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Trump lawyer’s family lent $20M to wife of Chicago cab mogul

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https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicag...family-lent-20m-to-wife-of-chicago-cab-mogul/

The ties between President Donald Trump’s embattled personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen and Chicago’s taxicab industry go deeper than previously known.

Over the past eight months, Cohen’s father-in-law has given at least $20 million in loans to Yasya Shtayner, records examined by the Chicago Sun-Times show. Her family owns Chicago Medallion Management Corp., which manages 368 taxicabs, including 22 owned by Cohen.
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I understand that Cohen became rich in the Chicago taxi business before joining the Trump Organization in 2006, primarily it seems through family connections.

It was also reported elsewhere that Cohen has ties to the Ukraine, possibly through his family.
 
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JacksinPA said:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicag...family-lent-20m-to-wife-of-chicago-cab-mogul/

The ties between President Donald Trump’s embattled personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen and Chicago’s taxicab industry go deeper than previously known.

Over the past eight months, Cohen’s father-in-law has given at least $20 million in loans to Yasya Shtayner, records examined by the Chicago Sun-Times show. Her family owns Chicago Medallion Management Corp., which manages 368 taxicabs, including 22 owned by Cohen.
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I understand that Cohen became rich in the Chicago taci business before joining the Trump Organization in 2006, primarily it seems through family connections.

It was also reported elsewhere that Cohen has ties to the Ukraine, possibly through his family.
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I suspected Meullers motive all along was to leak as much as damaging information as possible from Cohen's files and I'm obviously not wrong. It's been what, a week? And now information from his files in the public eye.

And regarding the story, where is the crime?

I'm waiting for Mueller to offer Cohen life in prison unless he spins a story in order to walk.
 
chuckiechan said:
I suspected Meullers motive all along was to leak as much as damaging information as possible from Cohen's files and I'm obviously not wrong. It's been what, a week? And now information from his files in the public eye.

And regarding the story, where is the crime?

I'm waiting for Mueller to offer Cohen life in prison unless he spins a story in order to walk.
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I believe the Chicago family taxi business was publicly known before the FBI raids.
 
chuckiechan said:
I suspected Meullers motive all along was to leak as much as damaging information as possible from Cohen's files and I'm obviously not wrong. It's been what, a week? And now information from his files in the public eye.

And regarding the story, where is the crime?

I'm waiting for Mueller to offer Cohen life in prison unless he spins a story in order to walk.
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I guess you missed the part in bold:

Over the past eight months, Cohen’s father-in-law has given at least $20 million in loans to Yasya Shtayner, records examined by the Chicago Sun-Times show. Her family owns Chicago Medallion Management Corp., which manages 368 taxicabs, including 22 owned by Cohen.
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It's public records.
 
JacksinPA said:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicag...family-lent-20m-to-wife-of-chicago-cab-mogul/

The ties between President Donald Trump’s embattled personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen and Chicago’s taxicab industry go deeper than previously known.

Over the past eight months, Cohen’s father-in-law has given at least $20 million in loans to Yasya Shtayner, records examined by the Chicago Sun-Times show. Her family owns Chicago Medallion Management Corp., which manages 368 taxicabs, including 22 owned by Cohen.
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I understand that Cohen became rich in the Chicago taxi business before joining the Trump Organization in 2006, primarily it seems through family connections.

It was also reported elsewhere that Cohen has ties to the Ukraine, possibly through his family.
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If the Cohen's have that kind of cash available, it begs the question: why did Michael Cohen 'borrow' against real estate to pay the porn star?
 
JacksinPA said:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicag...family-lent-20m-to-wife-of-chicago-cab-mogul/

The ties between President Donald Trump’s embattled personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen and Chicago’s taxicab industry go deeper than previously known.

Over the past eight months, Cohen’s father-in-law has given at least $20 million in loans to Yasya Shtayner, records examined by the Chicago Sun-Times show. Her family owns Chicago Medallion Management Corp., which manages 368 taxicabs, including 22 owned by Cohen.
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I understand that Cohen became rich in the Chicago taxi business before joining the Trump Organization in 2006, primarily it seems through family connections.

It was also reported elsewhere that Cohen has ties to the Ukraine, possibly through his family.
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Trump Crime Family--the new mafia.

:lol:
 
Rexedgar said:
If the Cohen's have that kind of cash available, it begs the question: why did Michael Cohen 'borrow' against real estate to pay the porn star?
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Liquid assets versus money tied up in investments. My guess is the loan was quickly repaid, and that is probably where the crime part comes in. Where did that money come from?
 
chuckiechan said:
I suspected Meullers motive all along was to leak as much as damaging information as possible from Cohen's files and I'm obviously not wrong. It's been what, a week? And now information from his files in the public eye.
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First, this wasn't leaked by Mueller:

Shtayner has received eight loans from Cohen’s father-in-law, Fima Shusterman, according to documents filed with the Cook County recorder of deeds.
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Second, the case against Cohen isn't being handled by Mueller.

