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International-Juri mendengarkan 22 saksi selama persidangan uang tutup mulut Trump. Inilah yang mengambil sikap

Dua puluh dua saksi bersaksi dalam persidangan pidana uang tutup mulut Donald Trump. Jaksa memanggil 20 saksi selama 19 hari di pengadilan, dengan total lebih dari 50 jam kesaksian.

Pengacara pembela memanggil dua saksi selama dua hari, dengan waktu memberikan kesaksian sekitar dua jam.

Mantan pengacara dan pemecah masalah Trump Michael Cohen, aktris film dewasa Stormy Daniels, dan mantan ajudan Gedung Putih Hope Hicks termasuk di antara para saksi terkenal.

Inilah yang didengar juri selama persidangan:

David Pecker — mantan CEO American Media Inc., perusahaan induk National Enquirer — adalah saksi pertama yang dipanggil untuk memberikan kesaksian. Setelah lebih dari 10 jam memberikan kesaksian selama empat hari, dia memberikan rincian yang menjelaskan tentang bagaimana tabloid terkenal itu beroperasi dan melakukan apa yang disebut operasi “tangkap dan bunuh”.

Rhona Graff, asisten lama Trump di Trump Organization, dipanggil untuk memberikan kesaksian singkat pada 26 April.

Gary Farro, mantan bankir Cohen, memandu juri melalui aktivitas bank Cohen seputar pembayaran kepada Daniels.

Robert Browning, direktur eksekutif arsip C-SPAN, dipanggil agar jaksa dapat menggunakan kesaksiannya untuk menjadikan catatan sebagai bukti.

Phillip Thompson, direktur di sebuah perusahaan pelaporan pengadilan, bersaksi tentang cara kerja deposisi.

Keith Davidson, mantan pengacara model dan aktris Karen McDougal serta Daniels, menjadi saksi selama hampir enam jam selama dua hari.

Douglas Daus bekerja untuk Unit Analisis Teknologi Tinggi Kejaksaan Distrik Manhattan, dan ditugaskan untuk menganalisis dua iPhone milik Cohen dalam penyelidikan terkait Trump. Mereka diperoleh melalui surat perintah penggeledahan. Daus bersaksi tentang jumlah kontak yang "tidak biasa" dan hal-hal lain yang dia temukan di telepon Cohen.

Hope Hicks, mantan ajudan lama Trump, memberikan kesaksian kurang dari tiga jam tentang perannya sebagai sekretaris pers kampanye Trump pada tahun 2016, setelah rilis rekaman “Access Hollywood” dan pembayaran Cohen kepada Daniels.

Jeffrey McConney, mantan pengendali Trump Organization, bersaksi tentang bagaimana pembayaran Cohen dicantumkan dalam dokumen keuangan Trump.

Deborah Tarasoff, supervisor hutang di departemen akuntansi di Trump Organization, menjelaskan bagaimana cek dipotong untuk Cohen pada tahun 2017 dan bersaksi bahwa tagihan di atas $10.000 harus disetujui oleh Trump atau salah satu putranya.

Sally Franklin, wakil presiden senior dan editor pelaksana eksekutif untuk grup penerbitan Penguin Random House, bersaksi selama 46 menit. Jaksa menggunakan kesaksiannya untuk memasukkan kutipan dari buku-buku Trump sebagai bukti.

Stormy Daniels, yang menjadi pusat kasus uang tutup mulut, menjadi saksi selama enam jam 10 menit selama dua hari kesaksian. Daniels menjelaskan kepada juri rincian tentang dugaan hubungan seksualnya dengan Trump pada tahun 2006 dan pembayaran uang tutup mulut sebesar $130.000 dari mantan pengacara Trump Michael Cohen sesaat sebelum pemilu tahun 2016. Pengacara Trump, Susan Necheles, mengecam Daniels dalam pemeriksaan silang untuk mengetahui beberapa cara dia mendapatkan publisitas dan uang dari ceritanya yang dipublikasikan.

Rebecca Manochio, pemegang buku junior di Trump Organization, memberikan kesaksian selama sekitar 35 menit. Jaksa menggunakan Manochio untuk menyerahkan faktur, dokumen, dan email sebagai bukti.

Tracey Menzies, wakil presiden senior produksi dan operasi kreatif di Harper Collins, berbicara tentang salah satu buku yang ditulis bersama Donald Trump, “Think Big: Make It Happen in Business and Life,” oleh Trump dan Bill Zanker dan membaca kutipan dari buku.

Madeleine Westerhout, mantan asisten pribadi Trump di Gedung Putih, merinci bagaimana presiden lebih suka bekerja, perhatiannya terhadap detail, dan reaksi terhadap rekaman “Access Hollywood”.

Daniel Dixon, analis kepatuhan utama AT&T. Dia terbiasa memasukkan catatan telepon menjadi bukti.

Jennie Tomalin, analis senior Verizon dalam hubungan eksekutif, juga dipanggil untuk memasukkan bukti ke dalam catatan.

Georgia Longstreet, yang memberikan kesaksian pada 3 Mei dan 10 Mei, memberikan bukti tentang postingan media sosial dan pesan teks.

Jaden Jarmel-Schneider, paralegal lainnya dari kantor kejaksaan Manhattan, bersaksi tentang menganalisis catatan telepon yang dijadikan bukti pada 10 Mei.

Michael Cohen, pengacara pribadi Trump, adalah pihak yang bertanggung jawab atas pembayaran uang tutup mulut, dan oleh karena itu, ia menjadi saksi kunci dalam penuntutan.

