Trump attacks Michael Cohen as a 'rat' and ramps up FBI criticism

[mystery-ak]

Trump attacks Michael Cohen as a 'rat' and ramps up FBI criticism
by Caitlin Yilek
 | December 16, 2018 10:58 AM



President Trump raged on Twitter Sunday morning over his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen and treatment by the FBI in a range of probes into his activities before and during his White House tenure.

Trump attacked his former fixer, calling him a “rat,” and said the FBI raiding the one-time Trump Organization attorney’s office “was absolutely unthinkable” and “unheard of,” before the bureau began its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The FBI raided Cohen’s office and hotel room in New York in April, seizing business records, emails, and documents related to Trump. Cohen on Wednesday was sentenced to three years in prison for bank and tax fraud crimes, including campaign finance violations related to Trump. In the months since the raid, Cohen has turned intensely critical of his former boss.

In his tweet, Trump also questioned why the FBI never broke into the Democratic National Committee offices or those of his 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, to get servers believed by the U.S. intelligence community of having been hacked by Russia.

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[Chosen Daughter]

He was a good rat for over a decade that he and Trump were business associates and friends.  Cohen changed his party to be part of the Trump team.  He was always a rat, but he was a Trump rat.

Inside the close relationship between Trump and his 'pit bull' lawyer Michael Cohen, who paid Stormy Daniels, says he'd 'take a bullet' for Trump, and was raided by the FBI

Brennan Weiss
 
Apr. 10, 2018, 9:03 AM
 

https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-cohen-history-with-trump-2018-3

Quite the relationship.  Really hard to believe that this guy was out to get Trump.

[corbe]

   'Rat Cohen' just doesn't have the same zing as corrupt Hillary, lyin Ted, little Marco or low energy Jeb. I like complicit Cohen or perhaps Mad Micheal.

[Chosen Daughter]

   'Rat Cohen' just doesn't have the same zing as corrupt Hillary, lyin Ted, little Marco or low energy Jeb. I like complicit Cohen or perhaps Mad Micheal.

I don't think rat has a zing because they were both rats.

[edpc]

Andy McCarthy
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@AndrewCMcCarthy

Sir, in mobster lingo, a ‘rat’ is a witness who tells prosecutors real incriminating info. Perhaps a different word? Searches of lawyer’s offices common enough that DOJ has a procedure for them. Here it yielded evidence of crimes you said he should be jailed for. You should stop.

11:47 AM - Dec 16, 2018

[Chosen Daughter]

Andy McCarthy
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@AndrewCMcCarthy

Sir, in mobster lingo, a ‘rat’ is a witness who tells prosecutors real incriminating info. Perhaps a different word? Searches of lawyer’s offices common enough that DOJ has a procedure for them. Here it yielded evidence of crimes you said he should be jailed for. You should stop.

11:47 AM - Dec 16, 2018

Oh, that's true.  I was thinking Demorat.  But aren't they all mobsters?

[edpc]

Oh, that's true.  I was thinking Demorat.  But aren't they all mobsters?

More importantly, McCarthy has been very critical of the Mueller probe, from the outset. As we have learned more from plea deals and court filings, his overall view has evolved, somewhat.

https://www.redstate.com/patterico/2017/10/08/andrew-c-mccarthy-hmmm-maybe-something-russia-investigation/

[Chosen Daughter]

More importantly, McCarthy has been very critical of the Mueller probe, from the outset. As we have learned more from plea deals and court filings, his overall view has evolved, somewhat.

https://www.redstate.com/patterico/2017/10/08/andrew-c-mccarthy-hmmm-maybe-something-russia-investigation/

Interesting.  Wonder how many will eventually change their tune?

[Frank Cannon]

Interesting.  Wonder how many will eventually change their tune?

What's interesting about it? McCarthy posits a theory why Trump hasn't declassified everything. Know what a better theory is? Trump his holding on to that till the Rats gin up the investigations to 11 next year and he needs to shut them down. It's is best arrow in his quiver right now to eff these idiots up. Why wast it.

[Chosen Daughter]

What's interesting about it? McCarthy posits a theory why Trump hasn't declassified everything. Know what a better theory is? Trump his holding on to that till the Rats gin up the investigations to 11 next year and he needs to shut them down. It's is best arrow in his quiver right now to eff these idiots up. Why wast it.

Well I hope we get there soon.  It will definitely be a show to tune into.

[edpc]

What's interesting about it? McCarthy posits a theory why Trump hasn't declassified everything. Know what a better theory is? Trump his holding on to that till the Rats gin up the investigations to 11 next year and he needs to shut them down. It's is best arrow in his quiver right now to eff these idiots up. Why wast it.

It’s a ridiculous theory that does nothing to change the current plea deals and convictions that have led to cooperation against him and others that may be implicated.

[DB]

To call someone a rat means they spilled the beans, that is, they had beans to spill.

Another stupid move by Trump. It only confirms that Trump has things to hide. All to assuage his ego.

Smart politicians deny, deny, deny and offer no acknowledgements of wrong doing ever... You would have thought he would have learned something from his friends the Clintons over the years.

[Applewood]

To call someone a rat means they spilled the beans, that is, they had beans to spill.

Another stupid move by Trump. It only confirms that Trump has things to hide. All to assuage his ego.

Smart politicians deny, deny, deny and offer no acknowledgements of wrong doing ever... You would have thought he would have learned something from his friends the Clintons over the years.

The more Trump carries on about these investigations, the more guilty he appears of something  If he would just keep his big yap shut and refrain from the constant tweets and childish name calling, he wouldn't be focusing so much of the investigations' interest in him and his alleged activities.  Trump is just playing into their hands.

He supposedly has a team of legal advisors -- you would think Giuliani and the rest of them would advise Trump to shut up about the investigations.  Or maybe they have and Trump ignores them, just as I'm sure he ignores the advice of others in his administration. 

[edpc]

The more Trump carries on about these investigations, the more guilty he appears of something  If he would just keep his big yap shut and refrain from the constant tweets and childish name calling, he wouldn't be focusing so much of the investigations' interest in him and his alleged activities.  Trump is just playing into their hands.

He supposedly has a team of legal advisors -- you would think Giuliani and the rest of them would advise Trump to shut up about the investigations.  Or maybe they have and Trump ignores them, just as I'm sure he ignores the advice of others in his administration.

Because he fights.......for air. Like a petulant child, having a tantrum.