It’s time to Break It Down!
Donald Trump spent four years in the Oval Office. While there, folks charged with the awesome responsibility of tracking his veracity determined that he made over 30K misleading, false, or untrue statements. In the final year, politeness was frequently abandoned, and the term increasingly used to describe his utterances was lie.
Michael Cohen spent several years as Donald Trump’s lawyer. His title was eventually elevated to the self-proclaimed term, fixer. Trump gotta problem? Call Mikey! And we all know, because Trump told us repeatedly, he only hired the best people. Am I right?
Now that Trump’s, take your pick, hush money/falsification of records trial is underway, we are frequently reminded that Cohen is a liar; even did time for it. I get it. Cohen is a guy whom a lot of people deem despicable. He bullied, intimidated, and yes, lied his way, as he endeavored to be all things to “Mr. Trump.” He even said, on occasion, he’d take a bullet for The Boss.
Cohen never had to step up and take that hot steel for Trump. But his perspective changed when, among other things, he would up doing a bid in prison for felony charges tied to hush money deals, lying to Congress, and tax evasion. When pressed this week, Cohen admitted, he lied, but insisted he did so to protect Mr. Trump. Naturally, The Boss has said he’s innocent, and has done nothing wrong.
Cohen is considered the pivotal witness for the prosecution, which rested its case yesterday, and indicated Cohen was its last witness. The defense began its cross-examination at the end of the day, and will resume on Thursday, after Wednesday’s regularly scheduled off-day. The defense aggressively attacked Cohen’s character, and his propensity to take to Tik Tok to assail Trump. Mostly, the defense emphasized Cohen’s pattern and frequency of lying. Admittedly, our system of jurisprudence is predicated on the notion that an individual is innocent until proven guilty, Moreover, Trump, as the defendant, doesn’t have to take the stand. That is his right. Meanwhile, just between us, it has been firmly established Cohen is no paragon of virtue…but then, neither is Trump. “The Art of the Lie: Cohen vs. Trump!”
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