Near the climax of his book Disloyal, Michael Cohen writes: In the summer before the [2016] election, I told a reporter for Vanity Fair, Emily Jane Fox, that I’d take a bullet for Trump, and I meant it. But not if Donald Trump pulled the trigger. . . . Which of course, Trump did, in … Continue reading Michael Cohen: A Reckoning, Perhaps a Renewal, and After
I’ve finished Michael Cohen’s book, Disloyal, but I’m not through with it. In part that’s because the book itself isn’t finished. Not that Cohen has shortchanged readers. He simply ran out of time to get the book out in the market before the coming election, and I don’t fault him for that. Nor has he, … Continue reading Michael Cohen: From the White House to the Sewage Plant
Michael Cohen accompanied Trump on a number of trips to Las Vegas. A snippet from one such journey, from Cohen’s book, Disloyal: Checking into the Vegas Trump Tower, I was summoned up to his suite to discuss the day’s events. Trump was in his underwear, white Hanes briefs, and a white short-sleeve undershirt, watching cable … Continue reading Michael Cohen & Trump: Something a Bit Lighter
Michael Cohen describes the kickoff of the mutually self-serving “courtship” Between Trump & prominent evangelicals, who became a central pillar of Trump’s political base. From Disloyal, with rough language: “So how did the amoral Trump come to be beloved by evangelical voters, a question that remains one of the abiding mysteries to this day? Begin … Continue reading Trump Meets Jesus, and other Chumps
This is stunning stuff — it reads like something out of an action novel. But actually they are passages from a 30-page brief issued yesterday, by retired federal judge John Gleeson. Gleeson Relentlessly demolishes the Trump/Barr attempt to dismiss the Perjury conviction of former General Michael Flynn. [Background: “Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying … Continue reading Dynamite! Retired Federal Judge Eviscerates Trump/Barr Attempt to Drop Flynn Conviction