And regarding the story, where is the crime?
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Possibly money laundering. This is exactly how Manafort laundered his money. But we'll have to wait and see for the charges.
 
JacksinPA said:
I believe the Chicago family taxi business was publicly known before the FBI raids.
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To a degree, yes, but they were probably tipped off on other places to look by insiders sorting is files.

Either way, I don't see the crime.

From the article:

The ties between President Donald Trump’s embattled personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen and Chicago’s taxicab industry go deeper than previously known.

[gasp and clutch pearls for camera]

Over the past eight months, Cohen’s father-in-law has given at least $20 million in loans to Yasya Shtayner, records examined by the Chicago Sun-Times show. Her family owns Chicago Medallion Management Corp., which manages 368 taxicabs, including 22 owned by Cohen.

Shtayner and her husband Semyon Shtayner — Chicago Medallion Management’s corporate secretary — were identified in a warrant the FBI used to raid Cohen’s law office and home, looking for documents relating to his business interests as well as his $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her from discussing her alleged dalliance with Trump, according to a CNN report.

[Cue in dramatic music here]

(How are they related to Trump?)

Shusterman has a condo in the Trump World Tower near the United Nations in New York. He and Shtayner also owns condos in another Trump development in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, outside Miami.
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What you are supposed to take a way: The Trump organization sells condos to suspected criminals. Therefor Trump must be a criminal because his lawyer might be a criminal.

Really? I think things like this are what is driving Trumps approval rating up week by week. (and cutting back on Twitter).
 
Rexedgar said:
HBO will milk it for six seasons minimum!
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Lol...

Cohen supposedly has lots of ties to Eastern European mobsters. I suspect he greased the skids to get Trump all those loans back in his bad credit days.
 
JacksinPA said:
I believe the Chicago family taxi business was publicly known before the FBI raids.
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Shtayner and her husband Semyon Shtayner — Chicago Medallion Management’s corporate secretary — were identified in a warrant the FBI used to raid Cohen’s law office and home, looking for documents relating to his business interests as well as his $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her from discussing her alleged dalliance with Trump, according to a CNN report.
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What was an FBI investigation into Shtayner is now used by the media to connect Trump to it through his lawyer. Without Trumps name attached to it we would have never heard of it. For all anyone knows this FBI investigation has been going on for twenty years.

I don't understand why everything thing that was once attorney client business is now public even though the taxi medallion thing has nothing to do with Stormy Daniels.
 
So, the Russia / Tump collusion investigation has morphed into an investigation of granting taxi medallions?

OK.....
 
chuckiechan said:
I suspected Meullers motive all along was to leak as much as damaging information as possible from Cohen's files and I'm obviously not wrong. It's been what, a week? And now information from his files in the public eye.

And regarding the story, where is the crime?
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Where is the damage is everything is above board?
 
JacksinPA said:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicag...family-lent-20m-to-wife-of-chicago-cab-mogul/

The ties between President Donald Trump’s embattled personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen and Chicago’s taxicab industry go deeper than previously known.

Over the past eight months, Cohen’s father-in-law has given at least $20 million in loans to Yasya Shtayner, records examined by the Chicago Sun-Times show. Her family owns Chicago Medallion Management Corp., which manages 368 taxicabs, including 22 owned by Cohen.
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I understand that Cohen became rich in the Chicago taxi business before joining the Trump Organization in 2006, primarily it seems through family connections.

It was also reported elsewhere that Cohen has ties to the Ukraine, possibly through his family.
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Other than this being a personal interest story, what's your point? Cohen's father in law is ___________? Go ahead and fill in the blank with conjecture.
 
chuckiechan said:
What was an FBI investigation into Shtayner is now used by the media to connect Trump to it through his lawyer. Without Trumps name attached to it we would have never heard of it. For all anyone knows this FBI investigation has been going on for twenty years.

I don't understand why everything thing that was once attorney client business is now public even though the taxi medallion thing has nothing to do with Stormy Daniels.
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It can be tied into it as a pattern of covering up things for his clients using shady dealings and not so legal means. This absolutely can relate to Stormy Daniels. We just don't have all the evidence, not even close. We are simply getting a few strings attaching the pieces together.
 
Kreton said:
It would seem some people are more upset that the corruption and crimes are being discovered than they are that the corruption and crimes happened.
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that is a point which is not expressed often enough
 
Rexedgar said:
If the Cohen's have that kind of cash available, it begs the question: why did Michael Cohen 'borrow' against real estate to pay the porn star?
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It was Cohens father-in-law who lent the $20 million.

The question should be why didnt Cohen borrow the money from his father-in-law?
 
sangha said:
It was Cohens father-in-law who lent the $20 million.

The question should be why didnt Cohen borrow the money from his father-in-law?
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Sorry I thought I used the plural not the possessive.
 
sangha said:
It was Cohens father-in-law who lent the $20 million.

The question should be why didnt Cohen borrow the money from his father-in-law?
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Good question, but what legal right does anyone have to ask? "just checking" is not a legal process.
 
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