Oh, what fun! Joe Scarborough was interviewing Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti this morning when they got to show a clip of Trump calling into Fox & Friends, just minutes before:
“Do you want to hear what the president said? Take a listen,” Mika Brzezinski said.
F&F: How much of your legal work was handled by Michael Cohen?
TRUMP: A percentage of the legal work, a tiny, tiny fraction, but Michael would represent me, and represent me on some things. He represents me with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal. He represented me and, you know, from what I see, he did absolutely nothing wrong. There were no campaign funds.
F&F: Then why is he pleading the Fifth?
TRUMP: Because he’s got other things. He’s got businesses. From what I understand, they are, I hope he’s in great shape. Je’s got businesses and his lawyers probably told him to do that. I’m not involved and I’m not — I have been told I’m not involved.
“You brought up a great point. The president just admitted something, he always does this,” Scarborough said. “So, the president just said that Michael Cohen represented him on the Stormy Daniels case.”
“Another gift from the heavens in this case. They keep coming. I don’t know how I’ve fallen into such good luck in this case, but I’m going to take it,” Avenatti said.
“Joe, that’s a very dangerous, hugely damaging admission by the president. According to what he said on Air Force One, he didn’t know about the agreement or about the payoff. Michael Cohen went off and did this on a lark. Mr. Trump knew nothing about it. We now find out, that is bogus, That is a lie on Air Force One. He just admitted and tripped himself up. He admitted that Michael Cohen represented him in connection with the Stormy Daniels situation.”
“When the president contradicts himself like that on Air Force One, how does that affect your case?” Scarborough said. “He is not under oath. Yes, it’s embarrassing for him and we are pointing it out. What does that mean in terms of what you are trying to do?”
Ha, ha! Emperor Caligula trips himself up again. Legal details here.
And here’s the entire half-hour. Note the looks on the faces of the hosts as Trump talks: “Uh oh, we bought a lemon!”
Here’s Charlie Pierce’s take, too.
Here is where the smartest man in America has positioned himself: If Trump lies he screws himself and if he tells the truth he screws himself.
Game, match, set to the people.
That’s on a personal note
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On the broader issue of governing, Trump has lost big this week.
Racist warmonger Mike Pompeo was seriously wounded in his confirmation process.
The drunkard Ronny “Candyman” Jackson, crashed and burned.
Gina Haspel, the CIA’s “Queen of Torture,” is up next.
Gina should be in jail and not running the CIA. That will be made clear shortly.
Then there is the blatant corruption of Pruitt, Mulvaney and Carson which continues to be exposed.
Trump is bleeding out and he knows it.
So he rants and raves like the lunatic that he is on the FOX War Network.