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McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor, said on “Fox & Friends” Sunday that attorneys with the Southern District of New York are “clearly” going after Trump, given recent revelations about statements by Michael Cohen, his former personal lawyer, to the U.S. district court.

“They are clearly going after the president on campaign finance violations and I think if you read the sentencing memo the Southern District filed in Cohen’s case, it’s clear that Trump is the target and he’ll be indicted eventually,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy served as assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District for 18 years before leaving the Justice Department in 2003.

On Friday, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District filed a sentencing memo recommending Cohen receive a 42-month prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of business and tax fraud, making false statements to Congress and violating campaign finance law.

Cohen told the court in August that during the 2016 p**********l campaign Trump directed him to make hush money payments to at least two women who say they’ve had affairs with him after he married his third wife, Melania. The president has denied the affairs and the hush money allegations.

Prosecutors say the payments violate federal campaign finance laws.

The first payment in question ―  $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels ― violated campaign finance law restrictions against donations of more than $2,700 in a general e******n, according to federal prosecutors.

The second payment under legal scrutiny is $150,000 made by American Media Inc. to silence Karen McDougal, which prosecutors say constituted an illegal corporate donation to Trump’s campaign. The National Enquirer’s parent company was chaired at the time by Trump’s longtime confidante, David Pecker.

The Southern District case involving Cohen stems from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 e******n and whether Trump obstructed justice. 

Mueller did not take a position on Cohen’s sentence but the special counsel’s office wrote in their sentencing memo that Cohen has “gone to significant lengths” to help in their investigation.

Fox News host Ed Henry on Sunday appeared taken aback by McCarthy’s prediction.

“You think the president of the United States is going to be indicted... I mean that kind of stops me in my tracks,” Henry said.

McCarthy said he can’t be positive whether the Justice Department would indict a sitting president or wait until Trump is out of office.

“I think what can happen is they could indict and he could be tried down the road when he’s out of office,” McCarthy said. “But will [Trump] be charged? Are they setting the stage to file charges against him? If you read that sentencing memo, I can’t come to any other conclusion.”

Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that Trump “may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect of jail time.”

“There’s a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office, the Justice Department may indict him,” Schiff said. 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-contributor-trump-apos-210443364.html

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

Indict him for what???????? You people are going by the words of a proven liar...That is just stupid!!!!......But then again we are talking about DemonRats......What else can you expect from Party that supports murderers and rapists....

woodguru

You keep asking "for what"?

Read the frigging court filing, it's not that hard to find.

Cohen was indicted/charged with criminal campaign violations that he plead guilty to, details stated that he took orders from Individual 1 (Trump). Any other individual except the president would have been charged, Mueller and the courts will handle this differently. It will go to congress and be left to them to decide what to do, probably impeach then go after him for criminal violations.

Congress may have not acted on criminal violations had the GOP kept control, with Dems in control they will file articles of impeachment for crimes and the GOP will not risk refusing to uphold the law.

It's time for you to start opening up your sourcing, every media outlet is covering it with analysis, read ten and see how many agree on the facts as supported by the actual details in the indictments or guilty pleas.

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

Cohen is a fricking liar...He lied once, what makes you believe that he didnt lied this time to save his sorry ass????

woodguru

He got busted for lying by the FBI...why? Because it is not possible for these clowns to lie because of all the evidence coming in from a dozen other sources that have to match. Mueller is not going only by what Cohen or Manafort says, keep in mind dozens of other people have been interviewed, hundreds of thousands of documents are being used for support. Mueller won't touch lies, he doesn't need to. He has busted Cohen for lying, you don't think he has the story straight.

If you want to worry about who has lied and can't be trusted, that would be Trump. He is caught on stone cold criminal violations concerning lying to the public, an impeachable offense. He did it concerning the payoffs to Daniels and other details he kept lying about that we know now were lies...

It's that simple, an impeachment doesn't have to be made any harder than that, its over, just a matter of seeing when the report or indictments go to congress for disposition.

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

What makes you think that payoff didnt come out of his own money????...Then it wont be considered campaign finance violation now,would it???/

rumitoid

Think about this, please: why would he pay off these two women? He is making a p**********l bid and does not want, whether it is extortion or not, true or not, to hamper that bid by a possible scandal. In effect, paying them off helps his p**********l bid, in his eyes (and the law). Even if he contributes his own money to assist in his campaign's possible success by their silence, its one purpose, that is a campaign contribution: money dedicated to his nomination. It's undisclosed nature in reporting expenditures, a clear violation of Campaign Finance Laws.