Thursday, April 18, 2019

Picture of a bad witness

Or, in some regards, a witless witness.  Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is, after being convicted of crimes including perjury, saying that he's going to fill in the blanks of the redacted Mueller report.  Neat trick, knowing first of all that part of the redactions involve classified information, so if he filled in those blanks, he'd get some more time in the pokey for revealing that.  Going further, another portion of the redacted information is privileged testimony from grand juries, and if he revealed that, again, more time in the gray bar hotel.


Finally, you've got the simple fact that Cohen isn't privy to what is going on in the Attorney General's office, so he has absolutely no clue about redactions besides a hunch about those involving himself.  So he's doing nice theatre, much like fellow crook Michael Avenatti, but it's nothing that should be taken seriously.

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