Daniel Sitko, seorang paralegal di firma hukum pengacara Trump Todd Blanche, adalah saksi pertama pembela dan menyerahkan grafik telepon sebagai bukti.

Robert Costello, seorang pengacara yang berhubungan dengan Michael Cohen, adalah saksi pembela kedua dan bersaksi tentang dugaan kampanye tekanan terhadap Cohen.(Maria Jhon Amerika)

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Wage growth well short of what was promised from tax reform | TheHill

Wage growth well short of what was promised from tax reform

By Chris Macke, opinion contributor — 04/14/18 10:30 AM EDT 984

The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill

The latest Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows weekly employee earnings have grown $75 since tax reform passed, well short of the $4,000 to $9,000 annual increases projected by President TrumpDonald John Trump Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller play Mueller and Cohen in 'SNL' parody of 'Meet the Parents' Trump order targets wide swath of public assistance programs Comey says Trump reacted to news of Russian meddling by asking if it changed election results MORE and House Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis Ryan Trump order targets wide swath of public assistance programs Sunday shows preview: White House officials talk Syria strike Wage growth well short of what was promised from tax reform MORE (R-Wis.).

During the three months following passage of the tax bill, the average American saw a $6.21 increase in average weekly earnings. Assuming 12 weeks of work during the three months following passage of the corporate tax cuts, this equates to a $75 increase.

Assuming a full 52 weeks of work, the $6.21 increase in weekly earnings would result in a $323 annual increase, nowhere near the minimum $4,000 promised and $9,000 potential annual increases projected by President Trump and Speaker Ryan if significant cuts were made to corporate tax rates.

Unless something drastically changes, it seems that Americans are going to have to settle for much less than the $4,000 to $9,000 projected wage increases. An extra $322 a year isn’t going to do much to pay down the $1 trillion in additional debt they are projected to take on as a result of the tax cuts.

Yet, a key part of the argument for the recently passed corporate tax cuts and more than a trillion dollars in debt was the substantial wage hike promised by the president’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).

From a document titled, “Corporate Tax Reform and Wages: Theory and Evidence,” on the White House’s website:

“Reducing the statutory federal corporate tax rate from 35 to 20 percent would, the analysis below suggests, increase average household income in the United States by, very conservatively, $4,000 annually.”

The document goes on to say:

“When we use the more optimistic estimates from the literature, wage boosts are over $9,000 for the average U.S. household.”

No less than Speaker Ryan’s website trumpeted the Council of Economic Advisers report claiming that on average, the proposed corporate tax cuts would result in at least a $4,000 annual increase in wages.

Now, some supporters of the tax bill may say this analysis is unfair because it is too early for the effects of the tax bill to show up in wages. By that logic, they also shouldn’t take credit for reported employment growth increases.

Still others may point to the $1,000 bonuses announced by some companies shortly after passage of the tax bill. First, that is significantly less than the promised $4,000 to $9,000. Second, these are not wage increases; these are one-time bonuses.

Will companies pay them again, and if so when? Third, the $1,000 represents a fraction of the estimated potential company tax savings.

Using 2016 net income, 2016 effective tax rates, the new 21-percent corporate tax rate and company bonuses, we estimated company bonuses as a percentage of a number of company’s potential tax savings. The results: In many cases, the bonuses represent a mere pittance of the possible tax savings.

Navient announced that it would be giving $1,000 bonuses to 98 percent of its 6,7000 employees, paying out nearly $7 million in bonuses. While that may seem generous, it pales in comparison to Navient’s potential tax savings.

Using Navient’s 2016 net income, its 2016 effective tax rate, estimated annual tax savings of nearly $200 million and its announced bonuses, we calculated that the announced bonuses represent less than 4 percent of Navient’s potential tax savings.

Turning to the airline industry, JetBlue’s employees might be feeling blue if they realized that their $1,000 bonuses are estimated to be less than 10 percent of JetBlue’s potential tax savings, while American Airlines’ bonuses are estimated to represent less than 15 percent of its estimated potential annual tax savings

Not to be outdone, Comcast’s bonuses represent less than 8 percent of its estimated potential annual tax savings, while Walmart appears downright generous, giving an estimated $0.16 of every dollar of its estimated potential annual tax savings to employees in the form of bonuses.

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What happened to the minimum $4,000 promised? I guess like many promises by politicians, they were empty. Instead, they seem to have gone to share buybacks. For the period December 2017 through February 2018, share buybacks more than doubled to $200 million.

Is a $323 wage increase and a one-time bonus of $1,000 that represents a fraction of estimated potential company tax savings worth the more than $1 trillion in additional debt placed on Americans? Is this the best Congress could do? No.

Instead, Congress could have simply made each company’s tax cut contingent on each company increasing wages. The problem is that some companies receiving tax cuts didn’t raise wages.

If Congress had made each company’s tax cut contingent on each company’s wage increases, the American people would have gotten more bang for their tax cut bucks. Additionally, this would have created a real incentive for companies to raise wages: Increase wages, get a tax cut; don’t and you won’t.

If the justification for saddling the American people with at least $1 trillion in additional debt was greater wage growth, tax cuts should have been tied to each company’s wage growth; that’s just logical. That’s getting a better deal for the American people, and that’s getting a better return on investment.

Chris Macke is the founder of Solutionomics, a think tank focused on developing solutions for a more efficient, merit-based corporate tax code. He has advised the U.S. Federal Reserve by providing market updates and implications of monetary policy changes on asset valuations and market distortions, and he's a contributor to the Fed Beige Book. Find him on Twitter: @solutionomics.

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