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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReminds me of the part in The Godfather where they posthumously discredit the cop Michael Killed
Trump's campaign to discredit Michael Cohen is already underway
The president and his allies seem to be taking no chances. They have a ready-made, public-relations strategy to deploy if Cohen caves. In fact, they began rolling it out weeks ago.
Trump tweeted in April that most people will flip if the Government lets them out of trouble, even if it means lying or making up stories.
I don't see Michael doing that, Trump added, but the message to voters was clear: In the event that Cohen does trade dirt on the president for leniency, don't believe anything Cohen says.
The apparent plan is to discredit Cohen by arguing that whatever compromising information he might share about Trump is a lie, concocted to please Mueller's band of witch hunters and save his own skin.
Alan Dershowitz, a retired Harvard Law School professor who defends Trump on television and serves as an informal adviser, has sought to cast doubt on the reliability of Cohen's potential testimony. Here's part of his April op-ed in the Hill:
It is doubtful that Cohen would cooperate, even if he has anything on his client. But prosecutors often try to get lawyers to sing against their clients to become canaries in order to save their own feathers. Some flipped witnesses will tell prosecutors anything they want to hear in order to earn a get out of jail free card. They know that the better their story, the more leniency they will earn. So, in addition to singing, they compose by making up incriminating details.
I have seen this on many occasions.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/14/trumps-campaign-to-discredit-michael-cohen-is-already-underway
The president and his allies seem to be taking no chances. They have a ready-made, public-relations strategy to deploy if Cohen caves. In fact, they began rolling it out weeks ago.
Trump tweeted in April that most people will flip if the Government lets them out of trouble, even if it means lying or making up stories.
I don't see Michael doing that, Trump added, but the message to voters was clear: In the event that Cohen does trade dirt on the president for leniency, don't believe anything Cohen says.
The apparent plan is to discredit Cohen by arguing that whatever compromising information he might share about Trump is a lie, concocted to please Mueller's band of witch hunters and save his own skin.
Alan Dershowitz, a retired Harvard Law School professor who defends Trump on television and serves as an informal adviser, has sought to cast doubt on the reliability of Cohen's potential testimony. Here's part of his April op-ed in the Hill:
It is doubtful that Cohen would cooperate, even if he has anything on his client. But prosecutors often try to get lawyers to sing against their clients to become canaries in order to save their own feathers. Some flipped witnesses will tell prosecutors anything they want to hear in order to earn a get out of jail free card. They know that the better their story, the more leniency they will earn. So, in addition to singing, they compose by making up incriminating details.
I have seen this on many occasions.
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Reminds me of the part in The Godfather where they posthumously discredit the cop Michael Killed (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2018
OP
"We have newspaper people on the payroll, don't we Tom? They might like a story like that..."
ADX
Jun 2018
#1
Yes. But there's an actual clip from a newspaper saying something akin to dirty cop murdered.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2018
#5
ADX
(1,622 posts)1. "We have newspaper people on the payroll, don't we Tom? They might like a story like that..."
Kudos on the great reference to my favorite movie of all time...
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)2. Is there a clip ?
In the movie they show newspapers coming off the press referring to him as a dirty cop.
Docreed2003
(16,865 posts)3. Ask and ye shall receive...
It's at the very end of the clip
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)5. Yes. But there's an actual clip from a newspaper saying something akin to dirty cop murdered.
ADX
(1,622 posts)6. Here ya go...
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)8. Trump can use FOX NEWS for that purpose
Everything I need to know about Trump I learned from The Godfather.
ADX
(1,622 posts)9. Vito, Sonny, and Michael Corleone had more integrity and honor than Chump ever could...
Docreed2003
(16,865 posts)10. Yeah...it's right after the restaurant scene as micheal heads to Sicily
Every clip I've seen on YouTube ends just before that...
ADX
(1,622 posts)4. Yeah, that happens after Michael shoots Solozzo and McCluskey...
...the quote I posted occurs when he tells Sonny et al that he'll do the deed.
Here's the scene, with the quote coming at 4:05:
tblue37
(65,409 posts)7. Dershowitz seriously loves him some scare quotes. That is an ugly stylistic tic. nt