So, it appears you may have missed the letter from Cohen's attorney to the FEC.
No, I mentioned it in the post you replied to, which apparently you did not read. And it appears you still haven't read the "FEC letter" you oddly keep posting about when it doesn't support what you claim.
One more time. The
"FEC letter" you posted is about Cohen, not Trump, and it doesn't even absolve Cohen, let alone Trump. What it says is that, because Cohen had already been convicted in court on campaign finance violations, they "concluded that pursuing these matters further was not the best use of agency resources." The 2 commissioners (not the FEC) "voted to dismiss these matters as an exercise of prosecutorial discretion."
And in fact, the letter references the recommendations of the FEC's Office of General Counsel. That report directly states that Trump did make multiple violations.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION FIRST GENERAL COUNSEL’S REPORT
Accordingly, we recommend that the Commission find reason to believe that Cohen violated 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(1)(A) by making excessive contributions; that Trump and the Trump Committee violated 52 U.S.C. § 30116(f) by knowingly accepting excessive contributions; that the Trump Committee violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b) and 11 C.F.R. § 104.3(a) and (b) by not reporting those contributions; that Cohen, Essential Consultants, and Trump and the Trump Committee violated 52 U.S.C. § 30122 by respectively making, knowingly transmitting in its name, and knowingly accepting contributions in the name of another; and that the Trump Organization violated 52 U.S.C. § 30118(a) or 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(1)(A) by making — and Trump and the Trump Committee violated 52 U.S.C. § 30118(a) or 52 U.S.C. § 30116(f) by knowingly accepting — prohibited corporate or excessive contributions in connection with the payment to Clifford. We further recommend that the Commission find reason to believe that the foregoing violations with respect to Cohen, Trump, the Trump Committee, the Trump Organization, and Essential Consultants were knowing and willful.
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There was likewise
a statement by Democrat members of the FEC which recommended the same as the OGC report.
And as to the letter by Cohen's lawyer, the above report references it and obviously dismisses it, as they should, since it was when Cohen was still lying for Trump, something he was also convicted of in another matter. Even the 2 Republican commissioners dismissed Cohen's initial denial in your vaunted "FEC letter" (they said, "Although Mr. Cohen initially denied any wrongdoing in connection with the payment, MUR 7313 Resp. (Cohen) (Feb. 8, 2018), there is nothing in the record to contradict or call into question Cohen’s subsequent allocution.")
So, no, the case will absolutely not be dismissed based on either of those letters.
Trump will also neither be convicted based on the OGC report in itself (even though by your logic, he should be), since courts don't care about findings and recommendations by other bodies, courts determine guilt based on their own findings.
jmo
