Cohen Testimony Thread

[miniroller]

Mr. Gosar is having a very “I’m in CONTROL of my time!” session! Yelling, interrupting, being horribly demeaning!
Then he refers to the multiple texts he’s been receiving from people asking “How can anyone believe this pathological liar*?! He doesn’t know fact from fiction!! And that’s what’s sad here...”
Nope- what’s sad, Gosar, is you’re using your time to relay text messages you “have received” during testimony to spin your BS ridiculous R narrative!
*Cohen

[ESF]

Oh good, a break. I really need a shower!

[mbcdefg]

Feb 27, 2019 12:00:18 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

Feb 27, 2019 11:56:59 GMT -5 BicycleBride said:

Did Cohen just thank him for congratulating him on being the first person invited back after lying to Congress? Lol.

My friend said Elliot Abrams just did, not like 2 weeks ago?  mbcdefg - reminds me of the job description for Mr. Burn's assistant "lying to congress...and some light typing"

lol I just watched that one last night.

This seems pretty apt:

[downtoearth]

I can't wait to see the highlights on this tonight since I can't watch.

[smock]

Cohen: "Everyone's job at the Trump Organization was to protect Mr. Trump... That's exactly what is happening here in government."

[miniroller]

Feb 27, 2019 12:11:30 GMT -5 ESF said:

Oh good, a break. I really need a shower!

Me Too! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[riverrider]

Feb 27, 2019 12:07:24 GMT -5 mandymay said:

Feb 27, 2019 12:06:20 GMT -5 riverrider said:

OMG. "Liar, liar pants on fire." I can't believe that was just said.

His mother taught him that "old adage"? Lol! What a tool!

I couldn't help the laughter that escaped me at my desk when he said that!

[smock]

Tweet:
You can tell Jim Jordan has never worked a a real job.
Jim: "You worked for a boss you hated for ten years?"
AMERICA: Yes, bitch

[katieinthecity]

Tweet:
Andrea Mitchell
@mitchellreports
.@matthewamiller on House R’s questioning Cohen: If I were them, I would ask myself, how have I put myself in that position that I'm the one coming off worse in these exchanges than someone who is now a convicted felon? #AMR

[StrawberryBlondie]

Feb 27, 2019 12:10:34 GMT -5 suzyp said:

Feb 27, 2019 12:04:14 GMT -5 bowies said:

Cohen is growing on me.

I think he finally realized how fucked he was once he realized that he was going to jail and that Trump gave no shits about him and there was no way to save himself, so he really has nothing left to lose...except for his family.  I think he was really knocked down a peg and is at the fuck it point.

Agreed. I expected my opinion to change a bit after questioning started, but it hasn't.

[bowies]

Whoa there are 42 members on the committee! Settle in folks.

[miniroller]

Thought some might equally appreciate:

The claim that a man who hires a Black person can't be racist is as stupid as the idea that a man who marries a woman can't be misogynist.
#CohenTestimony
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And adding this one that has a Cohen quote I didn’t see directly quoted but is GOLDEN:

"I'm responsible for your silliness. I did the same thing that you're doing now, for ten years. I protected Donald Trump for 10 years.” - Michael Cohen says to Republicans on the House Oversight Committee

[rondonalddo]

lol. I wouldn't commit to not making money off this whole thing, either Cohen. And I'm not a swindler.

[bohemianmango]

I wonder what Individual #1 Jr. and his sister and brother are up to this fine morning.

Have they been pretty silent so far?

[bowies]

I still can’t believe that HUD lady offering herself up like that.

[keyslover]

Boom. Mic drop Cohen

[bowies]

Whelp Jordan just got told.

[readyin07]

Thank you Cohen for saying that. It is getting boring lol.

[pixy0stix]

I just got done with my meetings, and now I'm frantically trying to catch up. I'm mostly posting as a placeholder for myself. LOL!

[StrawberryBlondie]

Dammit I had to make a phone call. What did I miss???

[bowies]

Feb 27, 2019 12:34:01 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Dammit I had to make a phone call. What did I miss???

Cohen called out Jordan (et al) for asking 0 questions about Trump. “I thought that was why I’m here. We all already know why I’m going to jail.”

[lust2hart]

Feb 27, 2019 12:34:01 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Dammit I had to make a phone call. What did I miss???

Something to the effect of - I thought I was here to answer questions about Trump, and so far, no Republican has asked me questions about Trump. If you want to keep having me apologize for my mistakes, I will, but I thought you wanted to know what I know about Trump.

[suzyp]

This question of who is paying Lanny Davis is getting old. He's getting free publicity. This is not unheard of.

[katieinthecity]

Feb 27, 2019 11:51:51 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Cohen is wearing a red string as a bracelet, which wards off the devil in Jewish mystism - lol.

Too late, dude. The GOP opened that cursed box in 2016 and we've all been fighting the unleashed demon ever since. 

[bowies]

Cohen getting flustered. He definitely wants to blow up.

[katieinthecity]

Feb 27, 2019 12:05:18 GMT -5 formerlyak said:

This Gosar character is an a-hole.

Not shocking at all that his siblings made campaign ads for his opponent. 

[Pom]

The best the GOP has is "liar, liar"?

So far Cohen seems way more believable and decent than the Freedom Caucus stooges. JFC. The voters need to come get their trash. (Jordan, Meadows, et al).

[StrawberryBlondie]

Does that dude not realize that material can be turned over to investigators, and then will be returned?

[readyin07]

“That’s pretty good living”lol lol

[ESF]

Feb 27, 2019 12:10:34 GMT -5 suzyp said:

Feb 27, 2019 12:04:14 GMT -5 bowies said:

Cohen is growing on me.

I think he finally realized how fucked he was once he realized that he was going to jail and that Trump gave no shits about him and there was no way to save himself, so he really has nothing left to lose...except for his family.  I think he was really knocked down a peg and is at the fuck it point.

 To use my second pop culture reference today, he's really reminding me of Saul Goodman in the Cinnabon right about now. I think he's lamenting his mistakes on a personal level and how personally humiliating and humbling it has been, and I do have some sympathy for that.

That said, he doesn't come across as a man who has come to terms with himself or the magnitude of damage to this country and to the world that he helped to bring about. That's why I don't trust him, even though I believe his words.

That all said, there is something truly astonishing about watching the president's actual partner in crime sit before Congress after having been sentenced to prison. And it's enraging when you remember that this is what the GOP has spent 2+ years trying to cover up.