A lot to process from today. Big take away from me…Cohen highlighted crimes/schemes/lies that led directly to Trump winning the election. Most of this we knew already, but as it gets too often lost in the litany of Trump controversies, worth hearing about on the record, under oath, from a top level insider; Trump OK’d Illegal bribes that prevented the US electorate from hearing about two seedy affairs he maintained while married to the FLOTUS. Trump knew about and approved of efforts by a hostile foreign power to get him elected through the theft of DNC and Clinton emails. Trump lied and directed others to lie about the extent of his financial connections to Russia while suspicions swirled about Russia’s role before the election. Trump refused to release his tax returns because he did not think they would come out clean after they were scrutinized by experts, not because of an IRS audit.
Most embarrassing for us, though? The fact that Trump ran for President as a marketing stunt and we fucking elected him. This is who we are now.