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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Holy Shit, I Thought Pecker Would Be Last One to Turn":Vanity Fair & Trump's desperation to deflect
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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/donald-trump-national-enquirer-allies-defect-david-pecker-michael-cohen
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According to a source close to A.M.I., Pecker and Trump havent spoken in roughly eight months. Howard remains particularly angry at Trump, two people close to Howard told me. There is no love lost, one person familiar with Howards thinking said. Another person said Howard hates Trump and feels used and abused by him.
Its likely that more Trump relationships will be stress-tested in the weeks to come as Trumps legal peril escalates. Cohens lawyer Lanny Davis has given a series of cable-news interviews intimating that Cohen has valuable and damaging information on Trump to share with Muellerincluding the claim that Trump had foreknowledge of Russias hacking of Clintons e-mails. One source close to Cohen told me Cohen wants to tell Mueller that Trump discussed the release of Clinton campaign chairman John Podestas e-mails during the weekend when the Access Hollywood "grab em by the pussy tape dominated the news cycle.
Its likely that more Trump relationships will be stress-tested in the weeks to come as Trumps legal peril escalates. Cohens lawyer Lanny Davis has given a series of cable-news interviews intimating that Cohen has valuable and damaging information on Trump to share with Muellerincluding the claim that Trump had foreknowledge of Russias hacking of Clintons e-mails. One source close to Cohen told me Cohen wants to tell Mueller that Trump discussed the release of Clinton campaign chairman John Podestas e-mails during the weekend when the Access Hollywood "grab em by the pussy tape dominated the news cycle.
Trump, meanwhile, is struggling to develop a strategy to push back on the damaging headlines. He largely avoided the topic of Cohen and Paul Manafort during his relatively subdued rally on Tuesday night in West Virginia. On Wednesday, he gave a meandering interview to Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt, in which he suggested the stock market might crash were he to be impeached. One source close to the White House said Trump is considering announcing hes revoked additional security clearances to create a new story line. The source added that Trump is even considering taking clearances from former members of his administration, including former national security adviser H.R. McMaster and secretary of state Rex Tillerson.
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"Holy Shit, I Thought Pecker Would Be Last One to Turn":Vanity Fair & Trump's desperation to deflect (Original Post)
hlthe2b
Aug 2018
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He's considering yanking McMaster's and Tillerson's security clearances too?
PearliePoo2
Aug 2018
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Jarqui
(10,130 posts)1. Trump has been slagging Cohen for taking a deal
but so far, he's only made a plea agreement - not an immunity deal.
But Trump can't even make that claim about Pecker because all Pecker is going for is immunity from doing the crime Trump is accused of.
The fact they got Pecker to cave shows how determined law enforcement is to get Trump.
Manafort in the wake of 11-1 for guilty in the 10 charges ending in a mistrial, like Papadopoulos, has to be having second thoughts
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)2. He's considering yanking McMaster's and Tillerson's security clearances too?
The desperate asshole REALLY wants some blaring headlines, I guess. Dig the hole deeper donald!