US Politics February 2019: This is one of the great losers of all time.

I kind of can't believe Gosar is on any committee but then again they only recently stripped S. King of his.

This is all a show, of course, because Mueller and SDNY are well-ahead of this. But it is furthering what parts of this the public gets a peak at.

lmao

Why would Don Jr. would retweet this? pic.twitter.com/xx3fuBNe3t

— Evan Siegfried (@evansiegfried) February 27, 2019

the most shocking thing about all this is that...Cohen actually does seem to know how to be a lawyer? like, he's several times more astute and knowledgeable than any of the GOP'ers questioning him and is calling them out on their BS in a way that Democrats never do

this is a goddamn circus. incredible.

Amazing MSNBC screenshot:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0bZf0kX4AALMqf.jpg

I love how whenever anyone starts talking, you can see Cohen scanning wildly to figure out where the voice is coming from.

damn, really missing out on the lols by listening to the radio.

yeah his responsiveness to his role here is either being very coach-able and well-coached, or acceptable+ lawyer/witness nous. so far and based on his previous bully-tactic inclination in public. i don't know what he looked like in court i guess. xp

WTF to asking him to commit to not making money from a book or movie deal.

Ditto--such an absurd question in this day and age.

Who is this Foxx person? She seems sooooooo stupid.

Wow, they are going all in on Jordan.

Cohen: "We are not fact checkers for Buzzfeed"

They also should've put up that Gosar is a cville false flagger.

The republicans are disgusting

Craven. Cowardly.

Cohen twisting the knife. "The American people don't care about my taxes, they want to know what I know about Mr. Trump, and not one question has been asked about Mr. Trump."

Great comeback by Cohen.

Cohen could make this so simple: "I did exactly what you and every Republican in this room has been doing and continues to do today: I lied and ignored my conscience to protect Donald Trump."

clemenza otm

he basically said so before the break

he basically did say that with the "silliness" discussion xpost

I really wish he'd just throw it right back at them.

(I must have missed that before the break; I stepped out for 15 minutes...I don't want him to imply it; I want him to say it clearly and unequivocally.)

Who is mr higgens and his absurd vest?

when is AOC up so we can get this party started

btw the GOP repeats "Lanny Davis" cuz he's connected with Ms. LOCK HER UP and her husband.

Should you have turned the boxes to law enforcement?

They were returned to me by the Mueller team.

But should you have turned them over?!?

I did see the silliness back-and-forth...that was good; I do want him to say "just like you're lying right now," though.

I could never stand Lanny Davis. He was especially hysterical towards the end of the Obama-Clinton nomination fight.

That was all absurd. Higgins: If these boxes are full of important stuff, why did you not turn them in to investigators!?!?! Cohen: These were the boxes returned to me after they were done with them. Higgins: Well, if you found important things in them, why did you not give them to investigators! Cohen: ?

Jesus fuck, not that I wish for Cohen to avoid ANY consequences for his actions, but sitting through this hearing with these intensely corrupt idiots is almost its own punishment.

i'm happy to see them all burn tbh

Sounds like SDNY is deep in this.

today Cohen is a useful POS so i'll give him that

"I'm not aware of that"--is that a coded hedge? Otherwise, just say no.

I know they are trying to discredit him, but it's hard to discredit a guy who already admits to lying, pleaded guilty and is willingly going to jail for lying.

Cohen: I am a liar.
GOP: Will you admit on the record that you are a liar?
Cohen: ... Yes?
GOP: So you admit you're a liar?!

A lot of exasperated head shaking going on here

I have absolutely no desire to hear hours of this live, so i have not been listening to the radio, but I'm sure salient clips will emerge.

GOP also keeps saying "is this the best witness you've got?" to Dems, which ... sounds like a dare to call or subpoena more witnesses?

Ugh, back on this book deal shit.

"You have long been known as a douchebag, is this true?"
"Yes, I am a douchebag."
"Okay, I'd like to repeat the question for the next five hours."

oh my STOP REPEATING YOURSELVES

"will you agree to donate all your money to charity?" "No"

Cohen is no worse than the republicans on this committee. He was just doing the same thing—protecting Trump.

Cohen has been around intensely corrupt idiots his entire professional life (not sure about before then), just not on live TV.

GOP senators literal children "mom make him do it!"

I would rather swallow bleach than spend five minutes with Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan.

GOP senators

These hearings are in the lower chamber, the one run now by Democrats.

hahaha my rep is up now get fucked

The senators are children too.

legitimately curious how Hannity is gonna cover this