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May 16, 2024
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rrahman
Cohen says he recorded people without them knowing

Cohen testified during the cross examination that he recorded people without them knowing, many of them journalists.

He noted that it was not illegal for him to record others in a conversation, adding that New York is a one-party consent state.

He said he recorded 40 separate conversations with journalists. Some of the people he recorded included Jeff Zucker and Trump, he testified.

He confirmed there were 95 “secret recordings” stored on his phone when asked by Blanche.

–Lauren Sforza



May 16, 2024
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rrahman
Trump attorney questions how Cohen can recall years-old calls

Trump attorney Todd Blanche has repeatedly questioned Cohen about how he can vividly remember certain phone conversations during the hush money negotiations in 2016.

“You have a specific recollection of that phone call on June 16, 2016?” Blanche asked at one point, sounding skeptical.

Earlier, Blanche had noted that Cohen answered “I don’t recall” about certain more recent events.

Cohen rebutted the accusation by noting he has been publicly discussing certain matters related to the case for years.

— Zach Schonfeld

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 House Judiciary votes to hold Garland in contempt
by Rebecca Beitsch - 05/16/24 2:45 PM ET

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced a measure to hold in contempt Attorney General Merrick Garland in an 18-15 party line vote, a step Republicans on the House Oversight panel are also expected to take later this evening.

A last-minute move from President Biden to claim executive privilege over audio recordings from his interview with special counsel Robert Hur did not dissuade the GOP from proceeding, even as Garland said those asserting the privilege “cannot be prosecuted for criminal contempt of Congress.”

Republicans already have the transcript of Hur’s conversation with Biden, but they argue the audio recordings will be more revealing, suggesting pauses could speak to Hur’s commentary about the president’s cognitive functions of show a hesitancy to ask questions.

To Democrats, the only rationale for seeking the tapes is so the GOP can use them in campaign commercials, arguing they are misusing power purely for political gain.

“Transcripts do not capture demeanor evidence,” Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) said at the top of the hearing.

“Transcripts are often imperfect, especially to convey the timing of question and answer and disfluencies of a witness, or hesitations, among other things. All of that is demeanor evidence.”

The vote took place while many Republicans were in New York to show support for former President Trump during his hush-money trial.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4668654-house-judiciary-votes-to-hold-garland-in-contempt/
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Radio Shows / Re: Do you listen to podcasts? Any recommendations?
« Last post by MajorClay on Today at 07:20:29 pm »
My Favorites are X22 report and And We Know
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It's good to have you back online, @mystery-ak!
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Climate Change / Re: Winter Without Your Gasoline Car?
« Last post by DB on Today at 07:19:23 pm »
Insane

There's a lot of that going around...
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a minute ago
Cohen confirms Trump was worried about how Melania, kids seeing Playboy model story

Michael Cohen confirmed that Donald Trump didn't "initially" think the Karen McDougal story would hurt him — but said that Trump was worried about how the story would be perceived by Melania and his children.

Trump attorney Todd Blanche asked Cohen if Trump "at least initially" didn't think the story from the former Playboy model would hurt him. Cohen confirmed: "Initially, yes"

He then agreed that Trump one of his worries about the story was with his wife and kids.
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Wait! That can't be right. The American Left says that radical Islamists LOVE LGBXYZ people?
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Climate Change / Re: Winter Without Your Gasoline Car?
« Last post by MajorClay on Today at 07:15:09 pm »
Insane
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