I've been saying this for years, hewhoshitsinpants has been living a belief that the supreme court - scrotus will always have his back. So far he's batting at least 3 for 4. His court buds have protected him way more than not. So, he's winning there.
I've said that shitty pants will go scrotus every time and I've been dead on. In reality, it wasn't a very hard prediction to make. But surprised roberts was the one on this call.
Michael Cohen says Trump's downfall will resemble Al Capone's: 'You're not going to get them on murder, extortion, or racketeering. You're gonna get them on tax evasion.'
--- You know the thought that led to this article. Yep. On reading,
"The Times estimated that “Trump has paid about $400 million less in combined federal income taxes than a very wealthy person who paid the average for that group each year.”"
the thought we have been expressing for years screamed again, "If Capone, why not Trump." ---
Michael Cohen says Trump's downfall will resemble Al Capone's: 'You're not going to get them on murder, extortion, or racketeering. You're gonna get them on tax evasion.'
"Like the Al Capone effect, you're not going to get him on murder, extortion, racketeering. You get them on tax evasion," Cohen said.
"And much of this, especially the easier, the low-hanging fruit, so to speak — that was available a long time ago," he added, referring to potential evidence of fraudulent acts committed by the former president's business.
During his MSNBC appearance, Cohen commented on Trump's legal troubles and predicted that the former president would use a "playbook" — which Cohen helped create — in response to them.
"I believe that there'll be a criminal prosecution by the IRS. I believe there'll be potentially a criminal prosecution by SDNY, especially now that it's not Trump controlled," Cohen said, referring to the courts in the Southern District of New York.
"And I also believe that there will be other criminal investigations that will be forthcoming, but remember what Donald does, and again, this is all part of the playbook that I am responsible for helping to create," he added. "This playbook is delay, delay delay."
Cohen added that he thought the Trump Organization probe looked like an "open and shut case" of fraud, classifying Trump's denials as the "nonsensical rantings of a lunatic mind."
A representative at Trump's post-presidential press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
James has accused the former president of falsely inflating his net worth by billions of dollars. She also seeks to bar the Trumps from conducting business in New York.
During his deposition in New York last month, Trump pleaded the Fifth more than 440 times — only answering a question about his name.
Meanwhile, Capone, a famed Chicago gang boss, was not indicted for violent crimes — but was instead indicted in 1921 on tax-evasion charges.
In 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to felonies, including tax evasion, campaign finance violations, and bank fraud. He was sentenced in December that year to three years in prison and was disbarred in February 2019 by the New York Supreme Court.
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