Read Michael Cohen's explosive opening statement as prepared for delivery tomorrow at 10 a.m.

[MelissaB]

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/636-michael-cohens-congressional-t/3a1530b333230e775df5/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

Trump “knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails.

Link to tweet

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. They are reading from it on line on CNN - Don Lemon show.

[MelissaB]

2. Trump "knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic Na

Trump “knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails.

Link to tweet

[tinrobot]

9. So... collusion... and felonies...

Oh my!

[triron]

10. Sure is looking like it.

[RDANGELO]

22. That is illegal because Assange is not an american. Now if they can prove that he knew that it was

coming from the Russians and that he knew they were stolen, it gets bigger.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. Is this really happening? Or, am I dreaming this?

[manor321]

3. WOWEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy shit I am not prepared for this! I need more snacks!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

29. Grab the popcorn!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[EveHammond13]

30. popcorn for breakfast tomorrow

[OneBro]

31. I wouldn't be able to chew properly because my mouth keeps popping open.

It isn't that I'm shocked that Trump is exactly the slimy, racist, con man we knew he was before the election, it's that we are FINALLY gonna get to see the receipts.

[montana_hazeleyes]

33. Does your popcorn have some butter on it?

All I have is plain salted.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

34. No, sorry... butter's bad for my ticker.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[montana_hazeleyes]

35. Ok. I'm gonna run out and get some buttered.

mmmmmmm!

[elleng]

4. Michael Cohen Plans to Call Trump a 'Conman' and a 'Cheat' in Congressional Testimony.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/politics/michael-cohen-trump-congress.html

[dalton99a]

5. Great starting point for tomorrow

[uppityperson]

6. Whewww, wow. K&R, going to be interesting days

[Claritie Pixie]

7. "Yes, Donald Trump is Individual-1"

[emulatorloo]

8. Fascinating read, thanks for posting!

[Fuzzpope]

11. Tomorrow is the pivotal fulcrum.

Either Donald Trump is fucking invulnerable and we are FUBAR, or the man is totally fucking doomed, because this shit would annihilate anybody.

ANYBODY.

Also, side comment on Cohen's professional acumen, as reflected in this opening statement. People can snipe this man to their heart's content, labeling him as a hack attorney only plays into the Trump narrative, but only the dimmest bulb in the room would fail to illuminate the fact that this statement is a master composition, crafted with precision and strength from first word to the last.

GOP efforts to discredit Michael Cohen are going to fall harmlessly from his chest like Nerf arrows.

[lunatica]

37. Lanny Davis probably wrote it with him

I knew it would be a perfect letter. I am just surprised it’s as long as it is. He had to have gotten it looked at by Mueller and other attorneys too, just to keep it all within legal parameters. And also not to give away anything else being investigated.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

40. And I didn't see any typos!

[iluvtennis]

12. Cohen 2 provide copies of letters written @Trump direction threatening schools not to release grades

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/636-michael-cohens-congressional-t/3a1530b333230e775df5/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

Copies of letters I wrote at Mr. Trump’s direction that threatened his high school, colleges, and the College Board not to release his grades or SAT scores.

[Gothmog]

14. No one is surprised at this

Trump was too stupid to get into the graduate school program at Wharton. In addition, trump did not graduate with honors. http://fortune.com/2015/08/14/donald-trump-wharton/

His school posted his graduate program that shows that he did not graduate with honor shttp://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/02/what_is_trumps_real_record_at.html

[iluvtennis]

19. Agree, we DUers and folks who closely followed the 2016 primaries and GE know,the MAGAts don't know.

Thanks for the "receipts" on his NON credentials.

[Gothmog]

46. Fordham confirms Cohen testimony: Trump campaign threatened legal action if school released his reco

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

47. From today's testimony

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

13. This statement is amazing

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Here is a link to the actual statement https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000169-2d31-dc75-affd-bfb99a790001

[underpants]

44. A look inside the bubble - Trump thinks as much of Jr. as everyone else

He's an empty suit that Trump thinks he can send on errands and people are happy enough to be THAT close to him.

