Michael Cohen House Testimony Viewing Thread: Part II

When will Democrats get their turn to question Cohen?

No pic, OP?

They already have.

This is a snooze. What a letdown

Local time in Vietnam is after 1am. Hopefully Trump can’t sleep.

It's anything but, R4.

THESE RIPIGS ARE A WASTE OF TIME!

Who’s that hot geek questioning him now?

Seriously what earth shattering revelations have we gotten so far?

Michael Cohen is coming off very well. He can't be rattled no matter how hard the Republicans try. They are so frustrated that they won't let him answer their questions.

well Cohen said prosecutors in NY are looking at "other" illegal acts by Trump lol

Mr. Amash looks amused.

His questions are spastic.

Who's the broad nodding her head behind Cohen? Make it stop.

He can't sleep, r5 ...... It's almost time for the 3:00 am Hanoi Tweets to begin. He's probably chomping on a Sweet & Sour Big Mac and some Chicken Fried Pigeon.

I wish someone would ask him about what work he did for Hannity.

R10 the only bad part for Cohen is whether Meadows is correct or not that he didn't fill out the document correctly talking about foreign contracts he had.

This guy’s a Republican? Justin Smash?

This country is being sold to the gutter.

What never fails to strike me is how little the Repugs care about honor, integrity, and the good of the people. It’s incredible, but unfortunately not surprising, that these men and women are true monsters. That’s all Washington DC is: a theme park for monsters.

How many of these Rethugs want to get plowed by Cohen?

R1 are you even watching it? Each time a Republican has his time for questions a democrat has his time. It's a back and forth. Each side has had equal time.

What was with Amash's easy drilling?

r17 Justin Amash is a libertarian Republican who has drafted pro-privacy legislation. Not so much an authoritarian bootlicker.

R9, you've said repeatedly that you find this boring and not revelatory.

Revelations are what nonlawyers are looking for, and it's understandable, but in open hearings what matters, in large part, is what they get on the record, and factfinders' impressions of his credibility.

Revelations are for closed committee hearings.

The "Foreign contracts" document. And Cohen was, of course, correct.

You don't often see a woman in burgundy.

Fuck yeah, Katie Hill. She's from my cousin's district and kicked out an asshole. Love her.

Trump hasn't been in Vietnam long enough to be on their time. For him it's still 1pm.

R26, it shows up as purple on my iPad lol.

R25 link doesn't work.

I predict that one day Katie Hill will be President.

We need more representatives like Amash and Hill!!!

Who was in charge of postponing Cohen's testimony until today, the same day a certain someone is also out of the country? It doesn't seem like pure coincidence.

Ms Hill has slight vocal fry.

Eric Trump Verified account @EricTrump

Michael was lobbying EVERYONE to be “Chief of Staff.” It was the biggest joke in the campaign and around the office. Did he just perjure himself again? 8:11 AM - 27 Feb 2019

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Nailed it. It really was the biggest joke of the entire transition. The beginning of his bitterness was when he realized that was never going to happen. #Delusional.

R26, Purple. She mentioned she's from a "purple" District.

You. Can't. Pay-off. Porn. Stars. And. Playboy. Models.

I don't know what 'crime' it falls under, but it's not legal.

And it's impeachable.

[quote][R1] are you even watching it?

On and off. I turn it off when Repus start to talk. I'll pay more attention now.

For those asking when the Dems get to ask questions, they already are. The format is that they alternate Dem and Repug members, 5 minutes each. The Repugs are the all white male side, many in shirtsleeves. The Dems are the people on the other side, many people of color and female.

So Drumpf lied under oath re: Sader. How do Rethugs think about that?

r30 link works when I strip all the uRL parameter junk to the right of the status ID

yes Ms Hill just asked Cohen if he can get copies of the payments from the Bank regarding Stormy Daniels and he said yes

[quote]Seriously what earth shattering revelations have we gotten so far?

Let me guess, this is no big deal, Trump is no big deal, but the Dems have been taken over by the far-left/SJW/PC culture.

lmao rep Gibbs of Ohio is defending the "honor" of Trump

Mr. Gibbs is senile.

Gibbs, also looks like a child toucher.

Oh, he basically just said --- dont come back here and give us the truth.

Summary of the first morning: No Russian collusion; one certain lie to the committee per CNN; he doesn't like Trump any more; no abortions

Well Gibbs, you've known him for "a little bit", and Cohen was his cutthroat fixer for a decade. Hmmm. Gee. I wonder who actually knows him better.

Friggin idiot.

Are there tapes, Usay and Quday?

Justin Amash is sexy with big dark nips.

[quote]lmao rep Gibbs of Ohio is defending the "honor" of Trump

He also plans to protect Madonna's virginity

Gibbs should have kept his jacket on.

Bone Spurs is working TIRELESSLY!!!!

They're really worried about this book deal!

Can't they realize that Cohen's moral wasteland is why he was attractive to Trump? 'Birds of a feather'?

Rep. Raskin is a good egg.

[quote]Justin Amash is sexy with big dark nips.

He's a nerd. Shut up!

[quote]Seriously what earth shattering revelations have we gotten so far?

This isn't a "Real Housewives" episode.

There’s no CRYING on Capitol Hill, Ms. Gibbs!

These Southern Republicans are busting bloodvessels trying not to blurt out anything antisemitic.

"Was any of those..."

Ugh, who is this hick?

Wedding ring...what a lucky, lucky woman, that Mrs. Gibbs.

Don’t forget he just said Trump ordered him to lie, while he was president. That’s pretty damning, R47.

HAHAHA. Cohen called Gibbs out for only knowing him a few seconds.

Another Republican dick defending and praising President Plump.

Seriously, this party is done with. Rename it now. TRUMP PARTY will do perfectly.

Or TRUMP ORGANIZATION.

Is Jordan their ringer???

Sad.

wait why does Jordan get to keep asking questions?

Jordan fucked himself over again by trying to challenge the who started the campaign thing.

The President may have committed crimes, but you, Mr. Cohen, want to write a book! That's despicable!

R67 because they keep yielding their time to him.

I find it amazing that these Republicans are worried about whether Cohen might make some money off this, but are not interested in whether Trump is using the office to enrich himself. They aren't interested in Trumps tax returns to see if he has foreign financial interests.

It's funny that Jordan is being given the task of being the pitbull but he's failing miserably because he's no match to Cohen.

Yes, how come Jordan gets to come back with more questions?

r50, I wish Justin Amash were your private fucktoy because as a legislator he's a disaster.

OMG....

Who styled Bob Gibb's hair?

Gibb's sounds like a real asshole.

And Jordan is a collossal asshole.

These fools keep asking the same damn questions over and over.

[QUOTE]These Southern Republicans are busting bloodvessels trying not to blurt out anything antisemitic.

😂 Hilarious.

R71 the whole book and movie thing is to paint a picture of someone lying just to get money for a book deal.

R70 but why him? he's not even smart

R47, "No Russian collusion" is hardly what can be drawn from Mikey's testimony.

First of all, that happenstance does and did not depend on Cohen.

Secondly, there is private testimony to come.

