Recording someone without their consent is illegal in most states.

Cohen is a criminal , Criminal mind thinks how he can milk more money , that why he was tapping it.

Cohen is much smarter than Trump's' half-witted supporters.

@@MrTeachkids Knowing the Donald, he thought they couldn't touch him so it doesn't matter

100% DNC BS.

She wasn't raped,melonma gave it willingly 💯💯😁🤣😃

Is it going to get what? learn how to finish a thought 🤦

Because it pays to be a liar.

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Try to fill in the blanks, that's called critical thinking. Money, is what they were talking about, which is the only thing that Trump cares about.

but but but the poor little naive boy was the powerless victim of viscious blackmail by big bad scary michael cohen. and for months into his stint as the most powerful person on the planet. it must have been utterly terrifying for him.

Exactly!

Wow 😂amazing this boils down to your democrat wet dreams

Well, no. "Covering up the story" is not at issue. The issue is whether or not the payments constituted a campaign expense, which is not a New York State offense, and which is outside the statute of limitations.

@@justkevinryan Wrong Ivan that’s not the issue, try and keep up !

Exactly.

And it should have been reported to the police.

How’s it extortion when Trump is operating a catch and kill scheme? He went looking for stories to buy so he could bury them and Davidson had some stories to sell.

Bragg has no authority to charge federal campaign laws. The DOJ already said there was no crime.

When did breaking campaign finance law become a federal offence? Why didn't the FEC, discipline him. The whole case is ridiculous.

Then don't look at him . Trump 2024

Cry about it

you brought out the cult 🧟‍♂️ members. nice.

lol I don’t know how you avoid it’s on every new station..

When you say ",cult" Don't you mean climate activism? Transgender indoctrination of minors? Sexually immoral textbooks in children's libraries? Hmmm?

Yes, and add some bright light as well.

haha

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but he conviently left out this tape when he was on trial the 1st time?

​​@@Eddy41020, obviously "Yes" if you're Cohen because it's material, relevant evidence of the crimes he pled Guilty to. Cohen's been through two rounds of prosecutions stemming from criminal investigations, both being Federal cases. The first was about the hush money, & he saved US taxpayers some money by pleading Guilty. The second case was about Trump & the Russians, & again he saved us taxpayers money by pleading Guilty. I'll say this about Cohen, he seems to have clear self-awareness. When he was working for Trump he knew they were doing crime. When he was working at Republican Party Headquarters he seems to have made an effort to keep the crimes he had already committed isolated & separated, in meaningful ways, from his work at GOP headquarters. Of course, he later lied to Congress about the Republican Presidential candidate's interactions with Moscow which is why the Feds brought a second case against him, but even so that material relationship comes up so rarely in DC politics. Cohen successfully segregated several facets of not only Trump's ethics but his business practice away from the public eye. Trump's links & personal ties with Moscow are indeed deeper than he's ever admitted to & nobody in the GOP is really taking deep, good looks into that connection, & the Democratic Party for whatever reason seems content right now to not use this issue, which still has PLENTY of open questions he has never provided answers for, as a hammer to beat Trump with.

No you start recording people to do exactly what Cohen has done his little extortion plan didn't work and he didn't get a position with the Administration. Sick people, thieves and liars like Cohen record conversations. Did you miss that Cohen went to jail and was also disbarred, such a stand up guy.

Absolutely! Especially, when you know he's a lying crook.

@@Eddy41020 When he was on trial, the first time he was lying for Trump defending him, that’s why he went to prison !

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Pecker , mushroom,gag order ...the lingua is hilarious 😂😂

At Trump's Bush Money Trial

the first witness was a Pecker

Only thing that would make it better is if his name was Richard. Dick Pecker

The Bob Woodward of the 21st Century. 👍

Idk, I could also see Trump deciding he is the smartest person ever and he can convince the jury if he just talks to them. But I think Trump grasps that he can’t lie under oath, and knows he lies constantly.

I wonder why that's lost on Elie.

Yes, she is.

Elie has also come across as blatantly misogynistic and a teensy bit MAGA. I take everything he says with a shaker of salt ;)

@@MeloLunaPlays I agree!

I agree about Elie.

Smutty Pecker cracks me up...in a way😂😂

would love to see "the body language" guy on youtube do a video on this

It's called a Pantomime. There's a great break down of what a Pantomime is between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in the movie True Romance. If you're not familiar with the scene, I do recommend.

Body language analysis is horseshyt.

Occam's razor sez: up all night pharmaceutically truthing, naps in court.

Your screen name’s a little ironic. Please love one another? All while bashing a person that hasn’t been convicted, Who you’ve never met, and who Democrat owned media tells you to hate.

Is that what Sean Hannity told you?

@future, you don't get disbarred for testifying the truth.

@@chriskelly6559 he doesn’t have a non prosecution agreement so, he may be worried that he’ll admit something (under oath) that would open himself up to: ① a lawsuit ② prosecution ③ disbarment

SMUTTY PECKER 2024😂😂

The court of CNN really doesn't matter. You would think after all these years you would know that.

Try at 2x speed lol.

