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which paid $20 less than $100,000. they paid $99,980 on october 5, again on november 3, december 1 and again on january 5, 2018 this year. so, four payments, each for just under $100,000. almost as if there was a $20 wire fee that novartis was deducting from what mr. cohen got to take. and as mr. avenatti notes, and it s true, right after that last payment from novartis in january 2018, president trump did have dinner with the ceo of novartis, before his speech at the world economic forum in davos. what was novartis paying for? but there s one more payment, and the other payment is the one that gets the front page headline in the new york times tonight. firm tied to russian oligarch made payments to michael cohen. all right. here s how it s presented in
essential consultants got paid for $400,000 by novartis, the global pharmaceutical company. according to the documents, the way they paid this is interesting was four separate payments to essential consultants to this little company michael cohen set up, which paid off the porn star, novartis paid $20 less than $100,000. they paid $99,980 on october 5, again on november 3, december 1 and january 5, 2018 this year. four payments, each for just under $100,000. almost as if there was a $20 wire fee that novartis was deducting. mr. avenatti notes it s true right after that last payment from novartis in january 2018, president trump did have dinner with the ceo of novartis.
cruz was quote, going to explode. right. wolf. that call came in january 5, 2018. cnn s had the chance to review a transcript of the call. let me read you parts. she says, he s only 18. he s got the mental capacity of a 12 to 14-year-old. if you go on his instagram pages, you ll see all the guns. i just want someone to know about this so they can look into it. i just know i have a clear conscience if he takes off and just starts shooting up places. i know he s going to explode. later that same caller, again, unidentified gets more specific about her fears. getting into a school and just shooting the place up. i just want to get it a you have my chest in case something does happen, and i do believe something s going to happen. of course we know 40 days later, after that call, something did happen. the fbi admits it failed to follow up on the call.
case, nikolas cruz, was causing some potential danger to the public. this is what the fbi says. that on january 5, 2018, a person close to nikolas cruz contacted the public access line, tip line, to report concerns about it. the caller provided information about cruz s gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts as well as a potential of him conducting a school shooting. very specific information here. the statement goes on to say that the fbi, we have determined that these protocols, that protocols were not followed here and that the information provided by this caller was never followed up on. it says that the information should have been forwarded to the fbi miami field office where appropriate investigative steps would have been taken. and it appears by this statement that those investigative steps