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(38,489 posts)Gothmog
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C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Is much worse than lying to Congress.
What a fucking conspiracy.
Do we have enough to file charges yet?
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)I hope so.
Nevermypresident
(781 posts)snipped:
"The special counsels office learned about Trumps directive for Cohen to lie to Congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization and internal company emails, text messages, and a cache of other documents. Cohen then acknowledged those instructions during his interviews with that office."
You see that! Evidence in the form of a "cache" of documents, multiple witnesses from the trump organization, texts... looks like Mueller's got Cohen statements corroborated six ways from Sunday. Love it!
Soooo, evidence that the sitting President of the United States coordinated and sanctioned his lawyer to lie to Congress. Let that marinate.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/trump-russia-cohen-moscow-tower-mueller-investigation
Andy823
(11,495 posts)in the coffin!
Gothmog
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roamer65
(36,747 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,489 posts)TrogL
(32,822 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,823 posts)Basement Beat
(659 posts)I'll be sure to clear my day and have some great snacks and a bottle of whiskey.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)superpatriotman
(6,252 posts)This sonofabitch motherfucker must go!
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)so apparently yes there is corroborating evidence.
Nevermypresident
(781 posts)Mueller has texts, internal company emails, cache of documents, multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization.
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)Gothmog
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dalton99a
(81,635 posts)Democrats demand investigation after report that Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress
By Tim Elfrink
January 18 at 12:12 AM
Democratic leaders reacted with fury and demanded an investigation late Thursday following a new report that President Trump personally directed his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about the presidents push for a lucrative condo project in Moscow in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
The Thursday night report from BuzzFeed News cites two unnamed federal law enforcement officials who say Cohen acknowledged in interviews with the office of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III that the president directed him to deceive Congress about key facts linking Trump to the proposed deal in Russia. Cohen pleaded guilty in November to lying under oath about those details.
Democrats said that if the report is accurate, Trump must quickly be held to account for his role in the perjury, with some raising the specter of impeachment.
The allegation that the President of the United States may have suborned perjury before our committee in an effort to curtail the investigation and cover up his business dealings with Russia is among the most serious to date, wrote Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. We will do whats necessary to find out if its true.
Coventina
(27,195 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Nevermypresident
(781 posts)from Republican operative and Never Trumper Rick Wilson:
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I've cautioned everyone to keep your foot off the impeachment pedal because this Senate will never convict.
If this story is true and *proven,* I think there's no choice but to impeach the President of The United States for obstruction and subornation of perjury.
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Duppers
(28,127 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Gothmog
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Duppers
(28,127 posts)DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)Duppers
(28,127 posts)And bite me.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)During the presidential campaign, Michael Cohen discussed the matter with a representative of Putins press secretary, according to two US sources.
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Gothmog
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moondust
(20,014 posts)if Sen. Klobuchar knew about this new Cohen story and wanted to get Barr on the record regarding obstruction.
Feb. 7 (Cohen Day) is three weeks from today.
malaise
(269,200 posts)ITTMF*
*indict/Impeach
MaryMagdaline
(6,856 posts)Gothmog
(145,631 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Been waiting for Amy to get her swings in after Kavanaugh hurt her feelings about drinking. (her dad.)
Gothmog
(145,631 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Right on Mrs K. Special K.
Gothmog
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slumcamper
(1,606 posts)hibbing
(10,109 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)And he got away w it. Sure an odd thing to brag about. But if youre a rich kid, gangster wannabe.....not so much, especially if he did it. Personally, I think the elder cohen atty(?) the real dirt bag one...may have got his ass out of a jam on that one and he's fancied himself John Gotti ever since. .
ffr
(22,672 posts)Get in there Mitch, you complicit Russia loving traitor!
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)ffr
(22,672 posts)My red-white-and-blue is getting all up in a bunch.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Obstruction and suborning perjury. I might have lost a bet i made earlier today.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)uponit7771
(90,367 posts)Grammy23
(5,815 posts)Can you just imagine the chaos within??
Question: Melania went to Florida correct? So where is Barron? Please say that kid is not alone at the White House with his whacko father. Surely with all their money ( ) they could afford a private teacher for him so he could go with his mother. Maybe she knew the dam was busting wide open. Or tRump had been on a toot and she was sick of his sh*t.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Where is that poor kid? We never see or hear anything about him. He wasn't even in the family Christmas photo.
Gothmog
(145,631 posts)Grammy23
(5,815 posts)and all the news breaking tonight. I will bet his Tweets are off the charts in the early a.m. which, come to think of it, is not that long from now.
I thought Melanias Parents were at the WH, too. All one big happy family.
But we never hear anything much lately about any of them and tRump mentions being alone in the WH frequently. Even during the holidays. Bet he was discussing his situation with portraits lining the hallways. Oh, to have had access to those one way conversations. Maybe this whole thing has sent him over the edge as he contemplates how to get out of the jam he is in. He has Putin breathing down his neck on the one hand and sees people like Cohen abandoning ship on the other. It must be truly maddening to not be able to control things the way he used to do. No one left to pay off or pay to do your dirty work.
This is going to make one hell of a book but being witness to it (at this stage) is enough to induce insomnia and a big stomach ache. I hope the breaking news of the past 24 hours is a signal things are almost boiling and will reveal a lot of answers. We need a break. Those of us news junkies are on overload and need some real answers, not just more speculation about what it all means.
I definitely need some shut eye before the morning gets here and the talking heads start chewing over last nights bombshell.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Barron is enrolled in a private school in the suburban DC area.
That is what Ive heard about, but who knows what is true. It would seem to make sense though, because Dolt45 tweets about being alone at the White House when schools are in session.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Doodley
(9,142 posts)like a rat from a sewer.
torius
(1,652 posts)and directs others to lie. The Repugs don't care, and the Dems are the minority. They should impeach but they seem committed to waiting for Mueller, who may be fired soon by his frenemy Barr.