ALL Jackals? Hmmm. Maybe you could define "jackals". For all I know, in your eyes, my aunt Lola is a "jackal"..

How do you about trump?

His own niece, a clinical psychologist, described him as a malignant narcissist. In the book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump," 27 mental health specialists provided evaluations that warned about Trump ever becoming president.

Maybe your TDS needs to be evaluated

@@ThatLife4U The first person to suffer Trump Derangement Syndrome is Donald John Trump Sr.

@@ThatLife4U Do you live under a bridge.

In California it's illegal. A violation of the wiretap law. The tape would be inadmissible evidence and the person recording without knowledge and permission of the other participant in the conversation would be guilty of a crime. I'm surprised that New York does not have the equivalent. "California's wiretapping law is a "two-party consent" law. California makes it a crime to record or eavesdrop on any confidential communication, including a private conversation or telephone call, without the consent of all parties to the conversation."

)98ОрЕйРо A massive sale of the American national debt is coming, with Russia at the epicenter. Such conclusions were shared by American financial expert James Rickards. A few days ago, news came from the United States that caused a great resonance in the world. The House of Representatives has approved a law according to which the American government will be able to confiscate frozen assets of Russia. According to former CIA adviser and economic expert James Rickards, there is one point in connection with this law that few people have paid attention to. And it is extremely unpleasant for the United States. Vanga said: " ... The day will come when green money will turn into pieces of paper that will be lying under your feet, and no one will even bend down to pick them up."

Toobin too.

Yet you probably voted for both Bill and Hillary Clinton. Spare everyone the outrage, please.

Trump has no morals!!

@@Mark-kq6ch There are levels, and most of us see a fraudster and babyfied name-caller who's presently in court facing felony charges due to his inability to win a fair election. We see a traitor who values dictatorships over democracies. The difference is we're willing to criticize our leaders and representatives--that's why we end up with legislators who know why they're there, and know what they're doing. You're much too fearful to even whisper something truthful about your leader. It's pathetic to watch.

Yep that Bill Clinton is still doing it

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Don’t forget the bottle of ketchup

Wasn't it Biden that shit himself?

Bro liberals just can’t troll

Fokin foni! Hahahaha, had too, I still have an accent!

First of all….hush money payments are NOT illegal. They’re very very common. And, if you think a Billionaire like Trump needs to hide a $130k payoff in campaign funds you’re nuts. He just put up $175 MILLION in a cash bond. The whole case is political propaganda.

Paying people to hush is not illegal.

What was illegal? Trump will be president next year, can’t wait to see you goofs cry.

Trump thought for sure that what he was doing was legal and obviously thought that this was how these situations were handled, he even said that.. those were his words otherwise he would be filing charges for being recorded without his consent..

To buy a story or hush money as the are calling it is not illegal. To falsely claim on your books is a federal crime and that’s what Von Shitshospants is on trial for.

Ah come on, who doesn't cheat on their expense account, paying a little hush money from time to time?

Ask yourself…why would a billionaire have to cook the books to hide a $130,000 payout? The man just put up $175 MILLION in a cash bond. He probably has $130k cash lying around the house. That’s probably why the federal government passed on case.

@@MsEagle20and rearranging ing your books….

So why didn't the FEC take it up?

Just Maggie Haberman is the only one they need

It’s fine….and if people are there and want to join in, that is the whole point of discussion news.

Your statement makes zero sense. It's called defending yourself from legal extortion.

@@ThatLife4U If you think that is truly extortion, I know a guy with a lot of quid pro quos that also qualify.

@@Redandranger If it's not legal extortion, how would you define it?

@@ThatLife4U Gaslighting. Many of us use a more specific term, lieing.

@@thomthom6268 Lying and what exactly?

me too but 😂

I always liked Toobin too. But dang… I have to change the channel now. 😳

Roses smell sweet and Violets smell nice... But Donald Trump's Farts are off the Charts!

Roses are red, Donald is blue. A courtroom arrhythmia, And posthumous poo.

@@Mdeaccosta yours is good!

@winkieblink7625 By the sewer, he lived.. By the sewer, he died. They thought: Maybe murder? But it was sewer-cide.

@@Mdeaccosta FUNNY! Ha! I laughed out loud!

Angela, I noticed that too. Making that comment to a colleague right when she was wrapping up was somewhat rude...🤷🏾‍♀️😐

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He’s also rude and always demanding attention. His ego knows no bounds. Lose him.

Yep. Can't stand him.

I think as a defense attorney annoying is the gig, 🤷‍♀️

Aren't they all?

He's loud for no reason. Someone needs to tell him that just because he talks loud doesn't mean he's right.

completely agree with you. It almost feels like Elie wants Trump to get off Scot-free.

This is news AND opinion. The news reporting has been accurate. Don't confuse the two.

Because we have the Internet and people can pick their side, and their news. A neutral channel would regularly annoy half its audience, and was likely only possible on the TV era, where there were few options for news. Remember media is not there to “educate.” The media is a business, and there to make money. That is why there are a zillion news stories on large plane crashes, which kill few per year, and almost none on car crashes, which kill many….because we as viewers prefer unusual things to usual things. Plus, is there such a thing as unbiased news? Or an unbiased reporter? We all have a bias, and if you think you can fully suppress it, I doubt it. The best is to watch news from varying sources (both sides) and to be clear that you have a bias. Still, the Repubs are 10x worse with their bias, and are in true lie and twisted half-truth a.ternate realities.

