reality TV
2024-05-14 23:56:00 UTC
Michael Cohen apparently wants a reality show but, if his testimony
Monday is any indication, reality is about to sink in for not just Cohen
but the prosecutors and the court.
In stoking interest in his own appearance, the former Donald Trump
counsel promised the public that they should be “prepared to be surprised.”
Thus far, however, Cohen has offered nothing new and, more importantly,
nothing to make the case for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Just before he took the stand, the New York Post revealed that Cohen has
been peddling a reality show called “The Fixer,” including working with
Colin Whelan, who helped create “Joe Exotic: Tigers, Lies and Cover-Up.”
Whelan appears interested in staying within that genre.
The Cohen pitch came with a cheesy promo video in which he promised
viewers, “I am your fixer.”
His first post-Trump client, Bragg, may have to disagree.
Cohen had only one advantage for Bragg: his notoriously flexible morals
and ethics, which allow him to say most anything to support his sponsors.
With the prosecution’s case almost over, Bragg needed Cohen to clearly
state that Trump intentionally committed fraud to conceal some still
poorly defined crime.
The problem is that Cohen only confirmed that Trump knew he was going to
pay for the nondisclosure agreement and that it would be buried before
the election. None of that is unlawful.
On his reality show promo, Cohen tells viewers that he is there to fix
their problems because “the little guy doesn’t usually have access to
people with my particular set of skills.”
Those skills seem to have escaped all of the witnesses who were
compelled to work with him.
Witnesses detailed how Cohen was ridiculed as someone “prone to
exaggeration” and unprofessional.
Former Trump associate Hope Hicks said Cohen was constantly trying to
insinuate himself into the campaign and that he “used to like to call
himself Mister Fix-It, but it was only because he first broke it.”
Cohen only succeeded in confirming that he put together this payment and
advised Trump to go forward with it.
He assured him that it would effectively kill the story before the election.
None of that is illegal. The “fix-it man” assured Trump that he fixed it
and now wants Trump to go to jail for following that advice.
In the course of that representation, Cohen also admitted to taping his
client without his knowledge, a breathtaking breach of trust and
confidentiality.
This is the man who, according to Stormy Daniels’ attorney, Keith
Davidson, expected to be Trump’s attorney general.
Davidson said Cohen was “depressed and despondent” and “I thought he was
going to kill himself” when he realized that he would not be made a
cabinet member.
Cohen contradicted Davidson and insisted that he only wanted to be
Trump’s personal lawyer.
He also admitted that he was unaware that the publisher of the National
Enquirer, David Pecker, had killed negative stories about Trump and
other celebrities for decades.
Cohen has yet to fix the problem for Bragg.
More importantly, he has added to the problem for Judge Juan Merchan.
Many of us have ridiculed this case as devoid of any criminal act.
Indeed, Merchan has allowed the prosecutors to proceed without clearly
stating what crime was being concealed.
It is not even clear why paying one’s lawyer a lump sum for his services
and costs (including the NDA payment) was not a “legal expense” or how
it was supposed to be entered on a business ledger.
Absent a sudden epiphany in his final testimony on Tuesday, Merchan
should rule in favor of a directed verdict — that is, throwing the case
out before it goes to a jury. If he instead sends this farcical case to
the jury, it is Merchan, not Cohen, who may have a better claim to a
reality show as the ultimate “Fix-It Man.”
NYPost censored
1 day ago
Did Cohen testify that he advised Trump to pay for the non disclosure?
So the lawyer that gave his client legal advice,client and pays him for
legal advice, to now go to jail, for taking his legal advice ? Am I
getting this right?
ItsallaDistraction
18 hours ago
So, this case won't get thrown out, because then Bragg and his office
would all be guilty of election interference, the clearest case ever in
the history of the country.
