Trump’s Lawyer Forgets to Pretend He’s Innocent, Also Compares Him to Mobster
One of the ways in which the scandals around President Trump have come to resemble a mob movie, other than the nature of the crimes themselves, is that nobody involved is putting up much of a pretense that Trump is innocent. Asked today by Katy Tur if “there’s any chance [Michael Cohen] would end up cooperating, flipping,” Anthony Scaramucci said no, because Cohen ‘is a very loyal person.”
You meant because Trump is innocent, right? Cohen is not going to testify against Trump because Trump did nothing wrong?
Not all of Trump’s supporters feel so confident that Cohen will respect the omerta. In a conversation with Trump last Friday, Jay Goldberg, one of Trump’s lawyers, warned the president, “Michael will never stand up [for you]” if charged by the government, according to the Wall Street Journal . But why would Trump have anything to worry about, unless… Trump committed a crime that Cohen knows about?
In an interview with the Journal , Goldberg elucidated his concerns about Cohen’s loyalty and the devastating impact it would have if he cooperated with the government. “The mob was broken by Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano caving in out of the prospect of a jail sentence,” Goldberg explained.
Again, this makes a lot of sense as a legal defense strategy for a businessman who has probably done a lot of illegal stuff. But as a public relations strategy, isn’t Trump’s lawyer supposed to say he believes Cohen is innocent, and would be shocked to learn if he did something wrong, because of course Trump has never engaged in any illegal behavior and would never tolerate it among his employees? He’s probably not supposed to casually liken the president of the United States to the boss of a criminal syndicate.
Update : Politico has more reporting on Trump allies expressing concern that Cohen will flip on Trump. All of the sources implicitly assume both Cohen and Trump are guilty of serious crimes. (Because otherwise, Cohen couldn’t give prosecutors any information damaging to Trump.) And many of them also use mafia lingo. “I think for two years or four years or five years Michael Cohen would be a stand-up guy. I think he’d tell them go piss up a rope,” says a defense lawyer who represents a senior Trump aide, “But depending on dollars involved, which can be a big driver, or if they look at him and say it’s not two to four years, it’s 18 to 22, then how loyal is he?”
18-22 years sounds like it would involve some pretty serious crimes, huh?
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This was an interesting read, and you also don't see use of the word "omerta" very often either, so that was a nice inclusion.
It's hilarious just how arrogant the Trump team is, that they don't even consider thinking before they speak.
Although it is somewhat belaboring the obvious in the context of this article, it is still a good question - if Trump is innocent why is there so much talk of people 'flipping' on him?
Breaking news: Trump just twittered that Mueller called him and told him he was the most innocent man in the history of humankind. And that he's the best looking innocent man that ever lived. And had the biggest hands of anyone anywhere who's that innocent.
I like "Cute" !
Trump has some cute moments .
Yep !
Obama did too. Gotta luv his tongue being a bit scardy cat of what he truly wanted.
... and that is why I love you!
I should have known. "Meow" was spelled correctly.
Oh, that was good ... real good! That should be a drinking game too. And every time he holds up that little index finger while 'crooking' his little little finger just so, you gotta slam a shot of tequila.
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
"And didn't say 'Believe me"
Anyone whose Mantra is "Believe me" is someone I will never trust, or believe, as they are undoubtedly untrustworthy, or they would not have to ask to be trusted so much. For me, trust is in what they do, not what they say, and a person who cannot or will not be a person of their word and changes their mind or stance on things from one hour to the next is not a person to be trusted, as they are lying, easily influenced by others, or both.
Wise words, Raven.
Update : Politico has more reporting on Trump allies expressing concern that Cohen will flip on Trump.
But in order to keep some sense of loyalty to Trump after turning on him, he intends to stand before the court after sentencing and repeat what he's heard Trump's teavangelical base saying all along: "Let he who HASN’T raw dogged a porn star just after the birth of his fifth child with his third wife cast the first stone."
The "Kardashian soap opera". They'll have a baby with ANYONE too. But they are "Stars" ! Hey "Dad"? need some of my makeup ?
They're my "Heroes" !
More like enterpreneurs. We too could possibly become famous simply by making a home porn video. So many possibilities, so little time!
Ain't that the truth.
"More like enterpreneurs. "
So that's what it's called now.
Obama going to the Porn....ummmm.....Prom , and after the Prom !
Putin was much more romantic .
At least Putin's making an honest woman out of Trump .
I see a Putin body Double under Trumps head.
I've always wondered how someone who's never actually done anything can have "fans." Paris Hilton really started it - and Kim Kardashian was her assistant back then. It must piss her off that Kim took a page from her book, made a sex tape herself (complete with golden shower from what I've heard, thus really one-upping Paris), eclipsed her, and ended up MUCH more famous.
Got me.....but it's a money maker for sure.
Golden showers? Good grief.
Say this three times fast: She sells sea smells down by the pee whore.
BRAVISSIMO!!
The old adage is true:
You can lead a whore to water but you can't make her think.
Didn't you mean "tink?"
Hey! I was just wondering where you were ... I wrote down ten puns I thought people would win anti-pun people over. Unfortunately for me, no pun in ten did.
That's an old joke, by the way. I really wanted a pun about pole vaulters, but none of them seemed to go over well.
LOL, now we drifted into the world of the ''Godfather''
Sammy ''The Bull'' will be a on site tech adviser in the upcoming movie...''The Gang That Couldn't Talk Straight''.....
Now I'm laughing my ass off. I can just picture Trump screaming at all his buddies in Attica the day that the movie comes out......."Hey you guys, this is going to be the hugest, biggerest, most profitable, bestest, movie ever. It's going to make upteen billion dollars, almost enough to pay my lawyer's fees. I'm going to be getting the biggest, most golden academy award ever. The only thing is that they should have done justice to the movie and named it The Greatest Biggerest Story Ever Told".
Bada bing, bada boom....Bigly, covfefe.
TRUMPS FORMER ATTORNEY WARNED HIM NOT TO TRUST COHEN.
Based on other reporting I've read about Cohen's ownership interest in the club from which the Russian mob ran their business it sounds like Cohen has some significant legal exposure. No wonder Trump rents to so many Russian mobsters - he's not merely laundering money for them, he's drinking buddies with them.
Bingo!
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I hope these people know that in order to receive a pardon, they have to admit guilt to a certain degree. I also find it interesting that it has even been brought up already. I thought Trump claimed his innocence. Why is he acting guilty? Why doesn't he just let the Justice Department and the feds do their jobs? If I were innocent of all alleged charges, I'd say 'investigate away!' Not Trump though. If he's as innocent as he claims, why is he behaving as if he's guilty?
I'm leaning toward Because he is. He also doesn't understand how our republic works with checks and balances and all.
I ain't leaning toward that, I'm laying on top of it!
Cuomo is pushing to get the state's double jeopardy statute revised so that it specifically excludes federal convictions which were subsequently pardoned. I hope that happens soon.
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People who know Cohen seem to think it's a near certainty he'll roll on Dump.
True dat. Most people got that clue from Cohen stating the FBI was "polite and respectful." Certainly a 180 on his usual pitbull demeanor, which to them indicated that change was afoot. Imagine. People thinking something's up because a Trump ally is polite.