Now: What was his "lie to the Committee"? He was proven accurate about the "Foreign contracts" reporting requirement (he should have let that blowhard "read it out loud").

Jordan and Meadows think they're "nailing" Cohen. But they're just "pishers."

Jordan is not good at this at all.

You can say what you want about us NYers, but even if we're scum, we'll call out your attempt to bullshit us. We don't buy the fake nice shit.

[quote]Jordan fucked himself over again by trying to challenge the who started the campaign thing.

Those of us in NYC KNOW that it is true. Cohen has been with Trump for a LONG time andhe did start those websites, etc

Sarbanes has sad guy voice.

Mistah Cohen, are yew a CHRIST KILLAH?

Sarbanes is attractive

R78 because he's the ranking member.

Sarbanes OD's on painkillers.

[quote] how come Jordan gets to come back with more questions?

Members get 5 minutes but Republicans are yielding back some of their 5 minutes to Jordan.

[quote]Sarbanes is attractive

Thanks for reminding me I'm on DL.

Sarbanes.... speaks..... so...... slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowly.

Is Sarbanes a narcoleptic? Jeez.

Hannity will have a meltdown over Cohen tonight. I hope Cohen responds by telling what services he provided for him

I wish the Democrats would ask about Hannity but it would be dumb too as their focus is on the piece of shit president, not a piece of shit garbage Fox "News" host

[quote] Mistah Cohen, are yew a CHRIST KILLAH?

Mistah Co-han, *hwhy* should we believe yew? Y'all people killed ar' saviahr an' lawwwwwwd!

why is Jordan the ranking member? The repubs couldn't have found someone smarter?

Haberman's trying to spin it for Trump lol.

Am I mistaken in thinking that Cohen has also implicated Trump's lawyers in possible criminal activity. This is from the text of the opening statement that was provided last night. He read a shortened version of it:

[quote]You need to know that Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers reviewed and edited my statement to Congress about the timing of the Moscow Tower negotiations before I gave it.

He is referring to his perjury to Congress here. I'm assuming the personal lawyers were John Dowd and Ty Cobb.

The old guy on right looks like he's getting a second wind.

This is sooooo borrrring!

This makes me wonder what Cohen's private testimony was like....

Eeyore needs to yield to another D with some SPUNK!

Just call her Judith Miller 2.0, R95. I do.

Higgins looks like a history teacher/coach who dressed up for a Christmas party

Sarbanes is 56? whoa he looks much younger for a white 56 year old. If he has a body I'd hit it

Is Higgins a bear?

Oh God Higgins is back to the box of evidence.

Higgins looks like one of those short, overly-muscular guys.

Sarbanes is my Rep. He's always "low key." And yes, he's a DILF.

I think I saw that Higgins dude wearing leather chaps and sniffing poppers at IML in 2002.

No, R106 he looks like a fat fuck.

Most of the Republicans sound like descendants of Foghorn Leghorn.

Deal with it, R98. This ain’t no disco.

Yay, Sarbanes! Happy to see his son is in the house, so to speak.

Higgins has that white trash hillbilly accent

A WASTE OF FUCKING TIME! RIPIGS ARE THE WORST!

GREASE FIRE TO ALL REPIGS !!!!!!!

Strange outfit - Higgins.

OMG, again with the books and the movies. America!

Rep. Higgins: "I didn't know who you were until today."

Wow, talk about someone totally exposing his own ignorance.

I needed that laugh, R110

Higgins is a flipping idiot beyond belief

why the hell do all the republicans keep asking about book deals?! what does that have to do with anything ?!?!?

so because Cohen will pursue book and tv/movie deals that means he's not credible? Again if he were to lie again to Congress, his deal with prosecutors could be ripped up and he'd get even harsher punishment

I love that wily Cajun.

OMG that gurl with the 70s flick hair is taking selfies.

R119 for the 10000th time it's to paint a picture to the public that he's just lying to get money for a book deal or movie deal.

ooh get in there Welch from Vermont and ask about those stolen emails!! yaaas hunty

All of those cunts would jump at the first opportunity for the eventual book deal, screenplay, and film.

Massive dump. Hehe.

R119, you expect them to ask about the validity of the accusations against Trump?

Is Higgins completely UNAWARE that those "boxes of documents" HAVE been looked at and vetted by the FBI and Mueller?!

Is he UNAWARE that it's STUPID to keep mentioning "I've arrested many" when Mikey is already SENTENCED?!

Is Higgins a GD PARROT re: "book deal"?

Finally, WTH dresses Higgins, his blind great-grandmother?

Why don't balding men just shave their fucking head? The hair only on the side and back of the head is NOT a good look.

Rep Clay Higgins is dumber than a box of rocks and I am glad he isn't in law enforcement anymore because he is a asshole.

So that's twice they have Dotard lying under oath.

Welch YAAAAAAS

Not only do they sound like Foghorn Leghorn, they're almost all incoherent, mangling the English language.

Higgins is a redneck southern Baptist Bible thumper.

And a bg fat liar.

[quote]All of those cunts would jump at the first opportunity for the eventual book deal, screenplay, and film.

Most of us cunts would too.

he lied already before all of this even began? like....who the fuck caaaaaares about book deals?!?

honesty they have nothing better to ask. and then they keep returning to the one dumbass and cohen just shuts him down repeatedly.

How long before Higgins is back talking about boxes?

Christ, that Higgins was in law enforcement? I can only imagine the poor victims of his power trips.

Hehe.

I never heard of Mr Welch before but now I do. Great questions

to be clear, each member of the committee gets 5 minutes. Some members yield their tie or part of their time to others. So the GOP guys keep yielding to Jordan or Meadows.

Upcoming dump.

their TIME...not "tie."

WHAT ABOUT THOSE BOXES?

WILL ANYONE PLEASE THINK OF THOSE BOXES?!?!?

Mr. Trump has a black speaker phone on his desk.

Book deals are bad, but real estate deals while in office are good?

omg Welch yes you connect those dots bitch!!!!

Dump lolz

[quote]WILL ANYONE PLEASE THINK OF THOSE BOXES?!?!?

I paid them all off for the sex, didn't I?

R139, she's great to watch. She used to roll her eyes upon some Repub 'questions', too. Hilarious.

You can bet Jordan as ranking member ordered every one of those GOP pieces of shit to yield back enough time to him or Meadows (the two main attack dogs) so they could keep hammering on Cohen all the way through the hearing.

ooh Cohen talking about another Pecker moment protecting Trump

da love child!

LOVE CHILD!

Wait a minute... I just got back... Emails?

Are these people REALLY bringing up the Clinton emails???

The American President: Keystone Cops Edition

Rethugs are sooooo concerned with innocent family!

The only difference between Cohen and Trump is that Cohen has come to the realization of what a low life he is.

Ralphie Norman has such a little nose

Ralph Norman of South Carolina. He speaks as slowly as Lindsey Graham

I love Mr. Norman's Southern accent.

R47, Still waiting for that alleged "lie to this Committee" by Cohen....

A love child is a child being loved, right?

... :-(

I can’t believe these people are in Congress. God, our country is a huge embarrassment.

