Schumer: Trump better not talk about pardons, Cohen, Manafort at West Virginia rally

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned President Trump on Tuesday that he should not discuss Michael Cohen or Paul Manafort during a campaign stop in West Virginia later that day.

“He better not talk about pardons or Michael Cohen or Paul Manafort tonight or any time in the future,” Schumer told reporters at the start of a press conference on his meeting with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

The campaign rally in West Virginia will come hours after Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud, tax fraud and campaign finance law violations. Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday of eight counts of bank and tax fraud.

Schumer declined to further discuss Cohen's plea or the verdicts, noting he had been in a meeting with Kavanaugh and wasn’t fully briefed on both events.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/402936-schumer-trump-better-not-talk-about-pardons-cohen-manafort-at-west-virginia

[Grasswire2]

1. BuzzFeed is writing about that possibility.

Sez the WH is in a panic over what he will say off script there.

[elleng]

2. Is he DARING trump to 'talk about pardons or Michael Cohen or Paul Manafort tonight or any time

in the future?'

Some kind of game Schumer's playing???

[underpants]

3. Squirrel!

Trump falls for it every time.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. I took it as the normal "Stop that, Trump!"

[shanny]

4. Or what?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. Exactly. We may have zero power but looking for

Out-of-the-box ideas here. Please.

[shanny]

7. Here's one: with John McCain out, Senate is 50-49 (with the Independents).

Not a single Democratic or Independent Senator shows up for Cavanaugh hearings, preventing the Senate from having a quorum--a majority--which is 51. No confirmation, since Pence can only vote to break a tie.

It is something that could be done to prevent a if-the-President-does-it-it's-not-illegal Nixonian on the Court when the President in question should be under indictment.

The Pukes would cheat--of course!--and change the rules but at this point the more they do that the worse it will be for them this fall.

It's all I've got.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Like it...but then there is Claire M throwing monkey wrench in. Nt

[shanny]

9. At some point even the McCaskills

and Manchins in the party need to do their part... not to mention the Schumers.

No sternly worded letters or warnings. Stand the eff up and fight.