Cohen, a professional lawyer, offered his services to the Trump organization and was paid for his services.
- Cohen formed a shell company using the company’s name without full authorization from Trump, which could be considered unauthorized.
- The employer might not be liable if the employee acted independently or purely out of personal motives (without proper authorization). Such actions are unethical and can lead to legal consequences.
Embezzlement: embezzlement involves misappropriating company funds or assets for personal use.
Employees who embezzle funds from their employer for personal financial gain violate trust and ethical norms.
- For example, Enron Corporation, once a leading energy company, collapsed due to widespread accounting fraud and unethical practices.
- Outcome: Several Enron executives, including CFO Andrew Fastow, were convicted of embezzlement, securities fraud, and other crimes.
Here, Cohen, as a lawyer, was paid by the Trump corporation. Was he cooking the books or creating accounts?
In late 2016, adult-film actress Stormy Daniels (Stephanie Clifford) was speaking to some reporters and said that she had had a sexual affair with Trump in 2006. In October, Cohen and Daniels’ attorney negotiated an NDA under which she was to be paid $130,000 hush money. Later, Cohen created a Delaware LLC called Essential Consultants and used it to pay the $130,000.
The Wall Street Journal reported the arrangement in January 2018.
Why create a shell company? When asked, Cohen said he wanted to hide it from his wife!
Why do you hide a business transaction you are supposedly doing for your client from your wife?
The wife is not a party to the client’s business affairs.
“Cohen initiated a private arbitration case against Daniels in February 2018, based on an NDA signed by Daniels in October 2016 in exchange for $130,000. Cohen obtained an order from an arbitrator barring Daniels from publicly discussing her alleged relationship with Trump. Daniels subsequently brought a lawsuit in federal court against Trump and Cohen, arguing that the NDA was legally invalid because Trump never signed it.”
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Trump never signed an NDA. Was Trump aware that Cohen drew up an NDA, or was it necessary in this case as it was supposed to be a one-time encounter, according to Daniels, which Trump himself has denied?
“Essential Consultants LLC is a shell company created by Cohen in October 2016 to facilitate payment of hush money to Stormy Daniels. For many months after that, Cohen used the LLC for an array of business activities mainly unknown to the public, with at least $4.4 million moving through the LLC between Trump’s election to the presidency and January 2018.
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In May 2018, Daniels’ lawyer, Avenatti, posted a seven-page report to Twitter detailing what he said were financial transactions involving Essential Consultants and Cohen.
The data showed that hundreds of thousands of dollars were given to Cohen via Essential Consultants from Fortune 500 firms such as Novartis, AT&T, etc.
E.g.
Franklin L. Haney agreed to pay Cohen $10 million if he successfully lobbied for the United States Department of Energy to finance the Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station or a reduced fee if the funding targets were only partially met.”
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Cohen established a shell company for his benefit using Trump’s name, which started with the excuse of creating an NDA for Daniels, which was not necessary as she claimed it was a one-time sexual encounter with Trump.
Did Avenatti spot Cohen’s setup? That NDA was unnecessary; was it a form of camouflage set up by Cohen? Was it to establish a Shell company for his personal gain? Cohen saw an opening for the opportunity and created a nonexistent problem with Trump about Daniels, which could have been easily ignored. Still, he made an NDA and shell company that collected millions from various clients. For his benefit, all in the name of Trump (and now Trump is the victim?)
It takes one to know one?
Avenatti saw that Cohen was embezzling in Trump’s name?
Embezzlers thrive on adrenaline. The rush of transferring funds from unsuspecting accounts to their secret havens is their drug. They revel in outsmarting colleagues, dancing on the edge of discovery. It’s not just about the money; it’s about the exhilaration—the high of being more intelligent than the system (or Trump and his organization?) They measure success not by promotions or corner offices but by the audacity of their thefts.
The winner? The one who dances closest to the abyss without falling.
These embezzlers are no bumbling fools. They’re the maestros of financial illusion, the puppeteers pulling strings behind the scenes.
Unfortunately, Cohen met Avenatti, who may have arranged a so-called accidental meeting in a restaurant. Could Avenatti prearrange it to catch unsuspecting Cohen to get information? Soon after, he bribes the IRA officer to get Cohen’s financial report, etc. Did Avenatti, now a convicted felon for extortion, fraud, theft, stealing from his disabled client, etc., see Cohen as an image of himself in a better position with a connection to Trump?
The Unspoken Competition? In their exclusive gatherings, embezzlers compare notes. “I skimmed millions,” boasts one. “Well, I manipulated the entire balance sheet,” counters another. They measure success not by promotions or corner offices but by the audacity of their thefts. The winner? The one who dances closest to the abyss without falling. These embezzlers are no bumbling fools. They’re the maestros of financial illusion, the puppeteers pulling strings behind the scenes. When embezzlers don their “sweet, honest face,” they’re like chameleons blending into the corporate landscape. Their expressions radiate trustworthiness, their smiles as genuine as freshly baked cookies. But behind those eyes lies a vulture with an agenda—a craving for the forbidden fruit of other people’s money.
Subtle Theft: Embezzlers steal incrementally over months or years, staying under the radar. Their goal? To avoid detection while siphoning funds. Funds Manipulation: They transfer company deposits or cash into their accounts. Check fraud—altering or forging checks—is another favorite method. False Invoicing: Fabricating invoices from authentic vendors or creating fake vendors allows embezzlers to divert payments to their accounts. Is this what Cohen was doing to Trump, and Avinatti got a whiff of it and set the so-called unexpected meeting? Later, did he go after him with guns blazing?
Trump’s attention was occupied by the elections and he may not have noticed what his lawyer was doing. The NDA he never signed shows that he may have been unaware of it and of shell company. He might have been duped by his lawyer’s manipulations!
And now he is accused of a crime, which, if you dig deep, he has not committed. But he is a Republican presidential rival of the current President, expected to be the next President and is facing charges in a state run by Democrats in all privileged positions with a majority Democrat population. He is facing a Democrat Judge who refuses to recuse himself from the case in front of a, most likely, Democrat jury.
According to the judge and the ethics committee, again filled with Democrats, there is nothing unethical in his daughter gaining millions by promoting Democrats. Are they following Joe Biden’s example? 32 Billion dollars were magically unaccounted for when Ukraine was supposed to have received 172 billion dollars of American taxpayers’ aid in 2014.
So, the Democratic ethics committee does not find anything wrong with Judge Merchan’s decision to continue with the case despite his daughter making millions, after all their leaders did the same? And he is indirectly being benefitted by it, just like their leader?
Judge Merchan’s daughter gains millions by promoting Democrats.
The Father expresses his biased opinion to his daughter, who relates in her podcast that her Father hates politicians, such as Trump, using Twitter. If he hates Trump for using Twitter as a person or the party he represents, it is strictly considered biased.
Trump has a full right to use 28 U.S. Code § 455 – Disqualification of Judge for Judge Merchan.
