DOJ Initial Russia Hearings

Maria Butina has asked to be placed on house arrest.

She must be nuts. She'd end up dead within a week due to mysterious circumstances for being stupid enough to get caught.

 
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Let's see here... If convicted on all 18 criminal counts, he's facing up to 305 years in prison. So if he's "only" convicted on 17 counts, his sentence goes down, to what, 288 years? That's like 225 years with good behavior.

 
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Payments to women  - tax fraud

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/nyregion/michael-cohen-plea-deal-trump.html

Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, on Tuesday reached a plea agreement with prosecutors investigating payments he made to women on behalf of Mr. Trump, a deal that does not include cooperation with federal authorities, two people familiar with the matter said.

Mr. Cohen is expected to plead guilty to multiple counts of bank and tax fraud charges and campaign finance violations. For months, prosecutors in New York have been scrutinizing him for those crimes and focusing on his role in helping to arrange financial deals to secure the silence of women who said they had affairs with Mr. Trump.
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So does this mean he hasn't flipped on Trump?? :dunno

Even though Mr. Cohen is not cooperating with prosecutors, his decision to plead guilty is a political blow to Mr. Trump. Mr. Cohen had been the president’s longtime fixer, handling his most sensitive business and personal matters. He once said he would take a bullet for Mr. Trump.
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It would seem likely that if Cohen is charged wt tax fraud, that Trump can't be far behind on the same charge - as Cohen was tied at the hip to Trump and did his bidding.  I would think if the tax fraud is based on actions he took on behalf of Trump that Trump himself could be implicated.   But I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on TV.  Maybe someone has some insight how this will specifically hit Trump.

 
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