***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[blastercombo]

Trickle down healthcare? At least now republicans can attack the things that matter the most...... control over female uterus’

 

[Nike Jordan]

aepps20

Man did all of that tap dancing just to get the boot.

THEY WILL NEVER **** WITH YOU

 

[aepps20]

Man did all of that tap dancing just to get the boot.

THEY WILL NEVER **** WITH YOU

FAKE NEWS. HIS BRAND OF #SMASHMOUTHPOLITICS was too much for SWAFT TACTICS OF Fox Lib News.

 

[blastercombo]

Man did all of that tap dancing just to get the boot.

THEY WILL NEVER **** WITH YOU

Lol he’s a dead man walking now. What a turnaround.

 

[boris]

 

[elpablo21]

Mikey got all type of receipts

 

[Belgium]

Emphasis on 4th day of congressional testimony from Cohen.
Before, during and after the public hearing, Republicans on the House Oversight committee relentlessly bashed the Democrat majority for interviewing a criminal and convicted liar who pleaded guilty to lying to the Senate Intel committee.

Some House Republicans asserted that this was the first time Congress an individual like Cohen was invited for testimony. However no Republicans took any issue with the appointment of current US Special Envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams, who testified before the House Foreign Affairs committee earlier in February. In the Iran/Contra investigation, Abrams entered a plea deal with the Independent Counsel and pleaded guilty to 2 counts of unlawfully withholding material documents from Congress. He was later pardoned by H.W. Bush.

In short, House Republicans across the board disparaged the Democrats for bringing this witness to Congress.
However the public hearing was not Cohen's first day of testimony in that week. The Senate Intel committee under leadership of Republican chairman Richard Burr had Cohen testify in a private setting the day before Cohen's public hearing. In fact they did not just invite him for an appearance, but chairman Burr issued also issued a subpoena after Cohen's second delay for his congressional testimony. House Republicans made no mention of the Republican-led Senate Intel committee inviting and even compelling Cohen to come testify, nor did they mention that Cohen testified to Senate Intel the day before the public hearing.
Additionally, Cohen's lying to congress conviction is based on his false testimony to the Senate Intel committee. Chairman Burr still subpoenaed Cohen to come testify again in spite of being convicted for previously lying to his committee, though House Republicans again neglected to mention that.
https://apnews.com/991f1295ab4d436f99e11b20fd1c433f
Cohen’s 4th day of testimony could touch on Russia, finances
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a fourth day of testimony as Democrats pursue a flurry of investigations into Trump’s White House, businesses and presidential campaign.

Cohen became a key figure in those investigations after turning on his former boss and cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. He was interviewed behind closed doors by both the Senate and House intelligence committees last week and was due for another private, daylong meeting with the House intelligence panel on Wednesday.

Cohen also testified publicly before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, where he called Trump a con man, a cheat and a racist. He pleaded guilty last year to lying to Congress, campaign finance violations and other charges and is set to begin a three-year prison sentence in May.

Among the issues discussed in Cohen’s closed-door interviews with both the House and the Senate was the issue of pardons, according to people familiar with those interviews. They requested anonymity to speak about the confidential discussion.

The issue is expected to come up again during Cohen’s return visit.

Cohen told Congress last week that he had never asked for and would not accept a pardon from Trump. But that may not be the full story.

According to people with knowledge of the situation, a lawyer for Cohen expressed interest to the Trump legal team in a possible pardon for his client in the aftermath of a raid last April on Cohen’s hotel room, home and office. The people are familiar with the encounter, but spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.

The president’s attorneys were noncommittal during the conversation with Cohen’s lawyer, the people said. Cohen did not participate in the conversation.

No pardon was given, and Cohen ultimately pleaded guilty and is cooperating against the president in separate investigations by the special counsel and by federal prosecutors in New York.

Asked about the pardon issue Tuesday evening, another Cohen attorney, Lanny Davis, said his client was speaking carefully during his public testimony. He acknowledged on MSNBC that Cohen “was certainly looking at the option of a pardon” before he decided to come clean and turn on Trump.

But since then, Davis said, Cohen has been clear that he wouldn’t accept a pardon.

