Why won’t the Republicans do anything to stop the foreign interference that gives them minority rule and money doesn’t seem like a tough mystery to crack.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 24, 2018
This presidency fell off the truck.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 24, 2018
When I was growing up, saying that a bargain ‘fell off a truck’ still implied that it might be a cheap counterfeit, passed off on someone too eager for a good deal to examine closely. The Trump Crime Cartel seems to have mistaken The Godfather for an instruction manual, because they were eager to make some quick dollars without putting in any actual effort. And the whole godsdamned Republican party was more than willing to aid and abet, because hey, cheating falls under the IOKIYAR exemption, right?…
Full audio: Presidential candidate Trump is heard on tape discussing with his attorney Michael Cohen how they would buy the rights to a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair Trump had with her years earlier, according to the audio recording "https://t.co/YmC0QuDqTx pic.twitter.com/fBbq7r1Lq9
— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) July 25, 2018
So, @ChrisCuomo just played the Cohen-Trump tape on CNN.
You can clearly hear:
1) Cohen and Trump talking about setting up a company to pay off the Enquirer for killing the Karen MacDougall story
2) Trump suggesting paying cash
3) Cohen saying no, no, no…Giuliani lied…
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 25, 2018
The Washington Post has a transcript, annotated for your convenience — and also a Philip Bump explainer on the finer points.
Was that a recorded call? Sounds more like a bad in-person recording.
And it’s terrible quality. Honestly, lawyers have no pride in the craft of screwing their clients any more.
— WouldOrWouldn'tHat (@Popehat) July 25, 2018
The President of the United States' allegedly super-loyal fixer walked into his boss' office with a hidden recording device to talk about setting up a hush money payment.
That's… something.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 25, 2018
Guys. Stop asking what device Cohen recorded Trump with. It was obviously Obummer with the microwave.
— Angry WH Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) July 25, 2018
Wait, the Trump team provided their own transcript of the leaked tape?
That was Nixon's desperation move late in Watergate and — hang on, sit down for this part, it's pretty shocking — it turned out Nixon's transcripts were wildly inaccurate. pic.twitter.com/6C6xucQH1w
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 25, 2018
.@realDonaldTrump What I meant is, you could get a million dollars. And you could get it in cash. I know where it could be gotten.
— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) July 25, 2018
COHEN: I spoke to *air quotes* our friend, David
TRUMP: who?
COHEN: 'you know…the guy taking care of the *jerkoff motion*
TRUMP: oh right right right yeah pay all that in cash
COHEN: oh no no nono
TRUMP: fine a check made out to 'crimes'— zeddy (@Zeddary) July 25, 2018
Look *polishing knuckles on lapel* you don’t wanna be borrowing late campaign extramarital affair hush money because there’s no expectation of cash flow to fund the debt. Plus, how are you gonna explain it to your banker in Moscow, and who else is listening when you do, you know?
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 25, 2018
Is there NOBODY in Trump’s orbit (besides McGahan) who know a single damn thing about campaign finance law? Whatever the source or form of the money it was an illegal expenditure that wasn’t reported. Frankly, if it’s not cash it’s probably _worse_ for Trump. https://t.co/sLngc4KkCV
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 25, 2018
I swear this part of the storyline is like watching snakes fight in a bag
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 25, 2018