March 16, 2018: The President of the United States Was Using, for Legal Purposes, an Assumed Name

 

3/16/18: Michael Cohen, attorney for Donald J. Trump, files an unprecedented legal brief in federal court. It’s a complicated legal maneuver, meant to keep Stormy Daniels, the porn star quiet; but what makes it interesting is that Cohen must now name his client in the case. That client, heretofore known in court documents only as “David Dennison,” is Donald J. Trump. (See: 3/7/18.) 

The President of the United States is operating, for legal purposes, under a f**king assumed name!

Not the first time Trump has used a fake name.

 

For a time, it looked like gagging the porn star (legally only) had worked. The 2016 election came and went. No one heard a peep from the porn lady. The parties to the original settlement, a tightly written non-disclosure agreement (NDA) included “Peggy Peterson” (Daniels) and “David Dennison.” That agreement stipulated a $1 million penalty any time “Peterson” broke silence. Once the free press started digging it became obvious who “Dennison” was. 

Now Donald/David and Cohen were claiming that Ms. Clifford had repeatedly violated the NDA. 

Cohen said she had accrued $20,000,000 in damages.

 

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MEANWHILE, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a plea from Pennsylvania Republicans to block a new map of congressional districts drawn up by state judges. 

The old map was ruled unconstitutional in February by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. That map had allowed the GOP to capture 13 out of 18 Congressional seats in 2012, even though they received fewer total votes from actual people in the state. 

Twice the president has tweeted about how unfair the new map is. On February 20 he offered this assessment: 

Hope Republicans in the Great State of Pennsylvania challenge the new “pushed” Congressional Map, all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary. Your Original was correct! Don’t let the Dems take elections away from you so that they can raise taxes & waste money!

 

Four days later he was flailing away on his iPhone again: “Democrat judges have totally redrawn election lines in the great State of Pennsylvania. @FoxNews. This is very unfair to Republicans and to our country as a whole. Must be appealed to the United States Supreme Court ASAP!” 

Luckily, there are three co-equal branches of government, and the court turns down the appeal in one sentence: “The application for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied.” Not one member of the highest court in the land agreed with President Trump.