And since he is a DEI hire, you can't have that.
https://nypost.com/2024/05/13/opinion/mr-fix-it-michael-cohen-bombs-on-the-stand-offers-no-new-evidence-to-convict-trump/
Monday is any indication, reality is about to sink in for not just Cohen
but the prosecutors and the court.
In stoking interest in his own appearance, the former Donald Trump
counsel promised the public that they should be “prepared to be surprised.”
Thus far, however, Cohen has offered nothing new and, more importantly,
nothing to make the case for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Just before he took the stand, the New York Post revealed that Cohen has
been peddling a reality show called “The Fixer,” including working with
Colin Whelan, who helped create “Joe Exotic: Tigers, Lies and Cover-Up.”
Whelan appears interested in staying within that genre.
The Cohen pitch came with a cheesy promo video in which he promised
viewers, “I am your fixer.”
His first post-Trump client, Bragg, may have to disagree.
Cohen had only one advantage for Bragg: his notoriously flexible morals
and ethics, which allow him to say most anything to support his sponsors.
With the prosecution’s case almost over, Bragg needed Cohen to clearly
state that Trump intentionally committed fraud to conceal some still
poorly defined crime.
The problem is that Cohen only confirmed that Trump knew he was going to
pay for the nondisclosure agreement and that it would be buried before
the election. None of that is unlawful.
On his reality show promo, Cohen tells viewers that he is there to fix
their problems because “the little guy doesn’t usually have access to
people with my particular set of skills.”
Those skills seem to have escaped all of the witnesses who were
compelled to work with him.
Witnesses detailed how Cohen was ridiculed as someone “prone to
exaggeration” and unprofessional.
Former Trump associate Hope Hicks said Cohen was constantly trying to
insinuate himself into the campaign and that he “used to like to call
himself Mister Fix-It, but it was only because he first broke it.”
Cohen only succeeded in confirming that he put together this payment and
advised Trump to go forward with it.
He assured him that it would effectively kill the story before the election.
None of that is illegal. The “fix-it man” assured Trump that he fixed it
and now wants Trump to go to jail for following that advice.
In the course of that representation, Cohen also admitted to taping his
client without his knowledge, a breathtaking breach of trust and
confidentiality.
This is the man who, according to Stormy Daniels’ attorney, Keith
Davidson, expected to be Trump’s attorney general.
Davidson said Cohen was “depressed and despondent” and “I thought he was
going to kill himself” when he realized that he would not be made a
cabinet member.
Cohen contradicted Davidson and insisted that he only wanted to be
Trump’s personal lawyer.
He also admitted that he was unaware that the publisher of the National
Enquirer, David Pecker, had killed negative stories about Trump and
other celebrities for decades.
Cohen has yet to fix the problem for Bragg.
More importantly, he has added to the problem for Judge Juan Merchan.
Many of us have ridiculed this case as devoid of any criminal act.
Indeed, Merchan has allowed the prosecutors to proceed without clearly
stating what crime was being concealed.
It is not even clear why paying one’s lawyer a lump sum for his services
and costs (including the NDA payment) was not a “legal expense” or how
it was supposed to be entered on a business ledger.
Absent a sudden epiphany in his final testimony on Tuesday, Merchan
should rule in favor of a directed verdict — that is, throwing the case
out before it goes to a jury. If he instead sends this farcical case to
the jury, it is Merchan, not Cohen, who may have a better claim to a
reality show as the ultimate “Fix-It Man.”
NYPost censored
1 day ago
Did Cohen testify that he advised Trump to pay for the non disclosure?
So the lawyer that gave his client legal advice,client and pays him for
legal advice, to now go to jail, for taking his legal advice ? Am I
getting this right?
ItsallaDistraction
18 hours ago
So, this case won't get thrown out, because then Bragg and his office
would all be guilty of election interference, the clearest case ever in
the history of the country.
And since he is a DEI hire, you can't have that.
https://nypost.com/2024/05/13/opinion/mr-fix-it-michael-cohen-bombs-on-the-stand-offers-no-new-evidence-to-convict-trump/