And that has what to do with Trump? Oh wait, that judge asked the same thing on Friday. You're not interested in justice, just only in the downfall of someone you oppose politically. That is to say, Trump. You could care less about Cohen.
On one hand, I want the special counsel to do his job with a necessary vigor. If other crimes are unearthed, so be it. Refer them and let another team charge them. Ultimately I want this Russia stuff resolved. If nothing related to Russia is pinned to Trump I would be surprised but carry on still wanting the elections secured from foreign influence.
On the other hand, I think it's highly probable that Trump is a crook. I consider his political positions to be bad for a majority of Americans. I think his methods and qualities are not what we would want in a president. He's proven to be a good deal breaker and a flip flopper. Because of these I would want him out of office as soon as possible. I don't want rules to be broken to do that though. Mueller and his team should stay above board and I think they are mostly doing that.
His political positions are largely good for America, with the exception of the trade war.
While he says all kinds of things, Trump has largely followed the law.
Hillary for example, was conclusively a crook.
Trump is possibly a crook, but zero evidence yet supports that.
Here's a my problem that I don't understand.
If Trump really was in fact colluding with the Russians to throw the election, no one would be stupid enough to give traceable money directly to someone tied directly to Trump.
Trump might be a goof and nut, but he's not that stupid. Neither are the Russians for that matter. The Russians would never be caught so red-handed as directly paying for results, that could be traced back to them. It would cause world-wide retaliation.
Further, if Trump was colluding with the Russians, I would be hard pressed to figure out what exactly they are getting from it. Trump has been much harder on Russia, both in sanctions and expelling diplomats, and in fighting the Russian back Assad in Syria, than Russia, and now with backing out of the Iran deal that Russia supported.
What exactly has Russia gotten from this?
And even then.... I don't get why Russia would pay Trump, through Cohen, even if that was the case. What are they paying for? Why would Russia be paying him.... for their support of his election? That's supposedly the claim, right?
The claim is Trump had no chance of winning, until Russia got involved and threw the election in favor of Trump. Why would Russia pay Trump for their support? Wouldn't Trump be the one paying them?
Nothing about this is logical.
I'm more inclined to believe that the Russian oligarch either had services from Cohen, or were trying to pay him for influence with Trump, which in either case is likely unknown by Trump, and isn't collusion.
I'll be interested to see what specifically they come up with. That's assuming this is even true, which lately the mass media is about as reliable as a hooker paid hundreds of thousands to shutup.