With federal crimes. And then, Michael Cohen struck a Plea Deal with federal prosecutors with the u. S. Attorneys office in the southern district of new york. He pled guilty to Campaign Finance violations and other charges. He admitted that he had arranged this payment to ms. Daniels and to another woman who said she had a nine month long affair with trump. He said he arranged these payments, he coordinated to make sure these women would get paid. To stay quiet about their allegations of infidelity. In order to help trumps president ial campaign. Now, when Michael Cohen pled guilty, President Trump responded by calling him a rat. Thats nice. When Michael Cohen pled guilty, he admitted that he hadnt paid out this Hush Money of his own accord out of the goodness of his heart. He admitted in court filings, he swore in person, in Federal Court he had been directed to
And instead, installing his own people. That u. S. Attorneys office in dc then immediately moved to drop the charges and undue the guilty plea from trump national Security Adviser mike flynn. They moved the recommended sentence from Roger Stone who had been convicted of multiple felonies. They also folded to the pressure to bring charges against obamas white house counsel. That case was so palpablely weak, the jury voted to acquit in less than five hours. That very rarely happens to federal prosecutors but it happened there because there was no case. Because trump insisted that the prosecution be brought forward. One u. S. Attorneys office looked into it and said are you kidding . Theres nothing here. The other one went ahead and did it. Because thats what trump demanded. Even though there was no case. Jeffrey berman saw what had happened in the dc u. S
Should bring charges against a democratic lawyer who should be. Decided not only had the counsel not done anything to warrant being prosecuted, he actually hadnt done anything at all. He was innocent of what he was accused of. Jeff berman had not resigned and he said so. He refused to go. And he did that in part because he had seen what he had done in another u. S. Attorneys office. It was in the dc u. S. Attorneys office that the schemes went even further. Bar and the dc u. S. Attorneys office had succeeded in ousting the u. S. Attorney there