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Is he going to announce

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 03:54:18 +0000

In reply to Michael Cohen has made 'a

Is he going to announce tomorrow he's started hormone treatments, or what? The guy's a nutter.

Kicker is the last sentence -

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 03:52:42 +0000

In reply to is a roundup of what former

Kicker is the last sentence - Donald's local skeletons - presuming statute of limitations haven't run out.

Michael Cohen has made 'a

artappraiser — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 03:21:03 +0000

In reply to EXCLUSIVE: Michael Cohen says family and country, not President Trump, is his 'first loyalty'

Michael Cohen has made 'a declaration of independence' from President Trump, says new lawyer (Lanny Davis)

@ TheHill.com, July 10

is a roundup of what former

artappraiser — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 02:49:14 +0000

In reply to EXCLUSIVE: Michael Cohen says family and country, not President Trump, is his 'first loyalty'

is a roundup of what former prosecutors think is going on:

"Prosecutors know one thing: how to investigate cases, and they trust that there’s a system and everyone plays by the rules. What’s happening with Cohen right now is all outside that process." https://t.co/hUDDftrNvP
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) July 7, 2018

The Lanny Davis hire

artappraiser — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 04:00:08 +0000

In reply to wow, Lanny Davis retained by

The Lanny Davis hire confirmed, the NYTimes published article by her on it, sounds like more than P.R.

Michael Cohen Hires Lanny Davis, Lawyer Close to the Clintons

By Maggie Haberman, July 5

Michael D. Cohen, the former personal lawyer to President Trump who is under investigation by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, has hired Lanny J. Davis, the Washington lawyer and public relations consultant best known for serving in the Clinton White House, to represent him.

The pairing is unusual. Mr. Davis has tried to position himself as a key defender of Bill and Hillary Clinton — particularly Mrs. Clinton, whom Mr. Trump defeated in the 2016 presidential election and continues to attack as “totally crooked.” Mr. Cohen was once a fierce defender of Mr. Trump [.....]

“Like most of America, I have been following the matter regarding Michael Cohen with great interest,” Mr. Davis said in a statement. “As an attorney, I have talked to Michael many times in the last two weeks. Then I read his words published on July 2, and I recognized his sincerity.”

He added, “Michael Cohen deserves to tell his side of the story — subject, of course, to the advice of counsel.”

Mr. Cohen did not respond to a request for comment

Mr. Davis is expected to join Guy Petrillo, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan, in representing Mr. Cohen [....]

wow, Lanny Davis retained by

artappraiser — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 03:41:22 +0000

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wow, Lanny Davis retained by Michael Cohen, apparently to handle P.R.?!!!

NEWS - @LannyDavis, the Clinton-era White House official, tells me he's been retained by @MichaelCohen212 as he prepares for a potential legal onslaught from prosecutors and a potential PR onslaught from Trump associates.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 5, 2018

HMM https://t.co/c21rr26nLY

artappraiser — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 03:55:37 +0000

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HMM https://t.co/c21rr26nLY
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 5, 2018

Game theory on it, the # 1

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 19:34:38 +0000

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Game theory on it, the # 1 story @ NewYorker.com right now:

Is Michael Cohen Turning on Donald Trump? By Adam Davidson, July 2

The most famous game-theory formula was developed in 1950, by two mathematicians, Melvin Dresher and Merrill Flood. But it was only later that another mathematician gave it the catchy name that made it famous: the Prisoner’s Dilemma. The idea is simple: two accused criminals have been arrested and are being interrogated separately. If they both stay silent, they’ll both get a year in jail. But, if one rats out the other, he could get away scot-free while his accomplice would spend three years in jail. The optimal outcome, in terms of total time served, is for both to remain silent. But, as Drescher and Flood posited, there is enormous likelihood that each will rat out the other. There are endless variations of the formula, tweaking the costs and benefits of silence and confession, but the core insight remains: if two people whose interests are mutually dependent on the actions of the other don’t fully trust each other, and don’t have the opportunity to secretly coördinate, they will end up behaving in ways that hurt both of them.

President Donald Trump and his former attorney Michael Cohen are currently playing out the Prisoner’s Dilemma in the most public and consequential way possible. (My colleague John Cassidy used game theory to explain the many leaks coming from the Trump White House this spring.) [....]

Good point! Hopefully this

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 19:02:36 +0000

In reply to New advertising slogan for

Good point! Hopefully this will not end up with praise of attorneys who turn on clients and snitch world taking over, end up like East Germany. Trump sometimes makes it easy to forget the "enemy of your enemy is not your friend" and the "destroy the village in order to save it" thingies. Frustratingly insidious isn't he?

New advertising slogan for

AmericanDreamer — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 18:34:41 +0000

In reply to EXCLUSIVE: Michael Cohen says family and country, not President Trump, is his 'first loyalty'

New advertising slogan for attorneys: "With you all the way*"

*unless I get in serious doodoo in which case my family comes first