God that Louisiana redneck in the vest and tie. His voice sounded like banjo music to me. He's was in law enforcement too, shocking. I kept expecting him to say "What haaave heeere, is a failure to communicate."

[quote]Ralph Norman of South Carolina. He speaks as slowly as Lindsey Graham

It's the heat down there.

Norman trying to nail Cohen for secretly recording Trump...

A "love child"!

so Pecker was pissed that he made payments for Trump and wasn't reimbursed multiple times wow yet he kept doing it for him...

"Mr. Jordan, don't you have some naked college jocks to peep in a shower somewhere?"

Another Foghorn Leghorn speaks: "a fourteen million LAHN of credit"

All these fucking hypocrites and their double standards, now is the time for the news media to really go after them. If they can sit here and pound on Cohen, an admitted felon, then I want to know how pure they are in all their transactions and how they expect to have their infractions overlooked.

I'm waiting for Gym to close with the following:

-How much did Hillary pay you to do this?

-When did Hillary approach you to do this?

-How did Hillary get you the job with Dotard?

-Which of your lies did Hillary feed you?

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH the fucking dumbass republicans think that a book deal is going to take away Cohen's credit debt??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

what a stupid blind reach!!!!

What other stories did Pecker kill: Love child w/employee, elevator operator.

COhen: When David was looking to become CEO of Time, we were concerned he'd leave treasure trove of stories.

Trump's blood pressure must be about 3000/2800 by now.

R163, don't act too embarrassed, because as much as the world pretends they laugh at Trump, they still follow him on policies like the bitches they are, especially Europe.

Mr. Norman: "Have you legally or EEEEElgally recorded othuh cliunts?".

Did every single male Republican in the House appear on Hee Haw?

HAHAHA I love that each time they try to trap him and it backfires.

Do you think another bank would give you a loan?

They just did!

"The American People pay when you default!!!"

"Yeah, but I've never been in default, but nice try, dumbass."

Norman's accent is very similar to Miss Lindsey's I wonder if they're from the same part of SC or all them sound that way?

I just realized that Kate McKinnon will play the annoying blonde lady in the back on SNL.

It'll be annoyingception.

Cohen just said under oath he's never been to Prague

COhen says he recorded Trump on the David Pecker conversation, bc he knew he wouldn't get paid back!!!!!

Soon to hit the NY Times bestseller list: "My Testimony before Congress: Of Love Children, Massive Dumps, and Treasure Troves of Filth," by Michael Cohen.

During Watergate each side hired lawyers to do the questioning of most witnesses, which was actually more effective and kept elected officials from grandstanding.

Yes Jackie Speier! Get in there about the Moscow Trump Tower shitz

Cohen did travel to Europe in 2016

Whoa, Jackie Spier survived Jonestown where she was shot 5 times.

ooh elevator tape catch and kill

Really, every one of these Republicans should be thumbing suspenders and sweating with women in church hats fanning themselves in the background.

I think we can presume that the Prague questions are off limits per agreement with Mueller.

His phone also PINGED in Prague. Hmmm.

HE STRUCK MELANIA IN THE ELEVATOR!

Elevator tape.

He doesn't believe that Dotard would ever strike Melania----- and yet he's struck Ivanka.

Vairst Letty being beaten up!

Cohen said he didn't go to Prague so I believe he bought a phone and someone else used it, so it pinged to Cohen's name

Providing sound bytes for Fox News seems to be the Republican order of the day.

David Pecker is scum of the earth

Mistah Cohen, did yew agree ta bust up a chifforobe fuh Hillury Clin'un?

THIS IS GOOD!

The love child doesn't exist? Does that mean I'm not real?

I love Jackie. She doesn't play

More, more, more!

r195, yes, he's struck Ivanka in the vagina with his tiny fingers and cock.

Kaitlan Collins Verified account @kaitlancollins

Sen. Lindsey Graham tells @sunlenserfaty he spoke to President Trump last night. “I think he was upset he was gonna have dueling shows here," Graham said. "That it did bother him there's going to be a split screen between Michael Cohen and Kim Jong Un."

The Iliot and the Odyssey @82_and_0

Replying to @kaitlancollins @SunlenSerfaty

Dueling would assume that ANYONE is interested in what he's doing right now. The entire country is watching Cohen.

R202, who the hell are you?

I LOVE Jackie Speier! "Is there a love child?"

She took five bullets at Jonestown.

Jackie Spier was effective.

West Virginia...MOOCHERS

Cohen's father was probably a kapo.

Then THIS hag Miller.

a West Virginian hillbilly hi Carol Miller. Another one outraged saying this is all political to destroy Trump

WV is our worst state by far

Oh, Mrs Miller is just oh so offended!!!!

It's not your money, bitch. It's MINE.

What is wrong with white women like Mrs. Miller?

With Kathy Baker as Mrs. Miller!

She's so simplistic.

Rep Jackie Speier: How many times has he asked you to threaten someone? 10?

Cohen: More.

Rep Jackie Speier: 50?

Cohen: More.

Rep Jackie Speier: 100?

Cohen: More.

Rep Jackie Speier: 250?

Cohen: More.

Rep Jackie Speier: 500?

Cohen: Yeah, that's probably about right, over the 10 years.

STAND BY YORRRR MAN!

Lol r217

I'm appalled at the inbreeding in West Virginia. Only explanation for electing someone like this bitch.

So liars who are known liars should never be believed?

But continue to defend Drumpf.

Dems are wasting people's time?

Benghazi.

Why is Mrs. Miller giving a political speech?

Well I nevah in all mah lahfe!

Another Repug bitch defending and praising the Führer.

Neo natal abstinence syndrome?

Self righteous West Virginia cracker worried about border security!

APPALLED!!!!!!!

Hey Mrs Miller, this is NOT a Trump ralley.

And you just know the Republicans are cheering this nonsense like she's saying anything substantive

She never met a sunscreen that she didn't hate.

MOST APPALLING!!!11!1

Republicans just don't get it, by making Cohen look bad they make Trump look bad, Trump hired him and used Cohen for 10 years.

Of course he's going to prison for lying. He liked for Trump. Trump needs to go to prison too, for all of his lies.

Get a grip Mrs. Miller. Just the facts, Ma'am !

Stop with the fucking questions about a book deal!

HAHAHA Mrs. Miller's lame attempt at reading dramatically from her script.

Oh and NOW youre concerned about children separated from their parents WHICH THE MAN YOU ARE DEFENDING IS THE CAUSE OF?

HAHAHAHA

[quote] WHAT ABOUT THOSE BOXES?

[quote] WILL ANYONE PLEASE THINK OF THOSE BOXES?!?!?

Are there binders in them?

Neonatal abstinence syndrome is a major issue facing America?

I hate you, r232. Makin' me spit out my lemonade.

BOOK DEAL !!!1!!!11eleven

Where are the violins?

She is very school marm-ish

"What a waste of time and money!"

WV gives nothing to the fed. coffer. I do. It's my tax dollars, not your stupid state's money, TAKER.

You take from me and I paid for your sham Benghazi hearings. Scumbag woman

Wait.. if the tape didn't exist, why would Drumpf be so concerned enough to try to find it unless the event actually took place?

