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Memos from 2018-19 Shake up Trump Case: Cohen Denied Having Incriminating Evidence on Hush Money

In a 2018 letter that Michael Cohen’s then-lawyer wrote to the Federal Election Commission, Cohen said that he “used his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford,” aka Stormy Daniels, in 2016. That also matches what Cohen told Costello.

“Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed Mr. Cohen for the payment directly or indirectly,” Cohen lawyer Stephen Ryan said in the Feb. 2018 letter.

Mr. Cohen has not been a government employee during any of the relevant time period. The payment in question does not constitute a campaign contribution or expenditure and, therefore, the FEC lacks jurisdiction over this matter. The complainants have not and cannot present any evidence to the contrary. Accordingly, the complaint should be dismissed.’

The letter contradicts what Cohen said later after he flipped on Trump to try to stay out of jail and presumably it also contradicts what he said to the grand jury.

It adds more to the weight of the things adding up and causing the case to crumble around the Manhattan DA. We saw Alvin Bragg postpone the grand jury proceedings for Wednesday, with sources indicating that the grand jury might be questioning the case against Trump and that there was dissension in the ranks of the DA’s office over the case.

President Donald Trump has responded to the bombshell letter calling the letter “exculpatory.” It looks like Trump has a better sense of what can be exculpatory than does a Biden judicial nominee who doesn’t even seem to understand what the Brady case refers to — the requirement of the prosecution to turn over to the defense any exculpatory evidence that they may have.

Other legal experts also said this was likely to help Trump’s case.

Former Brooklyn prosecutor Julie Rendelman said the 2018 letter could help Trump’s defense if he’s prosecuted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over the Daniels payment.

“I think it’s just going to open the door to additional questions of his credibility and give more opportunity for further cross-examination — as though they didn’t have enough,” Rendelman said.

Former Manhattan prosecutor Michael Bachner also said Cohen could prove problematic because he “may or may not be telling the absolute truth about what occurred.”

“Whenever you have as a significant or star witness in your case — an individual who has an enormous amount of baggage, including having made false statements in the past — that is a very serious problem,” Bachner said.

READ 42 COMMENTS
  • K. says:

    XThe FEC declined.
    XThe DOJ declined.
    XThe Southern District of New York declined.
    XThe Mueller investigation declined.
    What more does anyone need to know!!!!!!!

  • vickie says:

    there are so many fingers in the pie here…..i will vote trump again if he runs….but i dread the constant barragement by the left…continuously berating and trying to find things to use against him….i dont think trump can run again after he wins this time…because we have that law of only winning two times…or is it consecutive times…i dont know

  • diane baker says:

    Don’t forget BHO and Susan Rice. You all know they are complicit in this , and the whole horror show called a presidency as well.

  • Penny Lynn Michalko says:

    Truth always wins in the end!!! Once again, Wylie Coyote, leaves them in the dust! Beep! Beep!

  • Zeynep Zippy says:

    This black man is a Black Lives Matter racist. Lock him up! He is abusing his power. He should go after the criminals, not the President of America……. Put him in a cell and put Soros to the cell next to him.

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