October 24, 2023

Trump's former fixer, Michael Cohen, testified on Tuesday against his former boss, Donald Trump, at his New York civil fraud trial. Aside from Cohen helping to grind Trump's businesses in New York to dust, it was equally pleasing that the former President had to sit quietly all day and not say a word. Cohen took a steamroller, then commenced to ruin the twice-indicted President's day with the truth.

Via CNN:

Here are the key takeaways:

With Trump sitting feet away, Trump's one-time lawyer and fixer described how he manipulated Trump's financial statements -- "reverse-engineering" them to hit an arbitrary net worth.

Things quickly got heated when cross-examination began as Cohen sneered at the questions and loudly objected to one line of questioning.

Judge Arthur Engoron said trial testimony and financial documents about Trump's $1 billion bid to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014 could be included as evidence because they support the attorney general's claims that Trump had a fraudulent pattern and practice when reporting his worth.

While Trump spent the entire day in the courtroom, both for Cohen's testimony and the appearance of Mazars general counsel Bill Kelly, he also worked to scuttle the short-lived House speakership candidacy of Republican Rep. Tom Emmer.

There is no way that Trump isn't curled up in a fetal position sucking his thumb right now.

Junkies, if only Trump were selling loose cigarettes, then he'd have to pay for his crimes.

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