Rethugs would be fine with a book deal so long as Cohen hires a ghostwriter.

Who will play Michael Cohen??? I think Paul Rudd would work, but he can’t act.

The questions about the book deal are only designed to shift the narrative to be about the book deal.

What the fuck, R239? I rushed here to figure out what that was about. Republicans are just so crazy.

Leave it to the Dems to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Biggest moment so far--

"Well that was a ‘wow’ moment. Cohen knows about illegal acts by Trump that he can’t discuss because they are under federal investigation."

[quote]Who will play Michael Cohen???

Yale Acting Alum Henry Winkler, of course!

Fuckin Hollywood better not have Ben Stiller play Cohen.

If they can make Christian Bale look like Dick Cheney they could make him look like Micheal Cohen.

Either that or someone tracks down an original ALF costume, R253.

He wants a book and movie deal. And he wanted to be Trump's Chief of Staff. And he turned on Trump because of it.

That's what Tucker will hammer repeatedly on tonight's show.

Or met with Russians that year while in Europe (at least England), or ever being in the Czech Republic, r182.

Adam Sandler could probably pull it off and end up with a few statues for his fireplace.

Glenn Close should get the Michael Cohen role, and an Oscar for the performance.

Mister Cohen, what is it lahk to be in league with LEZBEEN BABY EATER Hillary Clinton?

R188 - And it is a damned shame that so few know Ms. Speier's and the late Congessman's Leo Ryan's ordeal at Jonestown during a truth seeking mission. While she lay severely wounded on the tarmac following Mr. Ryan's murder by cultists, hundreds of men, women, children and infants nearby were being forced to drink the kool-aid, that incident being the genesis of that often misused phrase. I cringe to think of the times the uninformed have used the term in Congresswoman's Speiers' presence.

Jackie Speiers is a true American hero.

I wonder if some witness in Prague confused the dark-haired Cohen with the dark-haired Manafort.

Armstrong is shaking as well... and his voice is quavering. It's tough trying to be a tough guy when you're not.

Rep. Armstrong lecturing Cohen about the ethical standards of lawyers, what a tool!

Miss Kelly Armstrong has a distinct Chris Burrous vibe.

Armstrong looks like he wants to cry.

One second one second one second

Armstrong has gay face.

The republicans are grasping at straws.

Why are all Repubs sounding and acting agitated?

I sure wish these Republicans were as concerned about Trumps ethics as they are Cohen's ethics.

Armstrong has gay hole.

White American wanted a mob boss as president, that's becoming more clear to me.

R271 because they have to provide the clips for Fox News.

Lemme guess...Armstrong will yield his time to that asshole

When will the dems get a turn? It seems 80% are all repubs.

I do find Cohen's exaggerated marionette lines to be hilarious

"I thank you for continuing the narrative."

R269 beat me to it.

I was going to post that he pinged to me.

"Everything had to be approved by Mista Trump- he knew everything"

R272 or as concerned about his fantasy book and movie deals.

It just seems like the republicans are getting more time because when any of them get their turn they make a huge production out of it. The Dems are more low key and respectful and aren't as blatantly obvious.

Would Cohen have been a kapo in 1944?? The man is willing to work for evil.

Just like any lawyer.

Cohen admitting he hired someone to rig online polls

using algorithms

So when it comes out that Trump committed tax fraud and stole from the American people, then I expect the Republicans to be equally outraged. Right?

Whoa.

and Trump knew/wanted it

Seriously, R278. It isn’t be the exaggerated marionette lines that remind me of ALF. And the deepset, beady eyes.

Eleanor Holmes Norton chose a bad moment to start her lunch break.

I can see Miss Armstrong as an officious florist laying down the law to some poor Grand Forks bride foolish enough to ask for carnations in her arrangements.

As far as questioning goes, Republicans get 5 minutes then a Democrat gets 5 minutes, most Republicans are yielding back a portion of their 5 minutes to Republican Jim Jordan, so it appears there are two Republicans asking questions compared to every Democrat. There are actually more Democrats on the committee than Republicans since Democrats are in the majority, so Democrats will get more total time to ask questions.

I believe the I hear the ratio is 24 Democrats to 17 Republicans on the committee but I am too lazy to look it up.

for someone from Lowell, MA, this DeSaulnier guy has lost his accent living in California

I mean it IS the marionette lines.

Oh my, hot daddy alert.

So the Republicans think that it's a good financial move to go to jail just so that they can write a book.

They’re all so disappointed.

I was just following orders.

Look at those shoulders.

oh look Florida repub scum Steube

Did he just say "convicted liar"?

Will this idiot stop spitting into the mic?? Fuck.

R248 - I can see Joel Edgerton as Michael Cohen.

Steube looks like one of my college professors who let me blow him while I was taking college classes during high school.

Why am I having a vision of Mr. Steube in a sling?

Steube looks like he'd love to be a greasy bottom.

Aged-out Nasty Pig model

OK Steube so why did Trump make those payments if he wasn't directing Cohen to pay off the women?

Mr. Steube is hot. I'd hate fuck him.

I love that he remembered to bring up Ghouliani confirming the payments to Stormy.

"Chris Como"

Have some self respect, R310.

All these Republicans complaining that this is a waste of congressional resources? Chairman Cummings needs to tell them they are under no obligation to participate and the door is that way.

His hands are massive.

Steube also has a good head of hair.

He's not bad. Only 40.

Go, Ms. Lawrence, calling out the racism and bringing up one black person to argue that he's not a racist is brilliant. They can't challenge that.

Didn't Chairman Cummings say they were going to recess after Mrs Miller?

Now you're guilty for racist thoughts.

[quote]His hands are massive.

DL Massive Dick Troll Scout

Thank god. Go to recess what a cluster fuck this is

Draw her some pictures, Mikey.

R317 posted the same pic I was coming to post. 😂

I’ll show him and his lovely wife instead.

lmao imagine there are deplorables out there who might get in trouble with the law for threatening Cohen. How pathetic

Race card versus Holocaust card!

That fucking cunt who is mad because this is taking up important business the Congress could be handling. Has she heard of e-mails and the YEARS of hearings on Benghazi?

I appreciate what Cohen's doing today, but how does he feel about the families of those people who he intimidated while he "protected dump"?

Chip Roy. With a name like that obviously he's a repub from Texas

Lol I was just gonna say that r329

He made a good deal, so sue him.

R328 he already stated he's downright ashamed of having done so.

All I see.

Books!! Movies!! A prison podcast!!!!

R329, he may be a roy, but he's not a BARRON!

Cohen is a scumball but that is the type of people that Trump surrounds himself with. Trump only wants scumballs working for him, Trump fires people with integrity and those who won't lie for him.

"Real Americans in my district" shut the fuck up Chip Roy.

Games? The fucking repigs are playing games

Is Chip Roy on speed?

Little-known fact: Chip Roy is the guy who reads the terms & conditions at the end of radio ads.

There's going to be two more of these? Dear god, how long is this shit?

"Democrat Party" - Mr. Roy. Duck you, you hairless cat.

oh look Chip Roy is peddling the "immigration crisis at the border" narrative again

FUCK****

R333 I see this

WALL!!!

