FANTASTIC article about Michael Cohen and talking about his Hillary, Podesta Group, Ukraine connections and breaking down why Mueller is really going after him:
A Desperate Man : Michael Cohen
Don't be distracted by the gossip and tittle-tattle being spread about Michael Cohen. Forget taxi medallions and porn stars. They're meant to distract. As REX explains, the true DOJ investigations are likely focussed on Cohen's connections to illegal lobbying by Clinton proxies, on behalf of Ukraine.
Here's an extract of Bloomberg's misleading opening paragraph yesterday, about the Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP agreement to pay $4.6 million, as part of a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department. The settlement was:
"over unregistered work it did with Paul Manafort to benefit the government of Ukraine in 2012 and 2013."
Er, NO. Here's a correction. It was over:
"unregistered work it did with Paul Manafort, VIN WEBER AND TONY PODESTA to benefit the government of UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, Putin-backed YANUKOVYCH in 2012 and 2013."
See how that works? Bloomberg left out critical names. Ditto, all the FakeNews mainstream outlets. Must be a typo, I guess.
But that typo should have been easy to correct. After all, it was widely reported in August 2018 that Special Counsel Mueller had referred Manafort and Gates (Essential Consultants), Podesta (Podesta Group) and Vin Weber (Mercury Group) to DOJ prosecutors at SDNY, in relation to non-FARA illegal lobbying work carried out on behalf of the Putin-backed Ukrainian leader, Yanukovych.
And here's the thing : they likely illegally lobbied for Yanukovych's rival, Poroshenko, after he came to power.
Huh? I hear you say. They lobbied for rivals? Well, yes. That's how amoral crooks roll. Read on.
Before I do, I'm going to throw in another name likely caught up in this Ukraine investigation : one Michael Cohen. What, the FakeNews lampoonish character of taxi cab fame and porn star payments, one of Trump's many lawyers, a man who lies for fun?
Yes, indeed. The same one. Here's a few interesting facts about Michael Cohen, not many know:
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Cohen's company, Essential Consultants, allegedly received a $500,000 payment from a company connected to Russian oligarch and Putin ally, Viktor Vekselberg, a close ally of Yanukovych and Viktor Pinchuk.
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Cohen's family has extensive and powerful connections to Ukraine and Russia. He has also spent much of his personal and professional life with immigrants from Russia and Ukraine.
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His father-in-law, who helped establish him in the taxi business, was born in Ukraine and is very well connected in the corrupt cesspool of Ukrainian politics and business.
Oh, another allegation. Cohen received a secret payment of at least $400,000 to fix talks between the Ukrainian president, Poroshenko and President Trump, according to sources in Kiev close to those involved (the meeting never happened, by the way).
Now of course, Trump's deranged opponents allege that Cohen's background somehow connects him with Trump and Putin, to steal the 2016 election, a ridiculous over-reach, that has no evidence to support it. And as usual, in their incompetence they miss the bigger story - Cohen was likely working with the lobbyists Podesta, Manafort/Gates and even Weber, to get a cut of the action, from their unregistered lobbying work on behalf of Ukraine.
Keep those names Yanukovych, Vekselberg and Poroshenko in mind, by the way. All were HUGE backers of The Clinton Foundation, which took the majority of its donations from Ukraine. And here's another fact that the mainstream media fail to mention: Cohen's connections to the Democratic Party and in particular, the Clintons.
Plus more………
https://quodverum.com/2019/01/19/a-des-erate-man-michael-cohen.html