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yallerdawg

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6. Who said, "There's nothing new under the sun?"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #5)

Thu May 10, 2018, 06:35 PM

May 2018

Isn't this all good ol' New York City street con, Three-card Monte?

These guys aren't "giants among men."

They just accumulated a lot more chips and a lot less ethics and morals than the rest of us.

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Cohen's $600,000 deal with AT&T specified he would advise on Time Warner merger [View all] BumRushDaShow May 2018 OP

Third world-style corruption sandensea May 2018 #1

This is how they "do business" BumRushDaShow May 2018 #2

And knowing this, it's amazing how these grifters were allowed to worm their way into the White Hous sandensea May 2018 #7

So Cohen is now an exspurt on telecom RainCaster May 2018 #3

Shades of Jack Abramoff. yallerdawg May 2018 #4

"Abramoff" - That's a blast from the past BumRushDaShow May 2018 #5

Who said, "There's nothing new under the sun?" yallerdawg May 2018 #6

NYers are expert at it! BumRushDaShow May 2018 #8

Jack A could conduct a master class on this level of grifting. BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #12

You describe exactly what Cohen and Davidson did getting tRump to pay $130,000 & maybe $1,600,000 Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #10

That is expensive access Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2018 #9

so it seems Trump is off the hook for all of this? Chakaconcarne May 2018 #11

Hell no, Cohen is Trump's balls. nt greyl May 2018 #15

Another good article on Cohen's troubles... KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #13

If pay-offs like that are not illegal, in my opinion, they certainly should be. Sophia4 May 2018 #14