WTF does this have to do with anything. He’s about to burst into tears!

Chip Roy has the nerve to say this hearing is an embarrassment? Yeah because you fucking repigs are making it so

#286, they rigged the voting booths, too.

It's clear Cohen is not the brightest bulb. I think Trump hired him with the assurance that Cohen would be a barracuda, and unafraid of bullying and threatening people for Tweety.

Christ, Roy sounds ready to cry.

Republicans are just tone deaf. They project from space.

The faux outrage by the Republicans on this committee has truly been breathtaking.

Would Chip Roy have given that little speech during the Benghazi hearings?

"Thank God the Democratic party can walk and chew gum at the same time."

ZING!!!!

Early footage of Chip Roy

Chip Roy sounds like a crossbred child of Roy Rogers and Chip the Squirrel.

Hey Mr Roy, nobody cares about your wife.

We should all email Rep Roy that he is wrong we do care, what we don't care about is the stupid wall.

Chip Roy is a Ted Cruz Mini-Me. Next!

"Thank God the Democratic party can walk and chew gum at the same time."

Oh snap from Plaskett!!!

oh the Virgin Islands rep. So they don't vote but they can take part in hearings interesting

Love Plaskett for calling out Gaetz.

The GOP is an angry lot.

Dripping Springs. Oh, fuck.

Plaskett has coffee cake hair like Angela Bauer.

Cohen needs another pee break.

that's how the GOP operates. It's all a show. Everything legit is "bad for the country" and all their lies "are the truth"

Just think...this is just what is currently publicly available to talk about!

Christ only knows what is currently under investigation!

Ms. Plaskett has a neat headsnap to throw shade over at the Republicans.

“The GOP is an angry lot.”

A’hm TREMBLIN’ with the LAWD’S righteous anga!

"How dare you waste our time with this when we could be busy not actually doing anything about the things we keep mentioning!" - Repuglicans

recess for 35 min

Pee break!

oop i mean an hour or so

An hour?!

I have to pick up my kid from school!

lol a vote on gun control

Rep. Cummings: “Listen up.”

LISTEN UP

Ms Plaskett is a boss

The Republicans on this committee are a bunch of Julia Sugarbakers.

I love Elijah "listen up" Cummings

R317 looks like a profile photo from FarmersOnly.com

Plaskett kept rolling her eyes when Jordan or one of his repug gang members were babbling on about border security and stuff like that. Hilarious.

I love that lady.

We can find R Kelly's pee tapes but we can't find Trump's pee tapes?

Break time!! Time for all of the fine, upstanding Republican gentlemen to head off to the nearest local glory holes.

A late comment, but I've seen Armstrong in person. I have a sneaking suspicion he might have Parkinson's.

We interrupt this thread for a BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Matt "Daddy's Boy" Gaetz R-Hellhole is now being investigated by the state BAR in Florida!

Republican behavior makes sense when you understand that they WANTED -- and GOT -- a mob president. Now where's our RICO investigation??

^HA!

Mrs. Betty Bowers is worth following today.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @BettyBowers

Rep. Clay Higgins, Professional Christian:

“Mr. Cohen, I’m gonna quote the Bible before I ignore it by judging you to protect a covetous, adulterous bearer of false witness.” 🙏

GUESS WHAT?

According to reporter Garrett Haake on MSNBC, only Democrats remain for the rest of first round questioning. SO NO MORE REPIG BULLSHIT

lmfao so glad Gaetz is being investigated. I hope he doesn't wiggle his way out of this

Couldn't have they just kept going? There's only five of them left.

R380, they wish they were as sharp, quick and intellectually savvy as Julia Sugarbaker rather than what they are: a gaggle of hillbilly rubes.

Trae Crowder @traecrowder

“I know it’s despicable and hard to believe but there are those in congress who would seek to spend taxpayer dollars on impeaching our president. Yes it’s true. And all while abortion and Mexicans are still out there. Unforgivable.” - crazy ass WV congresswoman, pretty much

A thing of beauty, R390

Someone on that Bowers thread that Mr. "Christian" Higgins is on his FOURTH marriage.

Really? Four humans agreed to marry that beast!?

Ted Lieu @tedlieu

A gentle reminder to our @GOP colleagues: you are not part of the @realDonaldTrump Administration. You are part of a separate & coequal Branch of Government. Your job is not to protect @POTUS, it is to find the truth. You may want to read the oath you took. #CohenTestimony

(retweeted by DL fave Billy Flynn)

Anyone else think that Emily Jane Fox is the mistress Gaetz was referencing ?....She has awfully close access to Cohen and touts it.

you know Fox will focus on Cohen saying he was not in Prague because they'll try to discredit the Steele Dossier again...and then turn around and say everything else Cohen said was a lie

[quote] Who's the broad nodding her head behind Cohen? Make it stop.

She is so distracting!

R398:

Becca Higgins m. 2009

Kara Danielle Seymour m. 2003–2007

Rosemary Rothkamm Hambrice m. 1991–1999

Eloisa Rovati Higgins m. 1983–1991

huge of fan of both ted lieu! would vote for him to be president in a second if only he had been born in the u.s.. him and swalwell for v.p., harris for secretary of state is a line-up i could go for!

No, r400. She is smart & seems like a decent person.

Not all successful women are whores.

Democrats being panned for WEAK line of questioning. They can't even get a C+ in a sea of congressional stupidity.

And now we have Ken Dilanian making excuses for Cohen and claiming he never went to Prague, thereby dismissing the Steele Dossier......what a fucking hack.

If Cohen is telling the truth, I'd lay money he gave a burner phone to someone else who went.....but they were pretty clear it was him. I also if Mueller instructed him to deny it to throw Trump and his cronies off.

Mrs Chip Roy is not watching because she has BETTER THINGS TO DO!

Like masturbate furiously in Dripping Springs??!

[quote] Fuck yeah, Katie Hill. She's from my cousin's district and kicked out an asshole. Love her.

She nailed that repug f*cker who made a big show of micharacterzing the form.

Watching old clips of dump and Cohen, and Cohen has lost a lot of weight in the past few years.

R408, delightedly getting fucked by someone who can actually do the job better than dear hubby.

Mrs. Roy's dripping spring is not something we want to know about, hmmkay?

The republicans are just stooges, trying to poke their fingers in Cohen’s eyes, but I don’t th8nk Democrats are doing a good job here. Cohen says he is aware of no Russian collusion. Wtf? How can this be? What was Jared doing during the campaign? How did Cohen get to be the chair of the RNC? Did Cohen have anything to do with changing the wording of the platform, re: Russia? Who did? Cohen said he decided to flip after Helsinki. WHY? What was it about Helsinki that made Cohen decide to flip?

This is vanilla. There’s no blood being spilled.

Cohen could make money being a Plexadrem model.

The biggest news is that NY's southern district is coming for dump. There is what will seal dump's fate.

Vanilla maybe, but the other flavors are being made in closed door testimony and in court.

I believe Trump hits Melanie any time he wants too. He is a big guy and she would not be able to protect herself. Putin would hit her too.

