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Originally Posted by GotHereQuickAsICould
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I can’t agree with this current description of Cohen as some modern day version of John Dean
There is really little similarity and Dean is kind of slimed by being considered the attorney Cohen resembles
Cohen was Trump’s personal/private attorney
John Dean was the Don McGahn of Nixon’s WH
John Dean had a law degree from a top tier law school
Cohen’s degree was from probably one of the worst in the US
Cohen self-admitted to helping Trump lie, cheat, steal for about the entire decade he worked for him
Dean was part of the Watergate conspiracy AFTER it was hatched and bungled and once he realized what the intent of Nixon and his staff was came forward to spill the beans and implicate not just himself but the others
There is really no comparison between Dean and Cohen in my mind except I know Dean was pilloried by the GOP members on the Watergate investigation just as Cohen was today
It is interesting to me that when Cohen lied to protect Trump, he found favor with the GOP who interviewed him and who were happy to take his lies at face value—
Now that Cohen has been caught in the lies and has been judged guilty through evidence and admission—and is going to prison for those crimes—the GOP only want to castigate him for being an admitted liar...
Not one of them complained about their inability to see through his lies, their desire not to investigate for the truth of the matter—
They were just angry that Cohen was washing Trump’s dirty laundry and hanging it out to dry...
I must say though that the times Cohen was asked about other times he helped squash unplesant rumors about Trump I thought Cohen’s respect for FLOTUS came through and his chagrin at having to lie to her under Trump’s order—
And the fact that Trump would never hit Melania as supposedly the story about the elevator tape catching him in the act maintained...
Cohen seemed pretty vehement that Trump would not hit Melania
Now whether Cohen also believes Trump wouldn’t assault OTHER women sexually or in other ways remains to be seen—he wasn’t asked about any of those charges...