Stormy Daniels Will Troll Michael Cohen in Person at His Congressional Hearing

[babylonsister]

Good or bad idea?

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/stormy-daniels-cohen-hearing-778359/


January 12, 2019 3:18PM ET
Stormy Daniels Will Troll Michael Cohen in Person at His Congressional Hearing
The adult film star’s lawyer made the announcement on Twitter
By Peter Wade


Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who was paid $130,000 before the 2016 election in exchange for her silence about her affair with Donald Trump, will appear in person at Michael Cohen’s upcoming testimony before the U.S. Congress.

Michael Avenatti, the bombastic lawyer who represents Daniels, announced that they will attend the hearing, adding, “Which is only appropriate seeing as it would have never happened but for Stormy Daniels.”

Link to tweet

In recent court proceedings and filings, Cohen admitted that he paid Daniels and former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal large sums of hush money at the behest of then-candidate Donald Trump to keep their 2006 affair a secret. The payment constituted a campaign finance violation. Cohen has been sentenced to 36 months in prison as a result of the finance violation in addition to tax fraud and making false statements to a bank. The judge during sentencing called Cohen’s crimes “a veritable smorgasbord of fraudulent conduct.”

In court, Cohen admitted his guilt, saying, “I take full responsibility for each act that I pled guilty to: The personal ones to me and those involving the President of the United States of America.”

Cohen has recently embarked on a campaign to revamp his image and distance himself from Trump. And he agreed to give “a full and credible account” before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on February 7th. The president’s former fixer is expected to testify on the hush money payments, but will not address the Russia investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, as that matter is under the purview of another committee.

[Achilleaze]

1. Will republican family-values role model Dirty Donny* sit next to her?

Asking for a friend.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[onenote]

2. Who is guaranteeing them seats?

The room in which that hearing will take place isn’t that large and seating is first come first served. Folks will be lining up hour in advance. My guess is that they’ll pay for “line sitters” to try and get seats.

[Fuzzpope]

3. Please..

Do not interrupt his testimony, the rest of the American people have got to hear this stuff. Antagonizing him is only going to make him unwilling to cooperate fully.

[OnDoutside]

4. Not a good idea. This only makes a potential shitfest of the hearing, which helps Trump.

[Ilsa]

10. I tend to agree.

The media loves a show, especially one charged up like this. It will distract from the message, I'm afraid.

[OnDoutside]

12. Yes, and at any other time I would be happy to see Cohen getting a

good metaphorical kicking, there are more important things.

[snowybirdie]

5. Stormy

fulfilled her duty and is done. I don't want seriously important hearings disrupted by silly antics. Time to leave the stage Stormy and Michael!

[still_one]

6. F**k Avenatti.

[blm]

7. Wish she wouldn't. GOP will use it to dilute the seriousness of the Russia revelations.

And media has a way of letting Republicans get away with their efforts to distract.

[Claritie Pixie]

8. I'd rather she stayed home. No circus, please.

[jcgoldie]

9. For what possible purpose?

This is the same stay in the limelight BS Trump thrives on.

[groundloop]

13. You nailed it... she simply wants to extend her 15 minutes of fame.

There's no reason for her and Avenatti to be there, other than attempting to get some camera time. If they both cared about the country more than themselves they'd recognize that they'd be better off staying away from this hearing.

[Talitha]

11. They should both stay home

There's no reason for them to be there.