Excited to see how AOC does for us!

Tal Kopan ‏Verified account @TalKopan 1h1 hour ago

Wait, did GOP Rep. Carol Miller just say that there should have been a hearing on child separations instead of this? (There was one on family separations yesterday in Judiciary, FYI, and Republicans said it shouldn’t have been a topic.)

Dems just ain't got it; they're not going to save this country from venality and corruption. It'll take a Republican turning on his own, betraying his party for the sale of the country. Mark my words, hunnies.

Lemonade and fudge are being made in Cheeto's underpants.

R195, Ivana.

Colluding with wikileaks IS colluding with Russia.

wikileaks is and has always been an arm of Russian cyber command.

sake, not sale.

R413 Cohen was never the chairman of rnc he was a vice chairman of finance after the election. If you have to ask about Helsinki and trump basically bowing down to Putin makes me think your not very bright.

Dripping Springs is where most Texas vodka is distilled, just saying.

My take: Cohen is being honorable and bending over backwards to correct his dishonesty and get the truth out to the American people about 92% of the time today. And he's doing it with genuine remorse while keeping a little white lie or two on the record. I don't believe him abut Prague (material) or not wanting to be Chief of Staff (immaterial).

David Cay is the best. I wish he was in congress questioning Cohen.

The dems don’t really need to go for the jugular, r413. The R’s are inadvertently doing it for them.

Trump is busy giving away the farm, over in Viet Nam.

Im late to DL commemtary what was the take in the lewandowski name drop? Was that in thread 1 or thread 2?

[quote] If you have to ask about Helsinki and trump basically bowing down to Putin makes me think your not very bright

But he says there’s no collusion. So why is Trump bending over backwards for Putin? Why not ask Cohen about this? Why do you, Mr Cohen, think Mr Trump is so obsequious to Putin? Do you think there’s money involved? Is Mr Trump really a billionaire? Did Mr Trump ever talk about the importance of mak8ng a deal with Russia?

Michael Cohen would look great in a caftan.

David Cay’s book “it’s Worse than You Think” is excellent, but depressing.

BOOK DEAL! LOVE CHILD!! BOOK DEAL! MOVIE DEAL!! DRIPPING SPRINGS! BOOK DEAL!

Sorry, his full name is David Cay Johnston. My husband and I just refer to him as David Cay

Trump's statement, if anyone cared: "Michael Cohen is a felon, a disbarred lawyer, and a convicted perjurer, who lied to both Congress and the Special Counsel in a ‘deliberate and premeditated’ fashion according to the Special Counsel’s Office. Now he offers what he says is evidence, but the only support for that is his own testimony, which has proven before to be worthless. As noted by the Southern District of New York, Cohen’s wide array of crimes were ‘marked by a pattern of deception that permeated his professional life’ and his ‘instinct to blame others is strong.’ Prosecutors said his actions were to ensure that he would ‘profit personally, build his own power, and enhance his level of influence.’ This is the same Michael Cohen who has admitted that he lied to Congress previously. Why did they even bother to swear him in this time?”

LIAR! LIAR! PANTS ON FIRE!!

Not just Prague. Mikey said he has never been in the entire Czech Republic (so a Prague suburb, say, is out).

Intriguing.

There’s no way Trump wrote that

He's disbarred specifically for being a buttonman for you, orange turd.

Stephen Miller wrote that

Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, and that stammering guy who’s own family voted against him when he ran for Congress, all need to be sent to the gas chamber. What absolute devils they are.

He coulda been in Slovakia, though.

Sorry, I forgot to give attribution -- the statement's from Kayleigh McEnany. Of course, she's a blonde fembot.

Has anyone asked him about the reported cell phone pings near Prague? Isn’t there a theory that he loaned some of burner phones to other people in the campaign and THEY were in Prague?

R443, Better and closer in Germany.

Ze Donult never heet me. I heet myselph accidentlee vit bag, I swear!

No, r445; no-one has.

Which congresspeople stood out enough to get the snl treatment this week?

R447, now I'm imagining Vairst Letty dressed up as Gladys on Laugh-In.

Man, I'm going to miss AOC's questioning because I have to get my kid from school!

"Thank God the Democratic majority can walk and chew gum at the same time"

Come on, Stacey Plaskett!!!!

R451 just play it on your phone.

Someone please let us know when it’s back.

The GOP is like a traveling clown show

It’s pretty funny reading the “Thank God for Jim Jordan! He should be the head of the GOP for his bravery & smarts” on Twitter. As if the one tweet praising god for Jordan in a sea of tweets repeating Jordan’s role in ignoring sexual assault are going to matter.

I can't play it on my phone, r453. I'm leaving now to make it on time to pick up my son at 3:30. We live 45 minutes from town, and I won't drive and watch a live stream. I hope the last few Congress people have boring questions so I don't miss anything important.

Why not ask Cohen if one of his 12 phones was in Czech Republic!?

Don Jr speaks Czech, btw

[quote]It’s pretty funny reading the “Thank God for Jim Jordan! He should be the head of the GOP for his bravery & smarts” on Twitter.

Tom Nichols:

Jim Jordan is playing all the Talk Radio Fever Swamp Greatest Hits.

R457 I wasn't suggesting you watch it just listen to it. I'm sure it's playing on one of your radio stations. Or you can just catch up when you get home.

NPR was playing it earlier R457.

btw Katy Tur is pregnant with husband Tony Dokoupil of CBS news.

MSNBC has an app, doesn’t it?

45 minutes to a school? Do you live in the Mojave?

Katy is pregnant with her husband? must be a little hard carrying him around.

It’s pretty funny reading the “Thank God for Jim Jordan! He should be the head of the GOP for his bravery & smarts” on Twitter.

I hope some posters here are up to task of giving these guys a bad time on Twitter today. There needs to be a strong push back to their nonsense.

They have some threads to weave in the afternoon all Democrats run of questioning. I wonder if they'll go for round two after that?

I can’t wait for Pressley and AOC after the break. They better ask some good questions.

who was the Rebup who was decent when questioning Cohen and Cohen thanked? I missed his name

Justin Amash R470

Who was the asshole who kept talking about “all the people I’ve arrested”?

“Thank God for Jim Jordan”, said no OSU wrestler. Ever.

AOC doesn't seem to be able to concentrate. I wanted to slap her when she was fidgeting in front of the guy that questioning Cohen.

thanks r471

the good thing about this is that we are watching the GOP dig their own grave.

[quote] Who was the asshole who kept talking about “all the people I’ve arrested”?

Clay Higgins good Christian who has been married four times.

This is pretty amazing. Sorry if it's already been posted. But Stormy's Daniels message to Cohen......

For a while there was a chubster behind Cohen chomping on gum. At one point someone stepped in to tell him to knock it off. He stuck it under his seat.

[quote] know this is going to sound weird, but Trump isn't "white" like you people who worship him in the Midwest/South. He doesn't buy into your mom and apple pie bullshit, but you think he does. He doesn't understand you people.

I think any idiot knows Trump isn't apple pie, picket fence America - your use of "white" is what sounds weird.

