Bringing the goods.

Michael Cohen brought his receipts to Congress today, and it boggles my mind that people still believe trump and the folks in the cult of trump over Cohen when it comes to the levels of corruption in the trump orbit.

Cohen actually brought copies of edited false statements to congress. Of course it won't matter to some folks, because they just can't bring themselves to believe that their exalted leader and the people around him could be guilty of such shenanigans.

"There were several changes made, including how we were to handle that message, the message of course being the length of time that the Trump Tower Moscow project stayed and remained alive," Cohen told the House Oversight and Reform Committee."

 I wonder why it is that all of these trump officials lie when it comes to Russia. If everything is on the up and up, why lie about what you did in regards to Russia every time the subject comes up? Why all the lies about the campaign's contacts with Russia? We keep hearing that there is no collusion between trump's camp and the Russians, but after looking at all the evidence how can we believe them?

If I were Michael Cohen's lawyers I would be calling my own lawyer today. Preferably one that specializes in legal ethics. If they are not careful, a letter from their states disciplinary board could be in the mail soon. If they really did help him edit his statements to lie to congress that is serious business.

We know one thing: trump will not back them up. They are all on their on with this one. trump, as is always the case, will disavow any knowledge of what took place. 

Finally, we now know that the president lied about putting pressure on his staff to get security clearance for his daughter and son-in-law. And, equally important, his daughter lied about getting a high level security clearance with the help of her duplicitous father. The way she lied was scary. She didn't bat an eye when she looked at her interviewer and denied that she was given any preferential treatment.

I guess it's true that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.  At least in this case it looks like the apple might have fallen right under the tree.