There is nothing inherently improper about a subject in a criminal investigation seeking a pardon from a president given the president’s wide latitude in granting them. But lawmakers have requested information about talks on possible pardons for Cohen and other defendants close to the president who have become entangled in Mueller’s investigation.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said after last week’s private meeting with Cohen that the committee had “additional document requests” that they were discussing with him. Schiff would not comment on the substance of the interview but said it helped “to shed light on a lot of issues that are very core to our investigation.”

The intelligence panel is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether Trump’s campaign coordinated with the Russians. It also is looking into Trump’s foreign financial dealings and whether there was obstruction of justice. It is one of several probes Democrats have launched in recent weeks as they delve deeper into Trump’s political and personal dealings.

On Monday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., sent 81 letters to Trump’s family and associates seeking documents and information. Nadler said he would investigate possible obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power.

Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the duration of negotiations over a Trump real estate project in Moscow. In addition, he pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations for his involvement in payments to two women who allege they had affairs with Trump, affairs that Trump denies.

Federal prosecutors in New York have said Trump directed Cohen to arrange the payments to buy the silence of porn actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal in the run-up to the 2016 campaign. Cohen told a judge that he agreed to cover up Trump’s “dirty deeds” out of “blind loyalty.”

Cohen said in the Oversight testimony that Trump directed him to arrange the hush money payment to Daniels. He said the president arranged to reimburse Cohen, and Cohen took to the hearing a check that he said was proof of the transaction.

Trump has said Cohen “did bad things unrelated to Trump” and “is lying in order to reduce his prison time.”

Excerpt on Abrams' guilty plea from the Independent Counsel's final report:
https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_25.htm

Excerpt from February 26th article regarding Cohen's testimony before the Senate Intel committee that day, one day before Cohen's public hearing:
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/26/politics/michael-cohen-senate-intelligence-committee/index.html
Michael Cohen apologizes to Senate panel for lying to Congress
President Donald Trump's former fixer and personal attorney Michael Cohen expressed contrition Tuesday upon his return to Capitol Hill, apologizing to the Senate Intelligence Committee for the lies he told during his 2017 testimony, according to multiple sources familiar with his interview.

Cohen testified for roughly nine hours behind closed doors before the committee on Tuesday, the first of his three consecutive congressional appearances this week, with one public and two private sessions.

 

[cubanref]

Mikey got all type of receipts

But how can we trust a liar who lied about lying about lying to a liar who is always lying?

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[blastercombo]

But how can we trust a liar who lied about lying about lying to a liar who is always lying?

Lol, the funny part to this argument is that trump has been caught lying multiple times.... “oh, well that’s different”

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

 

[deuce king]

Joe Biden it is!!

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Man how doesn’t Trump find himself in jail after all of this?

 

[dwalk31]

Man how doesn’t Trump find himself in jail after all of this?

Jail for what

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Jail for what

Lol. He your daddy or nah?

 

[dwalk31]

Lol. He your daddy or nah?

nah

 

[johnnyredstorm]

nah

Then why you caping for a man who doesn’t value your humanity?

 

[noskey]

Then why you caping for a man who doesn’t value your humanity?

We must stuck up for due process. After all, due process isnt afforded to people who look like dwalk from people named Donald Trump.

 

[(*Fin)]

Jail for what?

Campaign finance violations, tax fraud and evasion, insurance fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice.... Dude is praying he gets reelected to avoid indictment.

 

[boris]

Man how doesn’t Trump find himself in jail after all of this?

He is a rich white male. Or, allegedly rich and a white male.

 

[dwalk31]

Then why you caping for a man who doesn’t value your humanity?

I just asked "jail for what?"

 

[Sharpshoeter13]

If Trump claims to have a lot of money, why pay Cohen in installments? He ran out of big checks?

Also, he should be disqualified from running for any position since he’s under investigation.

 

[Methodical Management]

I just asked "jail for what?"

I will remind you that trolling is against NikeTalk rules. Do we need a refresher?

 

[blastercombo]

Guys, if you didn’t go to jail for it then it never happened. Just like when cops shout and kill kids but have charges dropped because the only witness is dead. Means it was ok