August 23, 2018
DONALD WHO?:
With Cohen's Plea, New York Prosecutors Flex Their Independence (Greg Farrell and Christian Berthelsen, August 21, 2018, Bloomberg)
Donald Trump's firing of the U.S. attorney for Manhattan once rattled the president's critics, who predicted the end of the office's famously fierce independence.What a difference a year makes.On Tuesday, officials at the New York outpost squeezed guilty pleas out of Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen. While admitting to crimes including campaign finance violations, Cohen said some of his actions had been directed by Trump. At a press conference minutes later, Deputy U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami announced, "We are here, prosecutors are here, law enforcement is here, the Department of Justice is here."
Obstructing justice is just one more thing he's inept at.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 23, 2018 4:05 AM