UNDERNEWS: NY state investigators subpoena Cohen over Trump Foundation

August 22, 2018

NY state investigators subpoena Cohen over Trump Foundation

Daily Beast - New York state investigators have subpoenaed former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen as part of their criminal investigation into the Trump Foundation, the Associated Press reports. A spokesperson for Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed the subpoena to AP reporters.

1 comment:

Dave Richardson said...: According to the WaPo, once Cohen learned that they were considering a subpoena, he called them to ask how he could help. This may be partly related to his guilty plea in the absence of a plea bargain, i.e., he has to be extra good if he wants time off his sentence.

The effect of this investigation may be to get around Mueller's commitment (and the DOJ policy) not to indict the president by going after his kids. This would be under NY law, so the prez couldn't pardon them.; August 26, 2018 at 10:50 PM

Post a Comment

ABOUT THE EDITOR

The Review is edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington under nine presidents, has edited the Progressive Review and its predecessors since 1964, wrote four books, been published in five anthologies, helped to start five organizations (including the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party), was a plaintiff in three successful class action suits, served as a Coast Guard officer, and played in jazz bands for four decades.

A truly independent journalist with his feet firmly grounded in the reality of neighborhoods and everyday people. -- Patrick Mazza, Progressive Populist

A truly original voice in American journalism: humorous and plain spoken and filled with common sense -- Jay Walljasper, Utne Reader

Inimitable -- Mother Jones Magazine

Sam's a cynical cat -- Marion Barry

Sam's one of the few independent voices left. The press today is either extreme or special interest or else just establishment, an extension of the corporate spirit -- Sen. Eugene McCarthy,

One of a small group of whites with whom many blacks would trust their political lives - Chuck Stone, Washingtonian.

A reputation for wit, intelligence and anger. -- Claude Lewis, Chicago Tribune

Smith is an island of reason and information in a sea of narcissistic blather. -- City Paper, Washington

Whatever the debate, the Review's sharp critiques encourage us to look out our window, notice and act upon what we see, and also to look further -- to the rest of the country and globe -- to see how the organized big world interacts with our more spontaneous small worlds. - Utne Reader