04-27-2018, 09:27 PM
he isn't impeached yet, nor is he out of the white house. It's easy to assume somebody else will clean up the mess we've made of our democracy. Just like when it was assumed the guy would never get elected so it was okay to stay home on voting day and whine that politics isn't fair.
The interesting takeaway from his Fox rant was twofold: 1) he undercut his legal defense that he was uninvolved with the Stormy Daniels situation by flat stating that Cohen represented him in that matter. You may not care who he fucked, but the payoff, if it can be proved to come from, be reimbursed by, or otherwise related to Trump campaign funds prior to the election...is illegal on a federal level. Prision.
2) He further undercut his legal defense by insisting that Michael Cohen was not his lawyer in any sense and only represented him in business matters. Hannity did the same thing. However, this bad attempt to minimize his role, just like Trump did with all the other current indictees, means that most of the seized documents and recorded phone calls from Cohen's offices are NOT PROTECTED by client attorney privilege, Neither is any of the dirt on Hannity. Further, since Trump is steadily trashing Cohen as a wannabe and bit player, Cohen is much more likely to flip as he is facing serious prison time. Word is he was hurt and pissed he didn't get to be the first Chief of Staff.
The interesting takeaway from his Fox rant was twofold: 1) he undercut his legal defense that he was uninvolved with the Stormy Daniels situation by flat stating that Cohen represented him in that matter. You may not care who he fucked, but the payoff, if it can be proved to come from, be reimbursed by, or otherwise related to Trump campaign funds prior to the election...is illegal on a federal level. Prision.
2) He further undercut his legal defense by insisting that Michael Cohen was not his lawyer in any sense and only represented him in business matters. Hannity did the same thing. However, this bad attempt to minimize his role, just like Trump did with all the other current indictees, means that most of the seized documents and recorded phone calls from Cohen's offices are NOT PROTECTED by client attorney privilege, Neither is any of the dirt on Hannity. Further, since Trump is steadily trashing Cohen as a wannabe and bit player, Cohen is much more likely to flip as he is facing serious prison time. Word is he was hurt and pissed he didn't get to be the first Chief of Staff.
Thank god I am oblivious to the opinions of others while caught in the blinding splendor of my own cleverness.