>>Both companies have said that they were contacted by special counsel Robert Mueller regarding their work with Cohen.
How queer, Mr. Mueller. Did AT&T collude with the Russians to hand the 2016 election over to President Trump?
Or is this more fishing, shakedowns, and blacklisting?
“AT&T hiring Michael Cohen as a political consultant.....”
Why does AT&T need a political consultant, at all? What in the world do they do that means anything politically. Just sell your phones, idgets.
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Ok, I get it. Nothing wrong with hiring Cohen if you’re NOT Donald Trump, but RUSSIAN COLLUSION if you are Donald Trump.
Yep, that makes a lot of sense.
the only mistake on their part was getting caught doing what they all do: bribe, er, lobby the elected.
AT&T’s mistake was getting caught and looking like a deer in the head lights.
Did anyone at AT&T get fired?
Have all of the memos and emails related to this engagement been revealed for public inspection?
Will this topic be on the agenda at the next stockholders meeting?
Having AT&T as your ISP is a big mistake.
AT&T hired a consultant who didn't produce. That's not uncommon. It's especially not uncommon at the beginning of any new administration when the lobbying folks are looking for insights and contacts and people connected with the late campaign, but not going into government, try to cash in. Many people try their hand at the strategic consulting game. Many do not succeed. Overpromising and under-delivering is not uncommon. People hustling for clients sometimes bite off more than they can chew. It's a gamble that clients take regularly, whenever they hire a new consultant.
When these arrangements don't pan out, the thing to do is quietly part ways. Simply do not renew the contract. Or cancel it. Nothing ever needs to be said publicly. If there is some public controversy later, as in this case, the thing to say is, "We had a brief consulting arrangement with Mr. Cohen as part of our ongoing effort to understand the incoming Trump administration. That relationship ended in XXXX. Mr. Cohen's work for us was not related in any way to any of the controversies now under discussion." Period, end of story.
Michael Cohen is now being demonized. There is no reason for AT&T to pile on. It's a cheap shot.
Who are they kidding. They wanted to know the route to lobby. They expected do be dealing with the same ole Hillary folks. Not a big deal....and it was no mistake.
Since “the buck stops here”
The CYA must begin here
No do-overs.
AT&T’s CEO , the Devil made me do ,well The Democrats ,LOL
I don’t care how AT&T phrases it, if you hire someone who also works for the President for advice, then you are hiring a lobbyist. That Cohen thought he could serve the President AND sell his knowledge of the President is swamplike.
This is rich. Influence peddling.
The primary reasons most politicians want their job.
It’s the new (not really but it seems that way) path to wealth.
Selling favors.
Randall Stephenson is the current, volunteer President of the Boy Scouts of America. His 2-year term will conclude in 1-2 weeks when BSA gathers for its annual business meeting and votes for a successor. Stephenson was an officer on BSA’s National Executive Committee back in 2013 when he heavily supported BSA Past-President Rex Tillerson’s move to normalize homosexuality in the BSA. During Stephenson’s watch as BSA President, BSA changed its membership rules to allow (1) transgender children to join, (2) all-girl Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops, (3) and watched the Mormon LDS church dissolve its 105 year association with the BSA.