To be fair to the Democrat operative who wrote Cohen's statement, it did include a few more serious charges. But even those bits hardly make an impact upon closer inspection. In one of his headlining claims, Cohen says that Trump knew about the Wikileaks dump of DNC emails ahead of time:
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This story is meant to implicate Trump, but it's actually the first of three instances when Cohen accidentally provides exonerating information. Cohen admits that Trump "never expected to win the election." He repeats this assertion multiple times throughout his opening testimony. This is an extremely important detail, and it works in the President's favor.
If Trump did not expect to win and was not planning to win, then he cannot be accused of trying to leverage the presidency for financial gain. Hillary Clinton used the office of the Secretary of State to enrich herself through the Clinton Foundation. Trump could not have had a similar plan in mind if he never even planned to be president at all. Importantly, Trump's lack of intention to win the election could also mitigate his liability under campaign finance laws. If his hush payments to Daniels did occur, it would be harder to argue that they constitute a violation of campaign finance laws if, per Cohen, Trump wasn't trying to win the election in the first place.
Now, if Trump did just run for president to heighten his public profile, that would certainly make him a rank self-promoter and probably an ideological fraud, but it insulates him from far more serious charges. And, we should note, it also puts him in the same class as most everyone who has run for the office over the past 50 years at least.
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Cohen does not allege that Trump orchestrated the hacking of the DNC. He does not indicate that Trump had any hand in the acquisition or publication of the material. He says only that Trump heard a rumor about it a few days ahead of time. We are supposed to be morally shocked that Trump, the great villain, was pleased by the news.
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This story is meant to implicate Trump, but it's actually the first of three instances when Cohen accidentally provides exonerating information. Cohen admits that Trump "never expected to win the election." He repeats this assertion multiple times throughout his opening testimony. This is an extremely important detail, and it works in the President's favor.
If Trump did not expect to win and was not planning to win, then he cannot be accused of trying to leverage the presidency for financial gain. Hillary Clinton used the office of the Secretary of State to enrich herself through the Clinton Foundation. Trump could not have had a similar plan in mind if he never even planned to be president at all. Importantly, Trump's lack of intention to win the election could also mitigate his liability under campaign finance laws. If his hush payments to Daniels did occur, it would be harder to argue that they constitute a violation of campaign finance laws if, per Cohen, Trump wasn't trying to win the election in the first place.
Now, if Trump did just run for president to heighten his public profile, that would certainly make him a rank self-promoter and probably an ideological fraud, but it insulates him from far more serious charges. And, we should note, it also puts him in the same class as most everyone who has run for the office over the past 50 years at least.
WALSH: The Three Times When Michael Cohen's Testimony Accidentally Exonerated President Trump
Because attorney-client privilege is apparently no longer a thing, Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, is on Capitol Hill this week testifying against his old employer.
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