Trump is not a man.

You want more debt, more war, more loan forgiveness, more crime, more pooping in the streets, more inflation, ....hmm.

And God help us ifTrump is Re-elected. I and other physicians absolutely believe Trump is now in early dementia, which will progress rapidly (as we have already seen with Trump). If Trump is unfit to lead midterm (very likely) the amoral, opportunistic cronies he has surrounded himself with will either try to deny it to keep their positions, or try to take over themselves. They have zero concern for doing the right thing by the country.

Don't get your Hope's up.

Thst you donnie?😂​@@LaurieLT88

It is a very deliberate & manufactured look of Haberman to portray the image( whatever that is!) she wants to portray

If you covered Trump exclusively for five years, you’d look pissed too

Maggie is sitting across from Toobin.

Yes…this is all about one “man”….disgusting!

Would like to hear a story about “The Big Guy”?

@@kristinanelson7143 Well, Stormy Daniels made it clear Trump would never be called The Big Guy.

'If Donald Trump wasn't around, none of this would have happened. ' Exactly. And, after cutting though all the noise and smoke and mirrors, that's precisely the same argument for Jan 6.

What you know is what the media has programmed you to know. You have a lot of hate for a man you’ve never met. You believe he’s 100% guilty because CNN and MSNBC has reported that he is continually on loop for the last several years. Conservatives aren’t crazy. We can just see the media working the puppet strings.

Agree that Toobin is hard to listen to and gross. but I never trusted or liked him to begin with. He's always been pompous. Never really practiced in court, but always willing to have an opinion for tv.

Yes, I am embarrassed for him whenever I see him now lol.

The bar for on-air talent at CNN is very low.

'Jeffery Loobin'...

Maggie is watching his hands like Trump.

Give her a break. She spends her days looking at, listening to, and writing about the scummiest forms of corruption at the highest levels of the U.S. Government. I'd be depressed, too.

Try sitting in a courtroom watching a giant boor sleep and fart all day…sounds depressing to me.

wait till the IRS proves russian involvement.

It's a good thing he did. Trumpsky, as ALWAYS, will lie about everything that was said -- but Cohen has it all on tape as proof. Good for him

That sounds a little like you are offering a current juror money so captain snooze can go free from his criminal trial. Sounds a bit corrupt when you think about it.

You don't need to be a holdout to sell a story. You don't want to be caught deliberately being a holdout to make money; that would not be good. Juries always hear wittiness that works for bad guys, and the wittiness was just as bad as the person on trial. It doesn't stop the jury from believing his testimony when they heard all the other evidence, too. This jury is smart enough to know if Cohn is telling the truth. I have no doubt the jury will find Trump guilty on all charges. If funny, they talk about what type of attorney Cohn is because he recorded Trump. Cohn worked for Trump, which tells people what type of attorney Cohen was then. And that is the type of attorney Trump wanted. Trump wanted attorneys to have no ethics, not to care about breaking the law, and to have no problem lying to or deceiving anyone. That describes Trump Lover/Attorney Habba perfectly No criminal hires honest attorneys to work for them, the jury knows that.

I feel there is one.

explain why they all wont?

There are going to be no holds out; it will be guilty all the way, just like in his rape case. There is too much evidence to show what happened and Trump planned it. We will find out in a few weeks, but he will be found guilty. I guarantee there is more proof of his criminal intent coming next week, and when Stormy takes the stand, Trump will probably get physically sick.

Its is not at threat. Stormy is simply tælling trump. Hey I can sell my story fir a 100k to this newspaper but i you want to you can buy it for 140k. Why should she not sell it? Why should she protect him. To be nice and poor?

i have dirt on you. i can publish it. perfectly legal. or you might choose to offer me a sum to not publish it, which is your choice. where do you see a crime in that?

I have the same question. Sounds like paying " hush money" is legal; it's payment for silence. However, asking for money for silence is extortion? How can the NDA be negotiated then? Isn't the party with the story to tell always extorting then? Is the difference who initiates the agreement?

​@@nonya.biznessThe crime was doctoring the books and lying about it. For some reason that is against the law.

it comes down to whether/ how the threat is presented. If you said to someone, 'I have a really salacious story about you that will wreck your reputation, and unless you pay me $100,000, I will publish it' THAT is extortion, but saying 'I have a story about you, I've been offered $95,000 for it, if you pay me $100,000, then it doesn't get published' - there's no threat there.

There’s a newest button 😆

why are most of my comments over the last 4 months missing?

@@cynthiaparsley3511 Maybe it’s _Latest,_ either way it’s gone

The republicans show us everyday they are immune to that idea.

I guess Donald Trump isn't afraid of his boss!

See you…bye! Good riddance!

Bye, Felicia.

Why not?

There are the words ‘forgiveness’ and ‘redemption’ in the dictionary.