progress through the foothills on the way to Peak Stupid. Now I'm wondering if we are stuck on Mesa Stupid.
BUT THEN AGAIN! Can't spell "Mensa" without "Mesa"!
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 26, 2018 at 03:46 AM
Pin,
That's troubling news.
Posted by: jim nj | July 26, 2018 at 03:47 AM
https://nypost.com/2018/07/25/9-11-victim-identified-using-dna-testing/
17 years later a 9/11 victim has been identified using advanced DNA analysis.
Posted by: jim nj | July 26, 2018 at 03:58 AM
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/24/defend-religious-freedom-global-attacks-mike-pompeo-column/818972002/
This is about the Religious Freedom Ministerial Pompeo is having.
Pretty ambitious goal, but President Trump has all of them dreaming big.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 26, 2018 at 04:02 AM
That explains everything:
https://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2018/05/4_plead_guilty_in_french_quart.html
Posted by: Pinandpuller | July 26, 2018 at 04:05 AM
In case you missed it jim
Read a Book (Dirty Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL_EpnSp8
Posted by: Pinandpuller | July 26, 2018 at 04:06 AM
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/07/25/china_will_suffer_its_governments_qualcommnxp_foot-dragging_the_most.html
The deal has already been abandoned. Watch for investment in China decline.
Posted by: jim nj | July 26, 2018 at 04:16 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/25/california-dmv-worker-snoozed-on-job-3-hours-day-for-about-4-years-audit-finds.html
I'd like to be paid to sleep. I wonder if I could get overtime since I tend to sleep late.
Posted by: jim nj | July 26, 2018 at 04:21 AM
Just wondering here. Is it possible that Trump shamed the Europeans into admitting that we defend them while they take advantage of us?
Posted by: jim nj | July 26, 2018 at 04:46 AM
¢han¢e Retweeted
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@jewitchsam
Jul 22
I had no idea plan B was sold on amazon prime for only 25 bucks. Being under 18 I used to have to have a friend go in and buy it for me for almost 60 bucks. teenage girls need to know about this when they need access and can’t get it
Posted by: Pinandpuller | July 26, 2018 at 05:08 AM
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Jaxmyn "White Feminism"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=pg1dGS-jwRE
Posted by: Pinandpuller | July 26, 2018 at 05:12 AM
Re, The tape regarding Trump paying cash for the rights to the article about the stripper - linked from the Powerpoint article:
"Posted on July 24, 2018 by sundance
This is funny…. this is actually very funny to anyone who knows Trump lingo.
Lanny is hung up on the wording “cash” from POTUS Trump and tries to spin it a particular way. Despite what some may say, there is a possibility Lanny is not being intentionally malicious. What Lanny is missing is the context of “cash” in relation to the question Donald Trump asks moments prior about “financing”.
Trump asks the question about “financing” from his business dealing position where “financing” equals “loans”; and he responds to Michael Cohen from the same perspective where “cash” equals “money-on-hand”, ie. not a loan. [‘what financing? we have cash’]
Listen:
Here’s where Lanny might be intentionally malicious. Notice how the recording is abruptly edited to cut off right when Trump starts the sentence with the word “check”. If the entire recording were to be released it would be a conversation like: “what financing? we have cash, use cash, just write a check”… An ordinary transactional nothingburger.
"
This is silly. Go listen again.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/07/24/cnn-obtains-trump-cohen-recording-from-lanny-davis/
Posted by: Davod | July 26, 2018 at 06:03 AM
Plan B sold on Amazon? I thought there were side effects to using Plan B such as uncontrollable bleeding?
Posted by: Davod | July 26, 2018 at 06:05 AM
Imagine, if you will "You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Your next stop," The Mueller zone.
Maybe, just maybe, having Clinton insider Lanny Davis as your lawyer, hint, hint, is the price to be paid for a lesser sentence?
A Clinton insider with access to Trump's legal files, hmm.
Posted by: Davod | July 26, 2018 at 06:22 AM
Re famous planes, the United one that Sully landed on the Hudson.
Posted by: DebinGA | July 26, 2018 at 06:48 AM
https://www.recode.net/2018/7/24/17605902/facebook-colin-stretch-lawyer-leaving-investigation-ftc-russia
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 26, 2018 at 06:58 AM
https://www.dailywire.com/news/33600/house-appropriations-committee-passes-spending-hank-berrien
$5 billion for 200 miles of the border wall.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 26, 2018 at 07:10 AM
MM. What is not stated anywhere in the Cambridge Analytica scandal is what other companies, or political organizations, Facebook gave the same deal to relating to the election.
Posted by: Davod | July 26, 2018 at 07:11 AM
DebinGA, that was USAirways (which used the defunct AmericaWest airlines radio call “Cactus”).
Posted by: Another Bob | July 26, 2018 at 07:14 AM
Secretary Acosta
Verified account @SecretaryAcosta
15m15 minutes ago
Looking forward to visiting #Iowa and #Illinois with @POTUS today to discuss how the President’s pro-growth policies are helping Americans access good, family-sustaining #jobs.
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The guy never sits still! President Trump in Iowa and Illinois today!
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 26, 2018 at 07:17 AM
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/mike-pence-tarmac-boy-passes-out/?source=CI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=idealmedia&utm_campaign=thepoliticalinsider.com&utm_term=68804&utm_content=1
There is video embedded in this story.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 26, 2018 at 07:24 AM
Nice picture at the link.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 26, 2018 at 07:32 AM
I just do not understand why an American would vote for a Democrat. I don't understand why an American would admit to being a Democrat.
https://www.weaselzippers.us/391941-poll-house-democrats-are-leading-by-large-margin/
Posted by: pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter | July 26, 2018 at 08:01 AM
new yhred
Posted by: Ralph L | July 26, 2018 at 08:01 AM
I'm wondering what you typically play these days... Any original stuff? Home recording? Or, like me, do you play along with Gov't Mule on Spotify?
All of the above, Beasts, but I haven't written or recorded anything in a couple of years. Maybe some inspiration came with the new amp.
Posted by: Extraneus | July 26, 2018 at 08:27 AM
Capt, Henry,
I'm thinking of starting a new company and I'm gonna need an AI guy. That's all I know so far.
What makes someone an AI guy?
Posted by: Jane | July 26, 2018 at 08:59 AM