Cohen dropped the dafimation lawsuit he has going against Buzzfeed and Fusion GPS over contents of the dossier.
Cohen drops libel suits against BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...lawsuit-537327
”The decision to voluntarily discontinue these cases was a difficult one," Cohen's attorney David Schwartz said. "We believe the defendants defamed my client, and vindicating Mr. Cohen’s rights was — and still remains — important. But given the events that have unfolded, and the time, attention, and resources needed to prosecute these matters, we have dismissed the matters, despite their merits."
The dossier claims that Cohen met with Russian operatives somewhere in Europe, including Prague, to attend a meeting to “clean up the mess” created by public disclosures of other Trump associates’ reported ties to Russia.
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
-Kujako-
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I don't need you to respect me, I respect me. I don't need you to love me, I love me. But I want you to know you could know me if you change your mind.
It continues to blow me away how stupid these guys are - if they were smart, and continued their level of corruption, we'd likely never find out. Or at least never pick up such a blatant trail.
It's like if Romney all of a sudden said, "Yep, I'm the Head Master of the Illuminati*", I could believe it, because he's smart enough to get away with shady shit.
*(using Illuminati as a silly example, NOT espousing conspiracy theories)
As Paul Manafort and his ankle bracelet celebrate their six month anniversary, yet another bail reduction attempt fails.
At one point in his nearly six-month-long quest to shed his GPS ankle device and other restrictions, like on his travel, Manafort had his physician write a letter to the judge pleading for leniency, saying the defendant’s health was at stake, according to the judge.
"While he's subject to home confinement, he's not confined to his couch, and I believe he has plenty of opportunity to exercise," the judge sarcastically said in a January status hearing.
This might be their strategy, what you're suggesting - either bolster the move against Rosenstein or get inside info from Mueller to Trump. But who cares? Mueller would eventually give that info over in a full prosecution - and even having Trump's team receive it months early wouldn't change a lot, down the road. Obviously it would give Trump a heads up as to what he could be facing, but again, so what? Trump would eventually know anyway - and the Comey memo's aren't really the good stuff. IIRC, they just add to the strength of the Obstruction charge.
Granted - I could be missing something. And of course we don't know what all is in the Comey memos.
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
I think you're missing how powerful a defense it can be to know when/how your enemy is going to attack. Anyone who knows how The Battle Of New Orleans went down knows that you can turn even an empty field into an impassible "Stone Wall" if you think your foe will come through there in a couple weeks.
It's the same reason Cohen wants to see the list of all the things the FBI took: he needs to know what the FBI has over him, so he can start crafting a defense based on that. Anything from a heads-up to other involved people, to crafting a lie ("I've never even been to Prague!") to destroying remaining evidence, depending on how illegal he wants to get.
There's a reason the Russian bank that was pinging Trump Tower during the election stopped within 24 hours of the story about it going public.
The Comey memos contain what Trump said to Comey. If Trump doesn't remember what that was -- and yeah, the odds are pretty high on that one -- he'd need a reminder to get to his What He Meant Was team to try to talk his way out of it.
"Where I grew up, 'absolut loyalty' is a drink made from vodka, Earl Grey syrup, and red wine vinegar, I was asking Comey for a drink"
"You don't drink, Mr. Trump"
"Bigly."
I was thinking more along the lines of an actual trial defense - where the prosecution has to show all it's cards regardless. However, the What He Meant Was team would definitely benefit from early knowledge of the Comey Memos. And that could prevent Articles from moving forward smoothly.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...ump-legal-team
Another legal titan joins team Trump /s