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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,714 posts)
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 02:31 PM Jun 2018

If Cohen has information that lands the Trump crime family in the hoosegow would you let him walk ?


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Yes
12 (92%)
No
1 (8%)
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If Cohen has information that lands the Trump crime family in the hoosegow would you let him walk ? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2018 OP
I despise the Drmpf family enough treestar Jun 2018 #1
Yes. Let him walk. And encourage the next DEM president to give him a pardon. nt NCjack Jun 2018 #2
Yes genxlib Jun 2018 #3
I don't know the full extent of his crimes. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #4
I would be okay with that. His career is done anyway. Plus he still has to deal with Avenatti. dameatball Jun 2018 #5
I Say Yes ProfessorGAC Jun 2018 #6
No - maybe let him get a reduced sentence, but not off the hook. SeattleVet Jun 2018 #7
Yes. To send the message for future issues. bitterross Jun 2018 #8
Yes but someone gets to whack his pee pee first. louis-t Jun 2018 #9
No jberryhill Jun 2018 #10

treestar

(82,383 posts)
1. I despise the Drmpf family enough
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 02:34 PM
Jun 2018

That no matter what his crimes, short of murder a and assault of course , if he saves us from more of the Orange Terrorization, he gets big points. He could redeem himself for any collusion with Russians and others.

genxlib

(5,542 posts)
3. Yes
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 02:42 PM
Jun 2018

With caveats on his future activities; no practicing law and no dealings in the financial world. He only knows one way to make money and will gravitate back to it without restrictions.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
4. I don't know the full extent of his crimes.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 02:43 PM
Jun 2018

I'm not as confident as everyone else that Cohen wasn't the ring leader when it comes to Trumps foreign ties. I have not been sold on that yet. I still have thoughts that Cohen was the ring leader and Trump was the stooge.

Still, I am probably in the yes column on your question as it is clear who currently has the power to damage the world.

ProfessorGAC

(65,212 posts)
6. I Say Yes
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 02:50 PM
Jun 2018

From what we know, the guy is a slime ball but not sure anything he did was illegal, until he started trying to derail any investigations.

If he cooperates and makes the investigations more effective, then he at least in part, undid the damage he tried to do.

SeattleVet

(5,480 posts)
7. No - maybe let him get a reduced sentence, but not off the hook.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 02:57 PM
Jun 2018

He worked with and enabled tRump's actions for a lot of years.

He doesn't need to go to prison for life, but don't let him walk just for turning in his co-conspirator.

Let him plead to a lower-level crime in exchange for flipping, but he definitely needs to serve some time and suffer financial penalties.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
8. Yes. To send the message for future issues.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 02:59 PM
Jun 2018

This has now happened. We have a morally, ethically, challenged and completely unfit person in the office of President. It will happen again.

We need to set the tone and the game for next time.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
10. No
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 03:05 PM
Jun 2018

Among the roaches that were allowed to get away clean from the Nixon administration were such future luminaries as Karl Rove.

Cooperation can be a factor in sentencing, but Cohen appears to have been involved in plenty of his own irregular financial dealings which were not a part of his relationship to Trump.
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