David Corn on Giuliani, Hannity, 45 and oooooooooo, wait for it, the Deep State.

[ffr]

Link to tweet

It's really clever how the Deep State got Rudy Giuliani to show the world that Trump and Cohen lied about the payment to Stormy Daniels. And it used @seanhannity for this operation. Fiendishly smart!



REVEALED: Trump Repaid Cohen $130K For Stormy Daniel’s Hush Money - TPM

[KT2000]

1. Excellent point!

It turns out the Deep State is really their own stupid!

[Initech]

2. Did the deep state make Rudy look like he shat himself?

[SergeStorms]

5. I always said....

that if there were a "Deep State", Republicans would be in control of it. Political dirty tricks, fake news, blatant lies etc, all fall under the auspices the GOP. Always have been, always will be.

[Sophia4]

3. Giuliani knows that Mueller and the court handling the Cohen matter and documents

will find this out probably sooner rather than later. He wanted to be the first to say it so that it would not be said that there was a cover-up.

Of course, what does the term "cover-up" mean?

Payments intended to cover up the fact that Trump repaid Cohen the $130,000 paid to Stormy Daniels? Was that a cover up?

Does the fact that Giuliani announced the payment in small amounts over time mean that it was not a cover-up?

Just asking.

[Izzy Blue]

6. What I think I understand about the latest is

by Guiliani claiming later tonight after the Hannity fiasco that Trump paid Cohen back for(unspecified) expenses 35,000 a month until a 130,000 was paid in full yet he didn't know that the 130,000 was for Stormy's NDA therefore no campaign finance laws were broken.

It's another WTF?

Like we're supposed to believe that Trump just paid a guy who did a "tiny,tiny fraction" of his legal work 130,000 for expenses incurred because he said they were.

[Sophia4]

7. Donald Trump who stiffed the little guys who worked on some of his buildings and projects

is supposed to have paid Cohen without asking or knowing what he was paying him for?

Doesn't sound likely.

And how were the payments itemized in Trump's books? Were they business costs or personal costs for tax purposes?

[grantcart]

4. Sean Hannity is our point man in the deep state

Pretty clever aren't we?

[Rainbow Droid]

8. I didn't come up with "The Derp State" but it sums up things under Teh Don.