So, to put things in perspective, Michael Cohen's shell company, "Essential Consultants, LLC" was created in October 2016 for "real estate consulting," but has only dealt in these payments:
$130,000 to pay off Stormy Daniels after Trump's affair with her. Cohen claims he paid this with his own money (used a home equity line) and that Trump didn't know about it. Giuliani then claimed Trump did know about it. Someone is lying.
$500,000 from Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, worth about $13 billion and with direct ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin
(Now why would Michael Cohen use a home equity line for the Stormy Daniels payment? Maybe because he had $500,000 in the pipeline from the Russians)
(Now why would Michael Cohen use a home equity line for the Stormy Daniels payment? Maybe because he had $500,000 in the pipeline from the Russians)
$399,920 from pharmaceutical giant Novartis, the CEO of which was then granted a dinner meeting with Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
$200,000 from AT&T, who is currently lobbying Trump's Department of Justice to approve a massive merger with Time Warner
There are others. $150,000 from Korea Aerospace, unclear payments of hundreds of thousands from disgraced former RNC deputy finance chair Elliott Broidy for an abortion that may ultimately link back to Trump, among others.
This is not real estate consulting. This is not a legitimate company. This is a massive hush money and pay-for-play scandal. This is the President of the United States accepting bribes funneled through his "fixer" lawyer's shell company.
This is grounds for impeachment.
This is grounds for impeachment.
