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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichael Cohen and the End Stage of the Trump Presidency
On May 1, 2003, the day President George W. Bush landed on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in front of the massive Mission Accomplished sign, I was in Baghdad performing what had become a daily ritual. I went to a gate on the side of the Republican Palace, in the Green Zone, where an American soldier was receiving, one by one, a long line of Iraqis who came with questions and complaints. I remember a man complaining that his house had been run over by a tank. There was a woman who had been a government employee and wanted to know about her salary. The soldier had a form he was supposed to fill out with each persons request and that persons contact information. I stood there as the man talked to each person and, each time, said, Phone number? And each person would answer some version of The phone system of Iraq has been destroyed and doesnt work. Then the soldier would turn to the next person, write down the persons question or complaint, and then ask, Phone number? And each person would answer some version of The phone system of Iraq has been destroyed and doesnt work. Then the soldier would turn to the next person, write down the persons question or complaint, and then ask, Phone number?
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I thought of those earlier experiences this week as I began to feel a familiar clarity about what will unfold next in the Trump Presidency. There are lots of details and surprises to come, but the endgame of this Presidency seems as clear now as those of Iraq and the financial crisis did months before they unfolded. Last week, federal investigators raided the offices of Michael Cohen, the man who has been closer than anybody to Trumps most problematic business and personal relationships. This week, we learned that Cohen has been under criminal investigation for monthshis e-mails have been read, presumably his phones have been tapped, and his meetings have been monitored. Trump has long declared a red line: Robert Mueller must not investigate his businesses, and must only look at any possible collusion with Russia. That red line is now crossed and, for Trump, in the most troubling of ways. Even if he were to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and then had Mueller and his investigation put on ice, and even ifas is disturbingly possibleCongress did nothing, the Cohen prosecution would continue. Even if Trump pardons Cohen, the information the Feds have on him can become the basis for charges against others in the Trump Organization.
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The narrative that will become widely understood is that Donald Trump did not sit atop a global empire. He was not an intuitive genius and tough guy who created billions of dollars of wealth through fearlessness. He had a small, sad operation, mostly run by his two oldest children and Michael Cohen, a lousy lawyer who barely keeps up the pretenses of lawyering and who now faces an avalanche of charges, from taxicab-backed bank fraud to money laundering and campaign-finance violations
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/michael-cohen-and-the-end-stage-of-the-trump-presidency
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Michael Cohen and the End Stage of the Trump Presidency (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2018
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YOu have to laugh, after (No exaggeration) the 2,378th lie, the 345th credible evidence of collusion
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,255 posts)1. YOu have to laugh, after (No exaggeration) the 2,378th lie, the 345th credible evidence of collusion
and the 235th felony, maybe MAYBE he goes down.
When on the other side all it required was a blow job or owning A PRIVATE SERVER.
This is too fucked up for us to continue this way
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)2. Great article!