Lawrence O'Donnell Verified account @Lawrence

The reason Republicans yield the balance of their time to Jim Jordan is not because they think he’s good at this; it’s because they’ve got nothing and they’d prefer to let him swing and miss instead of them.

Go Stormy!

Someone tell us more about Amash.

[QUOTE]the good thing about this is that we are watching the GOP dig their own grave.

Sure they are. They’ll probably have the House again in 2022.

Right-winger admits Trump is a reprehensible pig but says he'll vote for him anyway:

So, you are asking, how could you possibly vote for a man like Trump? The answer is: the moral and political cost of giving power to the other side is even greater. It is possible that everything Michael Cohen says today is 100 percent true, and it is still a more moral choice to vote for this immoral man, Trump, rather than for a leader of the party of infanticide, left-wing identity politics, and the rest. Nothing that Cohen accuses Trump of today is more morally appalling to me than what the Senate Democrats did just this week in voting against the Born Alive bill.

Rep Clay Higgins sort of looks like one of those type of guys who would go nuts and kill a bunch of people.

Isn't Amash . . .a . . . a . . . Arab?

During the break do we think the Rethugs all trapped Amash in the bathroom and tried to gang bang him for not falling in line?

I would like to hear Weisselberg testify.

That doesn’t sound like a human being wrote it, R483.

Amash is my rep. He's a small-government libertarian, in essence, and he's less hypocritical than any Republican I can think of. I don't agree with many of his principles, but at least he sticks to them. Still want him out of office, though.

[quote]left-wing identity politics,

The people who use "identity politics" (right-wingers and their enabling, neocon Dem brethren who think their biggest threat is AOC, not Republicans) are the first ones who want to isolate, divide and denigrate people based on race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality. They do not welcome people who look different or practice a different religion.

And R485 reminds us of that fact with the Republican party. They live and breathe to hate people based on their "identity" alone.

hahaha. Nicole Wallace shading the Rethugs who kept asking about the box of papers.

She basically said, "Proof you don't have to be very bright to be a member of congress."

YIKES!

Cohen's prop vs Mark Meadow's prop

R483, that's bot English.

Or English as a second language English.

[quote][R483], that's bot English.

Link to column ... by an actual living, breathing person:

Nicole Wallace just said, "The lunatics in my former party."

."Where was Republicans concern about wasting time when they had Diamond and Silk testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing last year?"

R496, her former party until Trump is replaced? I wonder how fast she will run back to the right once Trump is gone.

Sorry, if that gets me banned, but the entire Trump cabal (Trump, GOP, alt-right / Q anon, 1%ers like the Kochs Bros and the Mercers, Deplorables, Fox News pundits, etc) should be declared enemies of the state and castrated so they can't give birth, and raise, new generations of shitheads. They are a cancer that needs to be cut out. If you let only a few get off they will regroup and come back with vengeance poisoning people's minds once again.

So who is going to play Cohen on SNL this week?

Amash is one of the 13 who voted against Trump's fake national security emergency power grab. A Republican who isn't going to play ball anymore? Good for him.

[QUOTE]Amash is my rep. He's a small-government libertarian, in essence, and he's less hypocritical than any Republican I can think of. I don't agree with many of his principles, but at least he sticks to them. Still want him out of office, though.

Any stories about him hooking up with guys?

Does Cohen take massive dumps or something? Maybe Erna can pay him a visit

It's about to come back on...

Nicole just said, "Cohen has taken his seat and Jordan has taken off his jacket and is apparently carb loading."

Justin Amash is just basically anti-government, he is anti-Trump, but pro Ted Cruz. He was against the Defense of Marriage act but I don't think he is pro gay just anti-government. He wants all support for any type of energy production to go away because he doesn't think government should be picking and choosing. However he wants government to outlaw abortion.

With the exception of abortion he just wants government out of peoples lives, he wants lower defense spending but opposed federal aid in response to the Flint water crisis. He voted in favor of repealing Obamacare and is against gerrymandering. He is just one of those small government Republicans.

Per CBS Special Report, Michael Cohen testimony to resume shortly.

It's back on.

Thanks for all this commentary. I don't have television access other than the live streams online and this is so less annoying and more amusing.

It's on in one minute.

Did Jim Jordan change his shirt? I think of him as a big, greasy, sweaty dirty mess.

[quote]Any stories about him hooking up with guys?

Not that I've ever heard.

FFS, look at Jordan's gold-coloured tie.

You know the orange Führer LOVES gold.

His sad puppy dog eyes are pulling at my heart...

What’s Cohen trying to squirm out of now?

r510, Boozie B.O. I'm sure...

Re the code thing, it's mob communication tactics and it's also how you tell your partner to "go along with what I'm saying here."

Everyone understands that.

Yamiche Alcindor Verified account @Yamiche

NEW: I just interviewed Lynne Patton, the Black HUD official who stood next to Rep. Mark Meadows to say that President Trump is not racist. She told me: “To me, today was not about the color of my skin. Today was about two people who know the president equally and who disagree.”

For anyone not able to watch, posting this again...

OH my god. Someone please kill Mark meadows now.

I mean that in a metaphorical sense of course (Hi, FBI!)

Yamiche Alcindor Verified account @Yamiche

Lynne Patton told me she felt good standing up for Trump and said she’s known Michael Cohen a long time. She said of Trump: “The president sees success and failures. He doesn’t see color, sex race, creed, religion so that’s what makes things go uncomfortable for other people.”

"Kazaka-Stan."

I am constantly amazed at these Republicans want to know where Cohen gets every dollar he has but they don't give one shit whether Donald J Trump is making money off the Saudis, Chinese, Russians or any other country by selling out our country.

No worries, r520, we're the die in a grease fire site.

Meadows should die in a grease fire asap.

"Stall the wall. Impeachment now! Lock him (Trump) up."

"party of infanticide"

Again, the only thing they really care about, until they own all three branches of government for two years and don't lift a finger to actually stop abortion, since they know if Roe v. Wade were overturned, they would lose half of their already shrinking base.

My God, that poor Patton woman - stood there, a prop, a token, all for a known racist.

And there's the setup for the tax returns request.

I can help but really feel for Cohen. I’m sorry. I want to give him a hug. I wish I could run into him here on the sidewalk in NYC. I’m sorry, I really want to at least pat him on the back.

Bobby Cannavale as movie-Michael Cohen.

We're going to get those goddamn tax returns.

R529 that's code for you want to blow him, isn't it?

Whoa--Cohen says Trump is not under IRS audit.

Also that he's going to jail when others share full culpability along with him.

Yeah, Mueller has an entire closet full of shoes ready to drop.

I think Cohen will get less than three years if he's still cooperating with SDNY.

When is AOC up?

This.

[quote]Bobby Cannavale as movie-Michael Cohen.

With a full frontal nude scene, please.

Yashar Ali identifies the dark-haired man behind Cohen:

Business Insider reporter Joe Perticone.

I don't suppose we'll hear even a Democratic Rep ask "do you expect any of your earlier interrogators from this morning to go to jail?"

Meadows reading Repubs' tweets?!?

Desperate measures.

That strange Meadows man is asking to have tweets entered into the court records. They ARE desperate.

