Dem: Cohen filing means Trump committed two felonies

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BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO - 12/07/18 08:45 PM EST

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) argued Friday that federal prosecutors' latest filing in a case involving President Trump's former longtime attorney Michael Cohen means that Trump allegedly committed two felonies.

Lieu, a member of the House Judiciary Committee and frequent Trump critic, told MSNBC's Chris Matthews on "Hardball" that "we have a sitting president of the United States who committed two felonies while running for president.”

“When you look at what the prosecutors did in the Southern District of New York they allege that Donald Trump directed two campaign finance violations. These are felonies and you can infer intent by looking at a defendant’s statements," Lieu said.

The filing by New York prosecutors does not explicitly name Trump, but rather refer to an "Individual 1" that it says Cohen "acted in coordination with and at the direction of" in steering payments to silence Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, the women claiming they had affairs with Trump before the 2016 election.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/420365-dem-cohen-filling-means-trump-committed-two-felonies

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1. On ABC this morning Repub Matthew Dowd said anyone else would be indicted for felonies

and there would have been an indictment of Trump except he is protected by DOJ policy of not indicting sitting Pres. Dowd says pressure is building for impeachment by Dem. House as shoes continue dropping.

However ABC's Terry Moran wimped out and suggested Trump was correct in tweeting he was in the clear because Cohen is a liar. Moran didn't even bother to point out the contradiction in the SDNY filing where Trump is Individual 1. Guess Moran wants to keep his WH access intact.

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2. "Guess Moran wants to keep his WH access intact."

I wish we had the MSM of the Watergate era now instead of the corporate toady, GOP friendly version of today.