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The FBI is in possession of a recording between President Donald Trump and his former personal attorney Michael Cohen in which the two men prior to the election discuss a payment to a former Playboy model who has alleged an affair with Trump, Rudy Giuliani and a source familiar with the matter told CNN Friday.

Cohen has other recordings of the President in his records that were seized by the FBI, said both a source with knowledge of Cohen's tapes and Giuliani, who described the other recordings as mundane discussions. Another source with knowledge of the tape, however, said the conversation is not as Giuliani described and is not good for the President, though the source would not elaborate.
The recording about the former Playboy model, Karen McDougal, was among the troves of documents and materials seized in the FBI raid of Cohen's hotel, residence and office earlier this year amid a criminal investigation of Cohen by the US attorney's office for the Southern District of New York. A transcript of the recording was reviewed by the Trump legal team, which does not believe it poses a legal problem for the President.
The disclosure of the McDougal recording, which was first reported by The New York Times, raises fresh questions about the lengths to which Trump and his confidante would go to suppress allegations of extramarital affairs from becoming public before the election. Adult film actress Stormy Daniels has sued Trump over a $130,000 agreement Cohen made to her on Trump's behalf to keep her quiet about an alleged affair, which Trump has denied, along with McDougal's allegations.
McDougal eventually signed a contract with the company that owns the National Enquirer, which barred her from publicly speaking about the alleged affair before the 2016 election.


Giuliani said Trump had no idea he was being recorded during the McDougal discussion, which took place in the then-candidate's office at Trump Tower in September 2016. When informed about the recording, Trump said, "I can't believe Michael would do this to me," a source familiar with the tapes told CNN.

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/20/politics/michael-cohen-donald-trump-playboy-model-recording/index.html

You lay down with dogs....



Ouch. Didn't he say he didn't pay Stormy for sex on the record all over the media?

A 1990's Republican Congress would impeach for less.

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A transcript of the recording was reviewed by the Trump legal team, which does not believe it poses a legal problem for the President.

Quote (thesnipa @ Jul 20 2018 04:05pm)

technically the impeached for more, as Clinton lied to the FBI which equals under oath. Trumps twitter may be a matter of public record but i dont think its subject to oath, and his team has been smart enough to keep him out of the FBI's office and away from congress for this very reason.

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Governor Jesse Ventura returns from his exile on RT to make a full hour interview with Chad Hartman on WCCO
https://wccoradio.radio.com/media/audio-channel/7-20-18-chad-hartman-show-1p-gov-jesse-ventura

Its amazing how many diverse groups of people Jesse is capable of alienating in one hour. He railed against 'bone spurs' Trump and defended the kneeling NFL players, he criticized the Navy pansies (not Marines), endlessly ridiculed and denounced the democrats and liberals in general, shat upon the two party system, those who supported the Iraq war, and the media. And followed it all up with his glowing praise for Vladimir Putin and a rebuke of the russia hysteria, and a conspicuous lack of ability to criticize Russia for even the most obvious wrongs.

For the man who helped launch Trump's political career, who you can know is not some spooky Russia agent and who sincerely does not participate in the partisan slapfight, he has some real insights, and make sure to piss off everyone along the way.

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Governor Jesse Ventura returns from his exile on RT to make a full hour interview with Chad Hartman on WCCO
https://wccoradio.radio.com/media/audio-channel/7-20-18-chad-hartman-show-1p-gov-jesse-ventura

Its amazing how many diverse groups of people Jesse is capable of alienating in one hour. He railed against 'bone spurs' Trump and defended the kneeling NFL players, he criticized the Navy pansies (not Marines), endlessly ridiculed and denounced the democrats and liberals in general, shat upon the two party system, those who supported the Iraq war, and the media. And followed it all up with his glowing praise for Vladimir Putin and a rebuke of the russia hysteria, and a conspicuous lack of ability to criticize Russia for even the most obvious wrongs.

For the man who helped launch Trump's political career, who you can know is not some spooky Russia agent and who sincerely does not participate in the partisan slapfight, he has some real insights, and make sure to piss off everyone along the way.

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Its amazing how many diverse groups of people Jesse is capable of alienating in one hour.

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he didn't give them the slack jawed line?

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I used to be a big fan of Jesse... even bought one of his books. He really is an intellectual lightweight... goes back and forth between being a libertarian and being a far-left liberal. He just repeats the same dopey anti-establishment, paranoid talking points over and over.

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At this point it only helps trump

Everyone knew this about trump beforehand so its only funny now. We knew he had garbage morals going in

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A significant portion of Trump supporters denied the payment or the relationship with Stormy Daniels even occured.

Are we forgetting that part now?