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AndJusticeForSome

(537 posts)
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:03 PM Feb 2019

What questions should have, but weren't, asked today of Cohen?

Maybe it's because we here follow this so closely, that it seems like we pretty much already know as much as can be known at this point, but I can't help feeling let down by Cohen's testimony today. Maybe because we have been waiting so long to hear it? It didn't seem as dramatic or revelatory as it should have been.

I'm certain that there are many unasked and unanswered questions left, that should have been asked today.

Maybe it will help to compile a list of specific questions that you believe should have been asked today, or even ones that were asked but may have not been answered adequately.

I think I would have liked more pointed questions about how Trump "non-directs" his people to do his dirty work. More examples. Just really hammer at it, over and over.

Or, delve deeply into how utterly inconceivable it is that Trump didn't know about Jr's meeting. Stuff like that. Not just a "I think maybe I overheard something junior whispered to his dad" crap.

I feel Trump got off way too easy today.

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What questions should have, but weren't, asked today of Cohen? (Original Post) AndJusticeForSome Feb 2019 OP
"What do you look for True Dough Feb 2019 #1
Ok that made me laugh. Stop it. AndJusticeForSome Feb 2019 #12
That's what I'm here for True Dough Feb 2019 #17
Illegalities within the Republican National Committee Beakybird Feb 2019 #2
Damn right. nt AndJusticeForSome Feb 2019 #9
I like how you think Generic Brad Feb 2019 #19
How high do you think Mr. Trump's blood pressure is, while viewing this hearing in the whitehouse? dubyadiprecession Feb 2019 #3
Unfortunately, I can imagine Trump thinking to himself AndJusticeForSome Feb 2019 #10
Did Trump pay off women who had abortions? RockRaven Feb 2019 #4
Excellent. nt AndJusticeForSome Feb 2019 #11
Epstein question was not asked AlexSFCA Feb 2019 #5
I can only hope it's because it was covered yesterday AndJusticeForSome Feb 2019 #14
definately missed opportunity AlexSFCA Feb 2019 #16
That question was not asked because he had bipartisan friends. former9thward Feb 2019 #18
You were the deputy finance chairman for the RNC up until last June gratuitous Feb 2019 #6
"You have said several times MurrayDelph Feb 2019 #7
Yes! nt AndJusticeForSome Feb 2019 #8
"How many times did you lie on behalf of Donald Trump?" Awsi Dooger Feb 2019 #13
Spot on, thanks. nt AndJusticeForSome Feb 2019 #15

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
19. I like how you think
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:58 PM
Feb 2019

That is definitely a thread that needs to be tugged on. Let the unraveling begin.

AndJusticeForSome

(537 posts)
10. Unfortunately, I can imagine Trump thinking to himself
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:26 PM
Feb 2019

with his beady little squinty eyes: "Hmm, this isn't so bad after all. I knew I shouldn't worry."

RockRaven

(14,967 posts)
4. Did Trump pay off women who had abortions?
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:20 PM
Feb 2019

What's identity of the man who threatened Stormy Daniels?

How often have you been paid, and how much in total, by the Trump Foundation? How much of that was legitimate payments for work actually done for the charity?

What do you know about where Trump inauguration money went?

AndJusticeForSome

(537 posts)
14. I can only hope it's because it was covered yesterday
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:29 PM
Feb 2019

Or was otherwise off limits. But probably not. Huge missed opportunity.

former9thward

(32,009 posts)
18. That question was not asked because he had bipartisan friends.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:43 PM
Feb 2019

And everyone at that level knows it. It will never be asked.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. You were the deputy finance chairman for the RNC up until last June
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:22 PM
Feb 2019

Do you think you'll go back to that after you've served your sentence?

MurrayDelph

(5,294 posts)
7. "You have said several times
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:22 PM
Feb 2019

that you have not been to Prague. A phone registered to you had allegedly pinged near Prague. Have you ever loaned your phones out, and if so to whom?"

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
13. "How many times did you lie on behalf of Donald Trump?"
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:29 PM
Feb 2019

Get a number like that our there. That would be an instant sound byte, perhaps the highlight of the hearing. Then ask Cohen if that number is representative of what others are expected to do for Trump. Hammer home that lying and cheating are the essence of Trump and everything he does.

I thought a severe missed opportunity was not asking Cohen about a potential 2020 campaign and if he had talked about it with Trump, or overheard Trump say anything. Ask Cohen how he thought a pathological liar like Trump would deal with a campaign in which re-election and therefore his legacy was at stake. That might have been a doozy. If Mueller goes nowhere and we're stuck with Trump running again, at least we would have words from Cohen regarding all the atrocities Trump would take during that campaign. Instead, we totally whiffed that line of questioning and merely had Cohen's words in the post-hearing interview, which is fine but not close to equivalent. Frankly I have no idea how nobody thought of that.

I wish Cohen would have quoted Lindsey Graham's early summation of Trump countless times, just like he mentioned Trump shooting someone on 5th Avenue multiple times. Then tell the Republicans on the panel they likewise have all been shamefully absorbed, just like Graham, and will treated harshly by history, whether they realize it or not.

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