Didn’t read much of the thread.
The reason Rudy went on Hannity and made sure he broadcasted that Trump paid Cohen back was to sate the campaign finance charge. In effect, giving the money back can be seen as refusing the “donation” in legal terms. It’s a legal tightrope to walk but there is a path now where none existed before.
Of course, this is just one of the malady of issues Trump faces.
The collusion charge is alive and well. His own sons met with Russians as did his campaign manager.
His senior advisor met with Russian Hackers who were credited with hacking the DNC.
Then there is the OOJ charge where he apparently dropped the FBI director who refused to “drop” the charges on General Flynn
Cohen’s problems and the Stormy Daniels is just another issue….
Rudy's path was firmly shut by Avenitti about 20 min later... Has evidence that payment had to be done by Election....
I think Rudy is not playing at this level for a while and spouting off about North Korea was just stupid..
Rudy is trying to fight this in the court of public opinion but the problem is he keeps throwing Trump under the legal bus... The legal issues take time and keep on bringing this up in public...
Lets be honest Emmet Flood is the first heavyweight lawyer brought in by Trump. Emmet Flood is the kind of man you’d bring in to right a sinking ship. But given how long the Trump team has been a mess, it’s possible he’ll just be rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.