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The Michael Cohen Press Conference Tomorrow (Original Post) malaise May 2019 OP
He has nothing to lose at this point. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #1
Nothing to lose and nothing to gain csziggy May 2019 #22
Recommended. H2O Man May 2019 #2
Isn't that the truth malaise May 2019 #3
Please post a link for this. I was completely unaware. triron May 2019 #4
Here malaise May 2019 #6
Everybody knows but us, t!! Leghorn21 May 2019 #8
I wish he had dirt on McConnell, enough to sink him. BigmanPigman May 2019 #27
Now THIS i would love! bluestarone May 2019 #31
Oooooh - wonder what he has to say ! donkeypoofed May 2019 #5
I wonder as well. Maybe it's not what we hope. triron May 2019 #10
He's been trying to make a deal, probably to get out of going to prison csziggy May 2019 #23
I hope he has vengeance in his heart. lunatica May 2019 #7
K&R... spanone May 2019 #9
Good question, I can't find any info Leghorn21 May 2019 #11
He could have saved a few bucks for his family... Totally Tunsie May 2019 #12
He's making a memory for his son to feel the bond. lunatica May 2019 #13
The only "bond" his famly will need to be concerned with is the bond put up for his bail. Totally Tunsie May 2019 #15
This must be a hard time for his son - And going out together for a father-son ritual seems logical. Chemisse May 2019 #25
It also shows his son lunatica May 2019 #29
Or maybe he's shopping for new outfits to wear after a last minute pardon? nt in2herbs May 2019 #19
Would he know anything about tRUMPS taxes or bluestarone May 2019 #14
Cohen specifically said he knew nothing about abortions... TwilightZone May 2019 #17
DAM! bluestarone May 2019 #18
I doubt that Cohen will spill many beans, watoos May 2019 #16
Time to score big... BlueJac May 2019 #20
Don't get your hopes up. He would have showed his cards by now to stay out of prison Pepsidog May 2019 #21
he tried shopping around his goods.. stillcool May 2019 #33
I think you are right. Now at the risk of incurring the wrath of DU, I kind of feel like he really Pepsidog May 2019 #35
Thugs who work for mob bosses end up being the ones paying the price. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #24
He could have spilled the beans in his last hearing. All he had was trump is a racist, cad, Ahole, Hoyt May 2019 #26
Stuff he didn't tell Mueller? Laura PourMeADrink May 2019 #28
Time? Me. May 2019 #30
Can't find it either malaise May 2019 #32
Thanks For Looking Me. May 2019 #34
He better drop the info before he meets with an "accident" in prison. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #36

Leghorn21

(13,527 posts)
8. Everybody knows but us, t!!
Sun May 5, 2019, 03:10 PM
May 2019
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2019/05/04/michael-cohen-hold-press-conference-monday/3663316002/

He can IF HE CHOOSES tell us about where the RNC money came from/ went to; he knows about Elliot Broidy’s deal with the Playboy model; Keith Davidson, lawyer who brought him Stormy and Karen McDougal cases; Falwell Jr’s settlement with his pool boy; Sean Hannity deals?; probably Allen Weisselberg deals; David Pecker deals

Etc etc, bring the tapes brother, bring us something, anything

What about that LLC of his that took $$ from AT&T, Viktor Vekselberg, Novartis etc - I bet there’s more to that as well

Arrrghhh, BRING IT, COHEN

BigmanPigman

(51,674 posts)
27. I wish he had dirt on McConnell, enough to sink him.
Sun May 5, 2019, 05:44 PM
May 2019

Is he compromised/blackmailed? Did he take dirty money for himself or for his own campaign or the RNC?

csziggy

(34,141 posts)
23. He's been trying to make a deal, probably to get out of going to prison
Sun May 5, 2019, 05:16 PM
May 2019

Late last week his last hope announced they would not make a deal with him so now there is no way to tell where he will go with a press conference just as he has to report to prison.

