Posted on 03/04/2019 8:19:45 PM PST by blueplum
An attorney representing Michael Cohen broached the idea of a pardon for the longtime Trump associate during a conversation last year with lawyers for the president, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The news outlet reported that Stephen Ryan allegedly discussed the possibility of a pardon with Trump attorneys Jay Sekulow, Rudy Giuliani and Joanna Hendon. (snip)
Ryan hinted that Cohen would consider cooperating with prosecutors if he did not receive a pardon, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Hill has reached out to Ryan for comment.
Trump's attorneys rejected the idea ..
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
“report” = Fake
Gee...almost sounds like blackmail.
well he’s not getting his pardon now lol..enjoy prison jackass
And based on Cohen's and shady past, I have no doubt his lawyers were recording the meeting, and would have used it against Trump if it was beneficial to them. Imagine Clinton hack Lanny Davis having a recording of Trumps attorney promising a pardon for refusing to cooperate. Fortunately Rudy, Jay and team were smart enough to tell shut them down.
And Trump, supposedly eager to obstruct justice, told him to get stuffed.
may have been a set-up If so, Trump didn’t take the bait.
Think of the connotative dissonance Democrats would experience.
He's their hero for testifying against Trump but as an associate of Trump they want him crucified.
I’d say Cohen was the one who intimidated and threatened Trump.
Wouldn’t do any good. They’d just go after Cohen for state crimes.
“connotative”? Would that word be “cognitive” you had in mind?
may have been a set-up If so, Trump didn’t take the bait.
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You’re right, it was almost certainly an attempt to entrap Trump. The dumbasses probably thought they could actually succeed.
They ended up thinking “Drat! Foiled again”.
yes, thanks.
This whole Cohen thing is going to become a disaster for him. He could have kept his mouth shut and did his time. Nothing he’s in trouble for has/had anything to do with the President. He’s a snotty, brat that is realizing that his life, as he knew it, is over. He is/was a sleazy lawyer with no discernible job skills, other than being a sleazy lawyer. He’s finished and he knows it.
So if he did pardon him, Cohen would have committed perjury. oh well no problem he is a KNOWN LIAR AND THAT WILL FOLLOW HIM FOR EVER AND EVER..
Well, imagine that.
And he's such a nice young man.
Surprised this gets any coverage, it shows the Democrat Cohen lying in front of a fawning democratic committee, AND shows that Trump refused to interfere with the investigation, even when Cohen pushed for it.
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