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We now know Michael Cohen paid $280,000 to buy the silence of women with whom Trump had affairs. Using fake invoices to hide what the money was used for, Cohen was reimbursed by one of Trump's realty companies. Manafort and Cohen, two of those "best people" Trump said he would surround himself with, are now convicted felons facing prison time. As a Los Angeles Times editorial notes, those convictions will make it much harder for Trump to discredit Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation.
Manafort convictions show Mueller probe is no 'witch hunt.' But Cohen's guilty pleas are what Trump should fear.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/edito...821-story.html
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"Class, can anyone give me an example that proves the old adage, 'birds of a feather stick together'?" "Ooh! Ooh! I can!"
Senior Republicans hesitate to criticize Trump after Manafort and Cohen verdicts
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...gF83?ocid=AMZN
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Trump repeatedly attacks Robert Mueller's investigative team. He calls the Russia probe a "rigged witch hunt" while ignoring all the resultant indictments, guilty pleas and convictions of federal crimes. He calls the investigators "angry Democrats" while ignoring the fact that many of them, including Mueller, are Republicans. Trump now insists the investigation is illegal and Rudy Giuliani, Trump's lap dog, is doing everything he can to help Trump discredit Mueller. If, as Trump insists, he has committed no crimes and has nothing to hide, then why is he working so hard to discredit Mueller and the investigation?
Rudy Giuliani is putting together a 'counter-report' to question Robert Mueller's 'legitimacy'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...FKx3?ocid=AMZN
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A huge majority of Republicans still support Trump but the percentage is declining. Overall, his disapproval numbers are at an all-time high. If, as he has threatened to do, Trump winds up interfering with the FBI and/or the Justice Department and/or the Mueller investigation, his disapproval numbers will go higher -- much higher.
Poll: 60% disapprove of Trump while clear majorities back Mueller and Sessions
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...GZQx?ocid=AMZN
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The investigation that Trump keeps calling a "rigged witch hunt" has resulted in another guilty plea by another witch: Sam Patten. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who has been found guilty on eight counts of tax evasion and bank fraud, is facing a second trial in September -- and possibly a third. Both Patten and Manafort failed to disclose their Ukraine lobbying work. The web of Trump-Russia connections continues to get more and more tangled.
Paul Manafort ally Sam Patten agrees to cooperate with US after pleading guilty to a lobbying crime
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...fara-violationT
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Attempting to arrange a meeting between Trump and Putin in 2016, Papadopoulos met with two Russians and a university professor with ties to Russia. The meeting never took place. In January 2017, Papadopoulos lied about the proposed meeting to the FBI. I find it very revealing that he called Trump his "master."
George Papadopoulos asks for probation for lying to FBI
CBS News, Sep 1 2018 9:35 AM
Ahead of his sentencing next week, former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos submitted his sentencing memorandum late Friday night. He is asking the court to give him probation for his charge of lying to the FBI. The memo says he was "young" and lied out of "misguided loyalty to his master." The special counsel has recommended a sentence of up to six months. Papadopoulos is to be sentenced September 8.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-...-lying-to-fbi/
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Presidents Jefferson, Nixon and Clinton were served with subpoenas while in office. Robert Mueller is likely to subpoena Trump to testify before a grand jury regarding possible collusion and obstruction of justice -- and Trump is likely to ignore the subpoena and refuse to testify. The issue might wind up in court -- and it is likely a judge will order Trump to testify. I keep saying this: Trump, who continually vilifies Mueller and calls the Russia investigation a "rigged witch hunt," certainly isn't acting like a man who is innocent.
What three previous Presidents did when they were subpoenaed and what could happen if Mueller tries to make Trump testify
https://www.businessinsider.com/can-...a-trump-2018-8
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Trump, who has been busy attacking Bob Woodward's upcomng book as "libel" and filled with "made-up stories" and who continues to attack the "fake news media" and whose Supreme Court nominee will not say if a President is obligated to respond to a subpoena -- I say he is, definitely -- still claims he wants to testify in the Russia probe.....but he and his lawyers keep trying to discredit Mueller and the investigation and impose restrictions on what topics Mueller can ask Trump about. It's looking more and more unlikely that Trump will sit for an interview. But don't forget -- he says he's done nothing wrong.
Mueller will accept some written answers from Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...SID3?ocid=AMZN
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There is a saying, "Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies." I'm thinking it could be Donald Trump's motto.
Giuliani says Trump will not answer questions about obstruction of justice
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giulian...ion-questions/
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More of the same old same old from Donald Trump today: "No collusion! No obstruction! Witch hunt!" And Trump is worried about a "perjury trap"? A person who tells the truth is not going to be charged with perjury. Is Trump capable of telling the truth? Ummm.......
Trump fears 'perjury trap' if he sits down with Mueller
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...11DR?ocid=AMZN
