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
Almost by accident, in 1997 I became a crime reporter, specializing in church-related financial frauds. My first major investigative report, called “Fleecing the Faithful,” is still online. Michael Cohen’s book “Disloyal” brings back those years. The crime schemes I covered were obscure, and often complicated to explain. Although they ruined many lives, they did so … Continue reading Michael Cohen, Trump & the Right Price for Selling Your Soul
One of Cohen’s observations in his book Disloyal about Trump & his early political maneuvers was corroborated by today’s reports of Trump’s taped conversations with Bob Woodward: Cohen: In those early manifestations of Trump’s aspirations, he revealed an uncanny knack for channeling the fears and resentments of the age . . . . Just one … Continue reading Michael Cohen Thursday: Beginning Portrait of the Greatest Con Artist