If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the services of Michael Cohen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
Protesters project "guilty" and "criminal" onto Trump DC hotel after Manafort conviction, Cohen guilty plea https://t.co/et8f2Bd5RR pic.twitter.com/8m9GP6QjxM
— The Hill (@thehill) August 22, 2018
Michael Cohen’s testimony again the Trump Foundation could actually result in State indictments of Don Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka! State crimes are not pardonable by the U.S. President.
Just leaving that here!https://t.co/usdXr9EwNA— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 22, 2018
BREAKING: In running away from Cohen's claims today, Trump bumbled right into admitting that he lied on his financial disclosures & violated 18 USC 1001. This was already the subject of a @CREWcrew criminal complaint that led to an OGE referral to DOJ–Trump just proved our case! https://t.co/8poUAIhtQf
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) August 22, 2018
CONFIRMED this good AP scoop. The investigators here are from NY state's Dept. of Taxation and Finance. They're working w/ the NY AG's office on an investigation of @realDonaldTrump's Fdn. There's already a civil lawsuit filed, point here is to see if a criminal case can be made. https://t.co/f9qAJ8gFaZ
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 22, 2018
"[Michael Cohen] went in there with a set of notes written down. He said in court that they were to keep his mind focused but there was another intention there… to throw a man who had thrown him under the bus, under a bus of his own"- @emilyjanefox w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/smFnq3KXZa
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) August 22, 2018
Michael Cohen’s lawyer is hinting that his client can offer Robert Mueller evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. pic.twitter.com/paFEWSOFVI
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) August 22, 2018
The framers surely would agree that committing a crime in order to obtain the presidency falls in the category of “High Crimes & Misdemeanors.” This is not a prediction of what will occur, but what should follow from our constitutional system. https://t.co/8oqXlWPtcG
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 22, 2018
Cohen deletes old tweet threatening Clinton with prisonhttps://t.co/TOvnVxii1s pic.twitter.com/hGzVUi03BS
— The Hill (@thehill) August 22, 2018
"Trump seems to have messed this up, and instead of making the correct argument, he appeared to confess to a crime." https://t.co/UgFoz6Po28
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) August 22, 2018
Donald Trump is a case of walking, talking psychological projection. pic.twitter.com/pNVRyGaNYH
— Ally Maynard (@missmayn) August 22, 2018
I have cancelled my meeting with Judge Kavanaugh. @realDonaldTrump, who is an unindicted co-conspirator in a criminal matter, does not deserve the courtesy of a meeting with his nominee—purposely selected to protect, as we say in Hawaii, his own okole.
— Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono) August 22, 2018
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Special counsel Robert Mueller's jam-packed fall schedule https://t.co/VpxQpB7IDu pic.twitter.com/uC2nhKIuGz
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 22, 2018
I just want to state for the record that the response to this from the president's supporters is actually going to get worse from here, not better. https://t.co/CA6ra557Cm
— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) August 22, 2018
"That's a ridiculous accusation," Sarah Sanders says, when asked if the president lied to the American people.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 22, 2018
Call into our newsroom just now: "At some point we're just gonna start shooting you fucking assholes."
— Amanda Lee Myers (@AmandaLeeAP) August 22, 2018
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WORLD
Wow: Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik were sent to Kyrgyzstan in 2005 on Deripaska's dime, where they promoted Russian interests—including the closure of a US military base there. https://t.co/E8YT7Xk8c8
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) August 22, 2018
The last 30 hours in information warfare:
Facebook announces discovery of newly discovered, separate campaigns from Iran and Russia
Twitter shuts down disinfo accounts
Microsoft shuts down Russian attempt to infiltrate IRI/Hudson/US Senate
DNC thwarts early stages of attack
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) August 22, 2018
Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will hold off auctioning any new oil blocks for at least two years: WSJ
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 22, 2018
U.S. to bring back Khalilzad as special Afghanistan envoy: sources https://t.co/ZUJjTzHWB6
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) August 22, 2018
"In central Colombia some coffee farmers have already sold their land to developers building vacation condominiums."https://t.co/bfsMlarGFJ
— Luc Cohen (@cohenluc) August 22, 2018
Australia's Prime Minister Faces Leadership Challenge https://t.co/MyD0cLAPdq
— NPR (@NPR) August 22, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
Thursday's Daily Express: "Britain will thrive outside the EU"#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers (via @hendopolis) pic.twitter.com/hKqzNltR73
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 22, 2018
Raab: leaving EU without a deal is ‘unlikely’
Starmer: “No-deal would be catastrophic for people’s jobs, the economy and for the border in Northern Ireland. It is irresponsible for anyone to casualise no-deal.”https://t.co/R4QxRDdGPv
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) August 22, 2018
Heard from a good source Dominic Raab told officials he wanted tomorrow’s no deal documents to be bland so the SoS isn’t accused by fellow Brexit campaigners of joining Project Fear. Raab C Brexit’s covering his back
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) August 22, 2018
Wonderful news from some of the most hard working and caring people in our country. https://t.co/1mwv2HTm7w
— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) August 22, 2018
.@LiamFox must know his vision for #Brexit Britain is delusional, but is too pig-headed to admit he was wrong.
https://t.co/FHvYOlJDLw— Richard Corbett (@RCorbettMEP) August 22, 2018
Talking of which…
I take it all back. He’s a veritable master of the straight answer. Utterly unlike all those other politicians. Amazed he exposes himself to proper questions so rarely. Clearly committed to fulfilling the membership’s desire to stop Brexit. This could hardly have gone better. https://t.co/sAcXhMCvby
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) August 21, 2018
Labour has proposed not one viable alternative to Tory Brexit. It doesn't want a better Brexit; it wants to pin a bad Brexit on the Tories.
Damn those who will lose their jobs. And damn the austerity it will cause.
This is why you should be furious with the so-called Opposition https://t.co/zX7dEY7LiA
— Jo Maugham QC (@JolyonMaugham) August 22, 2018
And of course, it’s not the politicians who will suffer…
None of this needs to happen. We are not tied to the course we set for ourselves in 2016.
We have every right to campaign for a #PeoplesVote. The British public has every right to change its mind.https://t.co/FYGnLtxzQH
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) August 22, 2018