Michael Cohen and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) got into a heated exchange at Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing over Jordan’s suggestion that Cohen was not accepting responsibility for the crimes to which he pleaded guilty.
“Shame on you, Mr. Jordan. That is not what I said. Shame on you,” Cohen said.
Under previous questioning from another committee Republican, Cohen quibbled with how the lawmaker was characterizing the bank fraud and other financial crimes to which he pleaded guilty.
Jordan then accused Cohen of disputing the Manhattan prosecutors and the court at which he entered his guilty plea.
“He just debated a member of Congress saying, I really didn’t do anything wrong with the false bank things that I’m guilty of and going to prison for,” Jordan said.
“That’s not what I said. And you know that that’s not what I said,” Cohen responded.
Cohen is coming off a lot better than the R reps who are questioning him.
It takes a crook on his way to jail to call out the crook in Congress.
Way to go, Mr. Lynch!
Something to remember: the GOP is on the ropes, long-term. Declining support in almost every demographic. Wildly unpopular policies.
No animal, when cornered, simply lies down and dies. It fights to the death. Yes, some GOPers are likely worried about their own exposure in illegal doings. But, in general, the party was already at death’s door in 2016, until Trump led them to embrace bullhorn-style xenophobia and white supremacy.
The GOP will get nasty. Their backs are to the wall, and they’re out of options.
Can we please get some righteous anger from the Dems? R’s like Jordan and Graham carry on with all of this bluster and try to grab control of the narrative…and in Graham’s case, to some extent, he succeeded. Somebody needs to put the smackdown on these guys with a “Have you no sense of decency, sir?” moment. So tired of them trying to run roughshod and thinking that throwing a tantrum is a winning play if it’s done with enough pseudo-conviction.