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applegrove

(118,793 posts)
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 01:03 AM Jan 2019

Top Democrats Warn Trump Over Cohen Statements

Top Democrats Warn Trump Over Cohen Statements

January 13, 2019 at 6:15 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 111 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/01/13/top-democrats-warn-trump-over-cohen-statements/

"SNIP....

“The Democratic chairmen of three House panels called on President Donald Trump to cease what they said are ‘efforts to discourage, intimidate, or otherwise pressure’ his former personal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, ‘not to provide testimony to Congress,'” ABC News reports.

“Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), and Adam Schiff (D-CA), chairmen of the House Oversight, Judiciary, and Intelligence Committees, respectively, issued the statement Sunday morning in response to comments the president made Saturday night in an interview on Fox News.”

“In the interview, Trump accused Cohen of agreeing to testify in front of Congress as part of an effort ‘to get his sentence reduced,’ and suggested without evidence that Cohen’s father-in-law might face legal exposure because ‘that’s the money in the family.'”

....SNIP"

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dawg day

(7,947 posts)
3. They need to start saying, "You know, this could get you put in prison."
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 01:18 AM
Jan 2019

Just warning him that something is wrong or illegal or untrue won't do it.

brush

(53,871 posts)
6. That would also be obstruction of justice. The effin president threatened someone...
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 02:35 AM
Jan 2019

on the air to influence his testimony.

It's unbelievable that we've gotten to this point in this country because of this pathetic, orange pustule traitor trying to act like a tough guy mob boss.

ooky

(8,929 posts)
5. Good. Its about time someone in Congress told him to STFU.
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 01:35 AM
Jan 2019

Now we'll see how he reacts to being scolded like a child. I bet President Romper Room pitches a fit over it.

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