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cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 07:47 AM Jul 2018

There's no reason Lanny Davis would--I mean wouldn't--tell the truth

about the source of the leaks from the Michael Cohen tapes. I watched Rachel last night work herself into a swivet trying to figure out how the leaks would help Trump and why his side would be leaking. I think the answer is simple: because leaking is what Trump's underlings do. I don't think the leaks have any strategic purpose; I think it's yet another case of people working in the Trump administration having had it with the Jerkoff-in-Chief and leaking because they hate him so.

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There's no reason Lanny Davis would--I mean wouldn't--tell the truth (Original Post) cyclonefence Jul 2018 OP
They're just getting ahead of it and knocking some of its edge off. They can't deny it or ... marble falls Jul 2018 #1
That's what Rachel Maddow thinks, too, cyclonefence Jul 2018 #2
Very few people have gone to jail for lying to Congress, and at least two of cheetolini's henchmen marble falls Jul 2018 #3

marble falls

(56,353 posts)
1. They're just getting ahead of it and knocking some of its edge off. They can't deny it or ...
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 08:04 AM
Jul 2018

bury it or defend it so they toss it out first like its inconsequential.

The prosecution has the opposite objective: they need to give it impact and get the jury to react to it by dumping it at its most dramatic point.

The two sides have a battle order in their cases and they try to diminish or blunt the other points. Those leaks are part of the dance.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
2. That's what Rachel Maddow thinks, too,
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 08:13 AM
Jul 2018

but I don't think this is the case, mostly because "getting ahead" of a story that might put Don Jr. in jail for lying to Congress doesn't seem to me to give any advantage to Trump. As the experts told Rachel, leaking this story doesn't diminish Cohen's value as a witness. Seems to me it's exactly the sort of story Trump *wouldn't* want made public so close to the mid-terms. I truly believe it's malicious staff.

marble falls

(56,353 posts)
3. Very few people have gone to jail for lying to Congress, and at least two of cheetolini's henchmen
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 08:39 AM
Jul 2018

have ignored subpoenas to testify before Congressional committees in the last year and have faced no sanctions at all.

They want to shake all the shock value and gut reactions out before the jury hears it in court. They want it to turn from criminal to banal in a jury's mind.

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