AT&T paid $200,000 to Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, and the payments stop right after Trump’s…

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AT&T paid $200,000 to Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, and the payments stop right after Trump’s FCC pick Ajit Pai repealed net neutrality

TL;DR: AT&T is sketchy as hell and you should join the Red Alert for Net Neutrality starting tomorrow and contact your lawmakers!

So, its entirely possible that there is a “very reasonable” explanation for this (in that way where giant corporations can have reasonable explanations for why they pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to sitting president’s personal attorneys), but…

Stormy Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, alleges that AT&T paid $200,000 to Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen through the same shell company he used to pay Stormy Daniels. The money came in four installments of $50,000, starting in early 2017 and ending in January 2018, right after Trump’s pick for FCC chair, Ajit Pai, rushed through the repeal of net neutrality, despite overwhelming outcry from across the political spectrum.

AT&T confirms the payment, and explains it away saying they paid Cohen as a consultant to “gain insight” into the Trump White House.

Not conclusive, but certainly fishy and worth looking into. In the meantime, the Senate is about to vote on a resolution to block the FCC repeal and restore net neutrality, so contact your lawmakers now, and join the Red Alert protests starting tomorrow.

KawiNinja on May 9th, 2018 at 03:26 UTC »

Well, I just paid off my own and my wife’s phone on our AT&T account. Waiting for 48 hours to get them unlocked and will be canceling service. Losing money is the only thing these corporations feel, and it might not be much, but it’s $235 less they’ll be getting from me every month. I’ll be cancelling my DirecTV soon as well.

Fuck these guys.

joejoejoey on May 9th, 2018 at 01:37 UTC »

Mark my words, if this is Trump's preferred way of laundering bribes, you're gonna see many more examples of this being leaked. Oh, a $300,000 payment to Cohen from Betsy DeVos's family? Shocking!

There are many good reason$ for Trump to consistently pick the absolute worst person possible for every single cabinet position.

zombieda on May 9th, 2018 at 00:40 UTC »

I'm sure this is completely normal. Many celebrities make payments of this sort on a regular basis and... ah who are we kidding? This is shady as fuck.