Cummings: I Told Cohen ‘I Will Nail You To The Cross’ If You Lie To Committee

By Matt Shuham

March 7, 2019 4:48 p.m.

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Cummings tells @mkraju that warned Cohen against lying to the House Oversight Committee: "I will nail you to the cross" he recalls telling Cohen. pic.twitter.com/kb3ivx7N3O

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meri says:

March 7, 2019

…and the most famous person ever nailed to a cross was a Jew.

Apparently Cummings is also an anti-Semite.

That’s how this game is played, right?
mikebnews says:

March 7, 2019

I’m not sure why this is an item today. Cummings said the same thing twice in public the day Cohen appeared…during the session and at the needed shortly thereafter
castor_troy says:

March 7, 2019

meri:

That’s how this game is played, right?

You win the post-of-the-day contest.
maximus says:

March 7, 2019

Maybe a prelude to a much anticipated Mueller-time tomorrow?

I know, I know, I’m reaching…
tena says:

March 7, 2019

Brennan seemed to think when he was on Lawrence O’Donnell that there is a good chance for an indictment tomorrow.