I really want to see the Deutche bank documents.

[musicblind]

15. Holy shit.

Wow.

[roscoeroscoe]

16. Nothing like this in American History

Michael Cohen goes for redemption. This is going to be incredible. Read the whole thing, and stand back.

[happybird]

17. Daaaamn.

That was a read and a half! Not what I was expecting. Tomorrow is gonna be good.

Thanks for posting.

[KT2000]

18. finally some fresh air

there will be a right and wrong discussed tomorrow. No distractions.

[Hekate]

20. It's a pdf so I was able to download it to my iBooks. Oddly, the title is called "full"...

But I went ahead and stored in in my Politics folder, so it won't be too hard to find again.

Thanks. I'll be out of town tomorrow, so will miss the live coverage. This will make up for it.

[WiffenPoof]

21. Explosive... Finally

Does it start at 7:00 PST?

[orleans]

26. i think 10 eastern so

check cspan

[WiffenPoof]

38. Thanks

[iluvtennis]

23. Cohen to release trumpty dumpty's 2011-2013 financial statements

[yuiyoshida]

24. TRUMP'S goose is cooked, however

Will the fucking Republicans vote for impeachment? I doubt it.

[sarcasmo]

25. 2-27-19 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Awsi Dooger]

27. I wish this would receive the same coverage as Kavanaugh

Both sides watched that and talked about it. This is going to be one side transfixed and the other side ignoring.

I don't know where we'll be a week from now. Normally I have a good sense of that type of thing.

[Kablooie]

32. He will be a notable figure in US history books after tomorrow.

[Grammy23]

36. When does Cadet Bonespurs return to the US

From Vietnam?

That ought to be very interesting. Who will be on the welcoming committee??

[underpants]

39. CNN has details from his 20 page statement

Posting this here before I start a thread on the CNN story

In short, Cohen calls Trump a "racist," a "conman" and a "cheat."

"I also knew that nothing went on in Trump world, especially the campaign, without Mr. Trump's knowledge and approval," Cohen will say. "So I concluded that Don Jr. was referring to that June 2016 Trump Tower meeting about dirt on Hillary."

"You think I'm stupid, I wasn't going to Vietnam," Cohen recalls Trump as saying.

n jarring testimony, Cohen also says Trump repeatedly made racist comments about African-Americans. While driving through a poor neighborhood in Chicago, Trump allegedly told Cohen that "only black people could live that way."
Cohen added that Trump said that African-Americans "would never vote for him because they were too stupid."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/27/politics/michael-cohen-testimony/index.html

[Laura PourMeADrink]

42. Hey U ! Glad I woke up early. Are you

Thinking any of this is gonna change anything?

[underpants]

43. I expect a real s-storm from the Repubs

They'll give him the John Dean treatment piling on about being a liar. I really wouldn't be surprised if Gaetz or something else shows up with a bunch of women - Cohen "girlfriends" you see.

Legally? No but they are the "perception is reality" people and this will be damning in the eyes of anyone even slightly on the fence about Trump.

BTW this is a funny look into the bubble. Trump thinks Jr. is a moron too.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

45. The vice chair of committee was on last night

Saying they have a plan for dealing with GOP. We'll see.

Btw, what did he lie about other than the Moscow project? Just the spin that trump told him to lie about? I would say that every time.." yes, trump told me to tell everyone he was an A student."

[Laura PourMeADrink]

41. After reading, kind of disappointed. Only because i

Don't know if there's much legal liability here other than the campaign finance and charity scam stuff. Horrible to me..but I was looking for more serious legal issues for him.

We here knew or suspected most of this...so at least we knew we were right.

It paints him as a total schmuck. But his followers don't care. It would have helped if he had a tape of trump trashing his base !!