They want to add tweets, give me a fucking break.

Like Tweets mean truth? Oh that's right, Dotard doesn't lie in tweets.

Seriously, can’t something be “done” about Mark Meadows?

ACO is up.

The Atlantic's Christopher Orr:

Mark Meadows doesn't even pay lip service to the idea that this hearing could have any purpose apart from "political theater." But arguably that makes it that much more amusing that this hasn't turned out to be the political theater he was counting on.

[quote][R529] that's code for you want to blow him, isn't it?

I hadn’t thought of it, honestly, but since you brought it up... if he’s your standard hung Jew (nice & girthy), then I probably would be willing to do that as a means of thanking him for his service to America.

Well hopefully some Democrat will want some of the tweets about Jim Jordan entered into record.

R529 Have you heard the tapes of Cohen threatening reporters? “If you print this I’m gonna fuck you up so bad you’ll wish you’d never been fucking born” etc. etc. Yeah, poor Mikey needs a hug.

He’s every bit as slimy and thuggish as Trump.

He's no hero, r545. He's a scumbag who got caught and now sees the error of his ways. He helped make Trump happen.

AOC for the kill!

So, it looks like the repukelicans are done and all the rest of the questioners will be democrats. I know that burns Jordan's little puckered anus.

This is why the GOP is so fucking freaked out about AOC. She goes right for the stories about Trump screwing over taxpayers. That's her priority in this hearing.

I like AOC but she suffers from the same malady that most young women do - irritating voice.

AOC is makeen my ears bleed!

R552, I prefer to focus on substance.

that anus has lost it's pucker LONG ago, r550. and little? ROTFL

Yes R552, after over an hour of listening to men shouting nonsense while sounding like Foghorn Leghorn, the real problem is AOC's (and other women's) voice.

Good grief give the "shrill" misogyny a rest, creeps

MENDACITY!!!!

I dont get the AOC sycophants here. She asked a question about a time when Cohen didn't work for Trump and then asked what we already knew that having his taxes would answer questions about the valuation of his property. And then she yielded her time with no follow-up.

Third shit hole of the day!

And now Ayanna Pressley in for the kill on Trump's charity scams.

2 key GOP recurring themes: tax "relief" and private charity is superior to government works.

If our national media had any teeth, the GOP would be shouted down for eternity from here on.

It was important, R559, because it is being discussed in Congress and on TV while everyone is watching. Most people don’t know about or did not read that big NYT exposé.

Is this the "Impeach the Motherfucker!" lady?

TAKE DOWN HER WORDS!

Yes, 563.

Tlaib is driving it home with the brand stuff...

R562, only people living under a rock.

Damn, Rashida!!! Go!!

"it should be you, Mr Chairman!" Ummm... that is racist.

Mr. Meadows and his false rage.

Goes RIGHT into racist behavior, "I have defended YOU."

Meadowns being a dick again.

How about talking Repubs' babbling about book deals and boxes for hours?

She WAS a prop, idiot.

Tlaib just threw a pipe bomb into the room and Meadows was hit square in the face. Poor baby racist.

Meadows: “I have a black friend! I’m not racist!”

HERE COME THE WHITE MAN TEARS!

Awww, she made Meadows cry.

I HAVE MANY NIGRAH AND COLORED MEMBERS OF MAH FAMILY!!!

"We have a personal relationship that isn't based on color..."

And yet you're USING IT RIGHT NOW AND BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE HES A PERSON OF COLOR.

HELLO & WELCOME DIVERSITY!

Meadows is hilarious.

Rashida called out Meadows for using the black lady as a prop. He's upset about being called out.

Poor Cohen, having to sit there in the middle of this, listening to all that YELLING!

Meadows is shaking and crying.

I love her for that alone.

Meadows needs his widdle teddy bear! Where’s Snuffy when you need him?

I DIDN'T BRING HER HERE AS A PROP!

Notice he hasn't explained exactly WTF she is doing there. Any why she got a seat directly behind Meadows.

Why are today's racists so sensitive?? Meadows needs to make sure that she's calling his ACTIONS racisist, but not him!

I guarantee Meadows is a racist fuck

Rashida is correct but they need to get the focus back onto Trumps crimes.

He DID use Patton as a prop. Meadows is such a fucking tool.

Oh, look, there a snowflake in the meadow.

Are we really going to pretend that woman wasn't brought there specifically as a prop? Really? "See, a black person likes Trump!"

Meadows' family has MIXED BLOOD!!!

Rashida is growing on me like a wart. She’s so wonderfully inappropriate by telling the truth.

Meadows acting like a trggered little snowflake.

r587: Exactly. They're letting this to derail the event.

I love EC (again)

Move oval, Miz Lindsay, Miz Mark Meadows is the NEW Southern belle drama queen on the Hill!

We interrupt this thread to bring you BREAKING NEWS!!! Again!!! It seems the DC Attorney General just sent out a subpoena to the Inaugural Committee AND There's this little tidbit...

"The subpoena reportedly asks for information regarding the roles that Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump may have had on the inaugural committee. "

Why isn't someone asking for a Unanimous consent request to include articles of Gym allowing boys to be sexually abused?

WE WANT ALL THESE FAKE NEWS ARTICLES BY THE LYING MEDIA IN THE RECORD!

And can we add Trunp’s glowing statements about Cohen to the record when he was still his fixer?

My African American is not a prop!

Bajour!

Damn that COngresswoman! This is about Trump not her feelings. I'm glad she called out the racism, but I wish she would have asked some fucking questions.

WE WANT ALL TWEETS FAVOURING TRUMP IN THE RECORD !!!

I wish it was possible to see the closed hearings at some point and see if there was less grandstanding by members of the house, when TV cameras weren't recording.

People who have African Americans working for them can’t be racist!

Cohen is giving final thoughts. He's getting emotional.

His loyalty to Trump has also const him a lot of weight.

Did President Plump took away his meals?

Go Mr Chairman. Really good chair, doesn't kick the minority in the face and doesn't put up with any shit either. Cummings doesn't play.

Nicolle Wallace, brilliant as always.

Can someone make a new thread??

Why is the Golden Tie Trump fanboy allowed to have the final say?

At this point Jordan is just waffling.

Oh for fuck's sake, not Gym again. It's over, Gym, Cohen and the Democrats won the day.

Well, this most certainly have scared the Republicans. They'll have to think twice before they do the "Black Friend" shtick again. And, this was on national television too????

OMG! I'm listening to Cohen!

Did we learn who Cohen's girlfriends are?

I hope Cohen does not get in trouble for the White House job debate,

Gym is ranking member.

R616, it only matters on Fux.

Part 3

I like Cummings too and I am glad they discussed the race prop thing (good on Tlaib) because it is time people stop doing these things like it's alright, especially at the highest levels of society.

I think Cohen should have thought longer and harder about this affected his family before he ever even worked with Trump. If you're engaging in criminal activity....it's going to affect your family. But he seemed to put himself first and is now regretting it because it's backfired on them. After a decade of terrible decisions, I don't feel bad for him.

Bajour and a half!

This guy is hilarious! Love it