So, I listened to quite a bit of the hearing. Now, I will say this, Cohen did sound convincing. He was clear and concise and didnt seem to waffle a lot on his answers.
Having said that, it could be that he was playing a part in order to try and lighten his sentence, or it could be that he is telling the truth. While this hearing really didnt address much on the topic of Russian collusion, I'd be curious to see if the Mueller report, if it is released, covers any of the topics discussed in the hearing today, and how they align in regards to accuracy.
The hunch I have is that the mueller report will never be released and the left will try and use Cohen's testimony as their basis for impeachment proceedings.
A couple of things that did stand out to me, however, is that in regards to the stormy daniels payment, Cohen admitted that he has no proof that trump authorized that payment and he only has his own testimony as evidence.
Also, one of the members of the ways and means committee was asking questions about trumps taxes, which was followed up immediately by ocasio cortez also asking about if Cohen believed trumps taxes should be looked at. My initial though on this is that it shows that the left doesnt have anything to warrant trying to subpoena trumps taxes, and they are going to try and so they are going to use Cohen's testimony as the justification to pull trumps tax records.
And lastly, several times Cohen said he did things, not because trump told hin to, but because he felt that's what trump would have wanted. Now, I admit, after you worked with someone for a long time, you do tend to get an idea of how they think, but you cant offer as evidence "I did something because I think he would have wanted it". When it comes to trying to investigate someone, you can only really use things that trump actually said. Regardless if trump probably would have authorized those actions, you cant indict someone based on your assessment of what they would have done, you have to go on what they did do.
Having said that, it could be that he was playing a part in order to try and lighten his sentence, or it could be that he is telling the truth. While this hearing really didnt address much on the topic of Russian collusion, I'd be curious to see if the Mueller report, if it is released, covers any of the topics discussed in the hearing today, and how they align in regards to accuracy.
The hunch I have is that the mueller report will never be released and the left will try and use Cohen's testimony as their basis for impeachment proceedings.
A couple of things that did stand out to me, however, is that in regards to the stormy daniels payment, Cohen admitted that he has no proof that trump authorized that payment and he only has his own testimony as evidence.
Also, one of the members of the ways and means committee was asking questions about trumps taxes, which was followed up immediately by ocasio cortez also asking about if Cohen believed trumps taxes should be looked at. My initial though on this is that it shows that the left doesnt have anything to warrant trying to subpoena trumps taxes, and they are going to try and so they are going to use Cohen's testimony as the justification to pull trumps tax records.
And lastly, several times Cohen said he did things, not because trump told hin to, but because he felt that's what trump would have wanted. Now, I admit, after you worked with someone for a long time, you do tend to get an idea of how they think, but you cant offer as evidence "I did something because I think he would have wanted it". When it comes to trying to investigate someone, you can only really use things that trump actually said. Regardless if trump probably would have authorized those actions, you cant indict someone based on your assessment of what they would have done, you have to go on what they did do.
