One thing to bear in mind while Republicans roast Cohen for being an untrustworthy scumbag today

[EarlG]

is that not only was Cohen Trump’s personal fixer, he was also Deputy Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Until JUNE 2018!!!

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/politics/cohen-resigns-from-rnc/index.html

[kentuck]

1. good point!

And Cohen wasn't the only "liar". They all lied. They are all guilty of deception.

[a kennedy]

13. and as I've said before, I WANT THEM ALL TO FRY.

Every damn one of em. and then, heard some piece of shit, say on the call in C-SPAN "oh everyone has paid hush money", "even my congressmen". WTF??? Caller saying it's was ok for the president to pay hush money!!! WTF???

[saidsimplesimon]

15. For all I know the caller

was a rumpy or Russian troll. There is little difference between the two. However, it would not surprise me if it was a flat earth, science denier (see Neflix documentary).

[a kennedy]

17. I know, I was just screaming at the TV......I try to shield myself from all the BS, but was waiting

for the hearing and just happened to catch this caller.

[saidsimplesimon]

18. Glad you shared it

I am hanging out on DU while the media is consumed with the latest news from the eastern white house,
NK, or who asked the best questions. I will wait for reports from DU and the Maddow show later.

Don't those two cretins know how bad it looks on TV when two corpulent men are watching a parade of starving soldiers and citizens?

[brandnewday2009]

14. ESPECIALLY ...

their glorious cult leader

[DownriverDem]

28. Forgive me

I can't stand southern accents like Meadows. It grates on my ears.

[BigmanPigman]

38. I have been feeling the same way.

It seems to me that the majority of the GOP on the committee today have southern accents...

[randr]

2. Another thing to bear in mind is that Rebublicans are still carrying the water

that Cohen is claiming to have let down. He is done working for the lsos and they are still in his grip.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Yep, he's one of theirs.

[Botany]

5. And don't forget that many many many republicans were on the take from Russia too.

Cohen's uncle was the owner of the club where the Russian mafia in America would hold meeting @.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns

either from the oligarchs

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/the-nra-spent-dollar30-million-to-elect-trump-was-it-russian-money

or Russian money that was washed through the NRA ... which went to Trump & GOP Senators

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/the-nra-spent-dollar30-million-to-elect-trump-was-it-russian-money

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The Trump-Russia story is so vast it crosses 25+ disciplines—so many areas of expertise *no analyst* could be expert in even *half* the key areas. *Anyone* who pretends they're some sort of "one-stop shopping" for analysis or says they know *everything* about the case is *lying*.

[saidsimplesimon]

16. Thanks for the reminder, Botany.

Never forget and never stop working to defeat the GOP at the polls and in the courts.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. Who among us doesn't have "only the best people" ringing in their ears?

I suppose the word "best" is subject to context.......

In Trump's context, Bernie Madoff was the best for a while............

[zentrum]

6. Ha! Good point.

[duforsure]

7. When any former republican , now a trump fascist speak out against Cohen lying

Needs to be asked point blank if they would be behind getting trump testifying under oath to them in Congress like Cohen has done. trump will refuse , and they will be against him being put before members of Congress to testify too. He'll lie and they know it.

[Tom Rinaldo]

8. BOOM!. And not to mention that Trump only hires "the best people"

...and has them working in his inner sanctum for a decade or more before deciding that they are "losers".

[uponit7771]

9. The guy who got sued for running a fake college calls another person a liar !?!? LOL !!!

[DirtEdonE]

10. Another thing to bear in mind is

Cohen was being an untrustworthy scumbag for and at the direction of that untrustworthy scumbag trump.

[dhill926]

20. exactly right...

Hope this is pointed out today. It serves as a great comeback to the assholes....

[Volaris]

11. Thats right they're not mad at him for being an untrustworthy scumbag,

Because he was THEIR Untrustworthy Scumbag. They're mad at him for being a DISLOYAL Untrustworthy Scumbag lol.
Oh well. If you're in the business of Fucking Rats, there's a good chance that eventually, you'll screw up and fuck the wrong one.

The Senate Majority is about to have a very bad day, methinks.

[True Blue American]

12. Meadows and Gym Jordan just had their heads

Handed to them. Motion tabled and Cummings statement,” You did not want them to hear what he has to say!”

[Scurrilous]

19. Yep.

[Honeycombe8]

21. I did not know that. Good point. nt

[bigtree]

22. k&r

...let's keep this pinned.

[cbdo2007]

23. A Dem rep should bring this up and ask if he ever did any Illegal while in that role, and if any

Repubes on the committee benefited financially from the Republican National Committee during that time.

That suddenly throws them all into as co-conspirators.

[Saviolo]

24. The whole "he's a convicted liar!" is a weird flex from the GOP

Given that the thing he's been convicted of lying about is saying that Trump did nothing wrong.

So... your defense of the President is that his personal lawyer lied to Congress about him doing nothing wrong? Is whatever Rudy Giuliani has spreading?

[watoos]

25. Anyone else frustrated

at the questions that the Democrats are asking?

Are they prepared?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. He may be an untrustworthy scumbag, but he was acting as such

on behalf of Trump. His previous lies to Congress for which he was prosecuted were lies he told to protect Trump.

[Zoonart]

27. Posted this earlier

Great quote to keep in mind today when we hear GOP howling about MC being a liar.

"Plots hatched in hell are seldom witnessed by angels."

[DesertRat]

29. k&r

[SergeStorms]

30. These "law and order" republicans...

have not asked one question about the crimes Trump has supposedly committed. All they're interested in is debasing Cohen, and painting him as a no good, rotten liar. They don't care one iota about all the bullshit their "great president" has done. They don't fucking care! If that's not enough to make your blood boil, you have no blood to boil.

[FailureToCommunicate]

31. Oh I do hope some Dem on the committee brings this up!

[AmericanActivist]

32. Cohen must know a great deal about the dealings of the RNC nm

[mcar]

33. I've enjoyed hearing him throw that in

here and there.

[librechik]

34. I've been waiting and waiting for ANYONE to mention this.

In fact every Dem should repeat it before beginning their questions.

[IcyPeas]

35. yay, it was just mentioned

[Niagara]

36. K & R

[Grasswire2]

37. And he says he was a registered Dem during that time...LOL nt

[TrollBuster9090]

39. Republicans hire only the best people. nt

[McKim]

40. I Loved the Tax Evasion and Public Funds to Build Trump Golf Courses Mentioned

I loved that Taz evasion and using Public Money to Build His Golf Course were mentioned. Surely the republicans in the audience had done to same thing or benefitted from this. This is normal behavior for them...........and they don’t want anyone to get justice for it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. He was Trump's scumbag. Trump groomed and controlled him. . . . nt

[C Moon]

42. Wow! And you can't say they forgot about that.

But I'm sure they hope the rest of the country forgot about it.
Thanks EarlG!
Because I didn't know that.

[Chalco]

43. Another thing to remember...

is that their repeated attacks on Cohen's character means that they could not dispute the facts.

[dalton99a]

44. Kick