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riversedge

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Wed Feb 27, 2019, 02:14 PM Feb 2019

Cohen delivers riveting warning to Trump's GOP enablers: You'll 'suffer the same consequences that [View all]

Source: raw story







Cohen delivers riveting warning to Trump’s GOP enablers: You’ll ‘suffer the same consequences that I’m suffering’ now

27 Feb 2019 at 12:39 ET


Michael Cohen delivered a powerful warning to congressional Republicans running interference for President Donald Trump.

The former Trump Organization lawyer told GOP members of the House Oversight Committee that they were debasing themselves for the president, just as he had done for years, and he warned they, too, would one day regret it.

“There is a recurring refrain in your testimony that says, ‘and yet I continued to work for him,'” said Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN). “But at some point you changed. What was the breaking point at which you decided to start telling the truth?”

Cohen said several factors had convinced him to turn on his longtime boss, for whom he infamously vowed to take a bullet.

“There are several factors — Helsinki, Charlottesville, watching the daily destruction of our civility to one another, putting up silly things like this,” Cohen said. “Really unbecoming of Congress. It’s that sort of behavior that I’m responsible for. I’m responsible for your silliness, because I did the same thing that you’re doing now, for 10 years.”.........................

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/cohen-delivers-riveting-warning-trumps-gop-enablers-youll-suffer-consequences-im-suffering-now/







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Bingo The Blue Flower Feb 2019 #1
Warning underpants Feb 2019 #2
Make it so! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #5
That statement and the last OP paragraph LiberalLovinLug Feb 2019 #13
Cohen's words will ring in their heads for years and years, lagomorph777 Feb 2019 #22
That's right. Just ask Omarosa. YOHABLO Feb 2019 #20
Mafia CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #3
The republicans duforsure Feb 2019 #4
GOP is standing on a sinkhole lagomorph777 Feb 2019 #23
I hope so still_one Feb 2019 #6
Make it so. Oh, make it so! ffr Feb 2019 #7
Popcorn time forklift Feb 2019 #8
I noticed he is trying the tactic of "both sides are doing it" though. cstanleytech Feb 2019 #9
repugs keep repeating that this hearing is a waste of time, yet yaesu Feb 2019 #10
THIS MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #12
EXCELLENT point. And well worth repeating. calimary Feb 2019 #24
I dunno... Maxheader Feb 2019 #11
Question is though is he really turning on him? After all so far there has not been anything truly cstanleytech Feb 2019 #14
I'm looking forward to Mueller's public testimony AlexSFCA Feb 2019 #15
Trustworthy??? Traildogbob Feb 2019 #16
cohens comment about being in cheetozs presence... Maxheader Feb 2019 #17
Well, maybe as far as his time around Melania has been, maybe Progressive Jones Feb 2019 #19
Yep. THAT will be the money shot. That's the testimony that will truly matter. nt Progressive Jones Feb 2019 #18
"I Wear The Chains I Forged In Life...." nt smb Feb 2019 #21
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