Trump's Lawyer Warns Scarborough: 'Better Have Proof' For Your 'Big Mouth'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published MARCH 15, 2017, 10:59 AM EDT
President Donald Trumps personal lawyer warned Joe Scarborough that he better have proof to back up the claim that Trump himself leaked his tax returns to the journalist David Cay Johnston.
Michael Cohen, a longtime Trump associate and fixture on cable television, warned the MSNBC host after Scarborough said Trump had "cherry picked" a return to leak in order "to distract from Russia hearings and the Trumpcare meltdown."
Scarborough known in the past for his connections to Trumps inner circle, and to the President himself made the charge on his on his Twitter account Wednesday:
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Responding to Scarborough, Cohen did not dispute the claim:
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Scarborough responded in kind:
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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michael-cohen-warns-joe-scarborough
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)but that was really excellent. "Save your dumb thug routine for someone who gives a damn."
dalton99a
(81,428 posts)Botany
(70,483 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,323 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Or perhaps it was "John Barron."
calimary
(81,192 posts)for trump!
How 'bout Donnie Short-Fingers?
MontanaMama
(23,301 posts)Heard that one on Stephanie Miller.
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)"THE ORANGE PHLEGMBALL" TRUMP
spooky3
(34,427 posts)whathehell
(29,053 posts)Go for it, Joe.
yardwork
(61,588 posts)dalton99a
(81,428 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)a way to kow tow, kiss boots and grovel at the feet of his true masters in the upper echelons of NBC and the WH. He knows a majority of americans have seen seen the truth about the ameriKKKans posing as our leaders and his ratings are going to suffer IF he doesn't throw those who watch him a bone. Fuck that scar on humanity.
monmouth4
(9,691 posts)on her show and not once has he ever recognized her..
HurricaneWarning
(220 posts)She handed him his ass once, he walked out, and hasn't spoken to her since.
monmouth4
(9,691 posts)gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)FakeNoose
(32,617 posts)You go girl!
jealous of her ratings I'm sure.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)Snackshack
(2,541 posts)Agreeing with Scarborough that is.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)FreeStateDemocrat
(2,654 posts)MaeScott
(878 posts)Get more 🍿..
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)I like the phrase. I think we'll have a lot of opportunity to use it in the next couple of years.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,164 posts)Oh, never mind.
Putin.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)realize what evil is now resident in the whitehouse....and start doing his job
still_one
(92,116 posts)Gore1FL
(21,122 posts)OnDoutside
(19,952 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)onenote
(42,680 posts)currently affiliated (since 2014) with Western Michigan State University.
It is, at least today, a bottom tier law school. Per Wikipedia: According to Cooley's ABA required disclosures, only 27.4% of graduates from the class of 2015 obtained full time, long term, bar passage required employment 9 months after graduation. 23.8% of graduates were unemployed 9 months after graduation. Only 51.86% of graduates managed to pass a state bar exam in 2015, a requirement to practice law. Cooley's bar passage rates have averaged about 20% less than the state average pass rates. According to Law School Transparency, Cooley is considered one of the most at-risk law schools for exploiting students for tuition (remind anyone of Trump U?). And one law professor described Cooley's 2015 entering class as "statistically the worst entering class of law students in the history of American legal education at an ABA-Accredited law school."
Yeah, dumb thug seems to fit.
mountain grammy
(26,611 posts)IdiotsforPalin
(169 posts)mountain grammy
(26,611 posts)nikibatts
(2,198 posts)Bullies all. Take him to court. Let's see what happens...loving it.
Vinca
(50,255 posts)Perfect mob lawyer.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)LakeArenal
(28,813 posts)I might begin, to start, to sorta, maybe, perhaps, think he has a soul...
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)Irony just ass-ploded.
murielm99
(30,730 posts)Like trump's proof that President Obama tapped him.
Leith
(7,808 posts)Uuhhhmmmm.......
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Trump like some are trying to say. If his lawyer is unhappy and challenging to others to provide proof then I have a feeling it is not a leak from trump himself.
joanbarnes
(1,722 posts)Nevertheless, I agree here, Trump did leak taxes for these exact reasons. NOT FOOLED!
More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)Drives me crazy.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,323 posts)For the record, I think he is on about 1080
Blue Idaho
(5,045 posts)But never follows through. Cohen is a paper tiger.
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)FakeNoose
(32,617 posts)They've become multi-millionaires from all of Trump's lawsuits.
Wait a minute, Trump can't start any new lawsuits while he's POTUS, can he?
dem4decades
(11,282 posts)First question, are your taxes under audit.
usaf-vet
(6,178 posts)is now and always has been.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)and jo jo didnt even compare it to something Bill Clinton did 20 yrs ago.....
btw. is jo jo getting his own show?
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Hekate
(90,624 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)there's a good chance Dump may have leaked it himself. Johnston has been reporting on Dump for years and says he often "leaks" about himself if he believes it will benefit him.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/14/trump-may-have-leaked-his-own-tax-return-award-winning-journalist-says.html
The benefit here, of course, is twofold: It's an innocuous tax return that's far from complete, and DISTRACTION.
Hekate
(90,624 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)I had swallowed just before reading that.
I don't care for Joe at all but once in a while he'll say something that almost makes me like him a tiny bit for a split second or two... than like a bit of gas it passes.
barbtries
(28,787 posts)i ever liked joe scarborough. ever.
TacoD
(581 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)But that smack-down was commendable.
Good job.
Mr.Bill
(24,264 posts)telling someone they better have proof to back up their big mouth?
You can't make this stuff up. One of the funniest things I've read all day.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Response to DonViejo (Original post)
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pansypoo53219
(20,968 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)Trump's mouthpiece: "Joe Scum, you better have proof for what you are saying."
Joe Scum: "Likewise for your client."
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Scar has a nasty temper too. I've seen him go off several times on his show. One time, I thought the chairs were gonna fly!
Cohen is going to be on the receiving end for quite a spell, me thinks. Love it.
PS. Oh, and donald? When you've lost Joey Scar, it's not lookin' good for ya, pal.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)and Joe is still a killer
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)Paladin
(28,246 posts)flying-skeleton
(696 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)from what I've read.
bora13
(860 posts)the social media comment boards have been lighting up like
4th of july.
We must be over a crucial target if the flak is this heavy.
xor
(1,204 posts)ago.
Cha
(297,063 posts)Beartracks
(12,806 posts)... "so-called attorney."
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