JUST IN: Trump attacks the media for reporting on Cohen's deal with AT&T https://t.co/VqGn2Kvov7 pic.twitter.com/hVRwA9U2Is
— The Hill (@thehill) May 12, 2018
FBI warned that billionaire involved in Cohen payment was linked to Russian spies https://t.co/5NslsBMYkc pic.twitter.com/IMjI8W2Cct
— The Hill (@thehill) May 12, 2018
SCOOP from @peterwsj: Michael Cohen in January 2017 pitched Ford on his consulting services, and was rejected. Mueller later asked Ford for emails and records about the outreach and interviewed its head of government affairs. https://t.co/Js9ygqMYdY
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) May 11, 2018
BREAKING: Giuliani says Trump was behind the DOJ trying to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger. This is huge news! Interfering with our markets!
“The president denied the merger. They didn’t get the result they wanted.” https://t.co/MJhLxkhRAo— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) May 12, 2018
So we know that
1) Cohen hid all this work in an LLC no one ever heard of
2) Cohen apparently never did any actual work for the money
3) Cohen funneled the money through his presidential extra-marital hush money fund
4) Mueller knew about all this six months ago— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 11, 2018
5) Mueller has Cohen's bank records and got access to his emails several months ago
6) A few months after Mueller started asking about these payments to Cohen, the feds got a warrant to raid Cohen.— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 11, 2018
Notable that Michael Cohen isn’t the only Trump lawyer AT&T hired. They hired Daniel Petrocelli, a Hollywood lawyer who repped Trump on the Trump University case, even though I can’t see where he had any previous experience on anti-trust law at all. Seems odd.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 12, 2018
Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg warns the President over his treatment of Michael Cohen: “I don’t know exactly what he knows… he should be careful of what he does with Michael” https://t.co/8eHD8mVCMG pic.twitter.com/przadRZwqk
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) May 12, 2018
Let this serve as formal notice – there is significantly more evidence and facts to come relating to Mr. Cohen's dealings and Mr. Trump's knowledge and involvement. You can come clean now or wait to be outed. Your choice. We have only just begun…#Basta
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 11, 2018
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ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
White House Press Sec. Sarah Huckabee Sanders faced multiple questions related to an aide’s reported mocking of “dying” Senator McCain. Sanders said, “I’m not going to validate a leak… out of an internal staff meeting.” https://t.co/voaDYGkv2n
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 11, 2018
Serious question about a serious question: has anyone asked #MAGA people exactly when they think America stopped being great?
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) May 11, 2018
“He’s the Vice President of the United States and he acts like the house butler at Mar-a-Lago” – @SteveSchmidtSES to @NicolleDWallace https://t.co/20y7nEJaGw
— David Beard (@dabeard) May 12, 2018
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WORLD
Seven dead in Australia's worst mass shooting in decades https://t.co/8RQpm4XxHd pic.twitter.com/3OGl7JSE3J
— The Hill (@thehill) May 12, 2018
Najib Razak banned from leaving Malaysia via @FT
[huge victory for #journalism @sarawak_report and @WSJ] https://t.co/EuIjHfgXeF— PeterBale (@PeterBale) May 12, 2018
Turkish president Erdogan threw a key rival in jail. That could come back to haunt him.https://t.co/MPKiV2xDXV
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) May 11, 2018
Why you shouldn't give your DNA to giant genetic databases https://t.co/5BUGOtEtlZ pic.twitter.com/P7isUrvywr
— Motherboard (@motherboard) May 11, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
Unlike representative democracy in which MPs exercise their judgement, plebiscitary democracy such as #Brexit requires a very well-informed electorate. But with Brexit the public has been totally misinformed by our lying right-wing press.#StopBrexit #FBPE pic.twitter.com/bkwT5uYgI0
— Nick Reeves #FinalSayForAll #FBPE (@nickreeves9876) May 12, 2018
If you’d stuck with it, you wouldn’t be so surprised by how badly Brexit’s going. And you would have heard me predict many, many times that people like you would soon be trying to pin the blame on people like me. Like you did today. But no thanks. Not for you. https://t.co/zKxmFAlwFi
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) May 11, 2018
Brexit is not patriotic. It’s not us flexing our muscles. It makes us weaker and smaller.
“The uncomfortable truth is that Brexit is diminishing Britain’s weight in the world”@LordRickettsP , ex-Ambassador to France and head of the FCO.https://t.co/CSn6FXGKia
— Steve Bullock (@GuitarMoog) May 12, 2018
great photo placement in the Times
Saturday's Times: "UK 'more racist after #Brexit'" #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/juXjZlCwrb
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 11, 2018
Northern Ireland's looming centenary has the potential to be a seminal constitutional moment. If unionism simply equals Protestantism, then the Union is doomed – but in all of this, there is a note of hope to unionism and caution to Irish nationalism. https://t.co/jymW2cwMPF
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) May 12, 2018
Don’t worry me with facts – let alone suggest I actually visit the border I want to turn into a Brexit flashpoint https://t.co/jS8w0ouvgQ
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) May 12, 2018
Growing speculation that Nigel Farage may join DUP
Read more at: https://t.co/niDDHyJ9lN #NigelFarage #DUP pic.twitter.com/wlcKqQQv14— Belfast News Letter (@News_Letter) May 11, 2018
If people think Farage gives a damn about NI or the Union I have a bridge to sell you.
— Ben McCabe (@bernardmccabe) May 11, 2018
FUCK ME: The wit and banter coming out of cabinet meetings is off the charts… pic.twitter.com/5XkVGNknr5
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) May 11, 2018
But hey, some good news…
Happy #Eurovision everyone! Get #AllAboard tonight 8pm @BBCOne. pic.twitter.com/62cBV4xEXP
— BBC Eurovision🇬🇧 (@bbceurovision) May 12, 2018