Leghorn21

(13,527 posts)
11. Good question, I can't find any info
Sun May 5, 2019, 03:17 PM
May 2019

I’m just gonna record the news from 8am until 8pm, I guess

Arrghhh

Hey Cohen: THROW ME SOMETHING, MISTER

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
12. He could have saved a few bucks for his family...
Sun May 5, 2019, 03:18 PM
May 2019
In an apparent bid to maintain a semblance of normalcy before starting his sentence, Cohen left his Manhattan apartment building on Saturday with his son to go to a coffee shop and then to a barbershop, Eddie Arthur Salon. They both got haircuts. Cohen's next stop was the pricy retailer Barneys New York


I'm sure he could get a freebie haircut in the clink, and the Feds will be providing him with a new wardrobe. Strange time to be shopping.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
15. The only "bond" his famly will need to be concerned with is the bond put up for his bail.
Sun May 5, 2019, 03:28 PM
May 2019

Doubt there'll be any return on that!

Chemisse

(30,828 posts)
25. This must be a hard time for his son - And going out together for a father-son ritual seems logical.
Sun May 5, 2019, 05:37 PM
May 2019

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
29. It also shows his son
Sun May 5, 2019, 05:44 PM
May 2019

that he is facing his punishment and not hiding from the public. He’s being an example for his son.

TwilightZone

(25,525 posts)
17. Cohen specifically said he knew nothing about abortions...
Sun May 5, 2019, 03:58 PM
May 2019

paid for by Trump.

"Cohen was asked Wednesday to address rumors that Trump may have paid for a mistress’ abortion. “Do you have any knowledge of President Trump arranging any health-care procedures for women not in his family?” Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) asked, euphemistically. “I’m not aware of that, no,” Cohen flatly answered."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cohen-dismisses-trump-rumors-about-prague-elevator-tape-abortions-and-more

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
16. I doubt that Cohen will spill many beans,
Sun May 5, 2019, 03:45 PM
May 2019

he was just warned to watch his back in prison. Was that a coincidence with his press conference?

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
33. he tried shopping around his goods..
Sun May 5, 2019, 07:19 PM
May 2019

but nobody was buying. It seems like he was deliberately holding back stuff, hoping for reduced time. Maybe the feds didn't like that. I wonder what he is free to say, at this point.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
35. I think you are right. Now at the risk of incurring the wrath of DU, I kind of feel like he really
Sun May 5, 2019, 08:54 PM
May 2019

got screwed with 3 year sentence. I mean he was lying and paying off women for, and at the direction of Trump. In the scheme of sentences handed down by Mueller”s investigation Cohen got the shaft. At least he tried to make amends at the end. I thought while he come to Jesus moment was purely for self-interest, he did provide information and expressed remorse. Now I know he did lots of bad things, was a bully, and made money illegally, looking at it all in perspective, I feel a little sorry for him. He is the classic fall guy.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
24. Thugs who work for mob bosses end up being the ones paying the price.
Sun May 5, 2019, 05:29 PM
May 2019

I hope Cohen sees that, now. He was a stooge, doing the dirty work for the Don. The Don walks free, and Cohen goes to the slammer.

I doubt he'll have anything shocking to reveal. Anything important legally has already been given to those who can do something about it. I suspect he just wants to be heard? I don't know.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
26. He could have spilled the beans in his last hearing. All he had was trump is a racist, cad, Ahole,
Sun May 5, 2019, 05:41 PM
May 2019

greedy, con, traitor, etc. Everyone already knew that, yet about 45-50% of electorate just doesn't seem to care.

I doubt Cohen really has much to tell other than that, or he would have used it already.

TheBlackAdder

(28,262 posts)
36. He better drop the info before he meets with an "accident" in prison.
Sun May 5, 2019, 08:56 PM
May 2019

.

If he gives up the goods, there is no reason to silence him later.

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