Despite this republican legislator's attempt to intimidate a witness on the eve of his testimony before Congress, Cohen's hearing is now in full swing.
His prepared testimony, in writing:
https://www.documentcloud.org/docume...019-02-26.html
Click through to this thread for a seemingly unending series of videos of the questions and answers:
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The republicans on the committee have, to put it mildly, lost it. Striking contrast between their posture and that of their counterparts in the Senate. I'm fond of saying that we're living in the post-shame era, but the behaviour of these chancers suggests that there may be a lot of shame yet--and that they're desperately trying to run from it.
Some specific allegations of crimes and lies on Trump's part include lying to Mueller in his written statement, re. Stone/WikiLeaks and of course the whole business w/ the illegal payoffs.
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The hearing so far suggests this is just the tip of the iceberg. So much of the info that is already public is already so damning that I'm not sure how much longer the GOP establishment can keep this up.