Michael Cohen's interrogation of conscience

[Aimless]

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.

[Steely Glint]

I'm not sure how much longer the GOP establishment can keep this up.

Watch them.

[Ominous Gamer]

For how big an asshole he is, he did good reminding everyone that he is a fucking lawyer. Really embarrassed the GOP, even their meme sign. Very well articulated concerning how awful Trump was, is, and how ridiculous the GOP has become.

The Republicans didn't even bother trying to defend Trump, all they did was attack Cohen. Despite the positions and years of service he has working for Trump and that party of asshats.

[Hazir]

I wonder how that hearing looked like to Americans who support Trump. I felt like I was watching a poorly executed hatchet job whenever a republican took the word.

[Ominous Gamer]

Ignorance and stupidity.

They're bitching that it was scripted and he was coached by the Dems. That somehow Trump being in NK means that nothing happening with Cohen matters.

[Ominous Gamer]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics...s-tax-returns/

https://www.esquire.com/news-politic...isgrace-trump/

https://www.nbcnews.com/card/democra...-trump-n977046

https://www.motherjones.com/politics...gLSOBSC5blObZo

[Aimless]

You can say what you like about the new generation of Democratic reps and their policy positions, but it's hard to deny they were among the only ones to use their time effectively at this hearing, both when it came to furthering their objectives wrt investigation & oversight as well as wrt their broader political objectives eg. building a brand. In their few short minutes of questioning, AOC & Ro Khanna appear to have helped lay the groundwork for effectively pursuing much more useful investigations into crimes--tax fraud, insurance fraud, campaign finance violations, perjury--that implicate Trump, TrumpOrg, Dummy Jr, Pecker, Weisselberg & others. Not gonna speculate on what Cohen's answers may imply about what evidence Mueller's team or the SDNY may or may not have, but it seems fair to assume they may help build a case that ultimately doesn't rest on Cohen's testimony.

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Friends in High Places:

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/13/p...llo/index.html