Senior Republicans hesitate to criticise Trump after Manafort and Cohen verdicts

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Republican elected officials have hesitated to criticise Donald Trump after his former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to fraud, implicating the president, and his former campaign manager Paul Manafort was convicted on eight counts of financial crimes.

A spokesperson for the House of Representatives speaker Paul Ryan issued an abrupt statement saying: “We are aware of Mr Cohen’s guilty plea to these serious charges. We will need more information than is currently available at this point.”

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina emphasized that both cases had nothing to do with Russia. “The American legal system is working its will in both the Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen cases,” Graham said in a statement.

And on Wednesday morning, the Utah Republican senator Orrin Hatch said on Capitol Hill of the Cohen case: “Those are some serious charges and they can’t be ignored,” he said. “I’m not very happy about it, I’ll put it that way, and should have never happened to begin with.”

However, Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska offered direct criticism. “Paul Manafort is a founding member of the DC swamp and Michael Cohen is the Gotham version of the same,” said Sasse. “Neither one of these felons should have been anywhere near the presidency.”

Steve Bannon told the Guardian the rulings would have implications for the midterm elections. “Tonight brings November into complete focus,” he said. “It will be an up or down vote on the impeachment of the president. The Democrats have long wanted this fight and now they have it.”

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/senior-republicans-hesitate-criticise-trump-032636466.html
 
Finally, something to make the midterm elections interesting. Even if it led to impeachment, the process would take until the end of Trump's term, or nearly so. And if the impeachment removed Trump, does anyone want the ultra-fundamentalist, Pence, in the Oval Office?

I hope that Trump will make bombastic statements about being the best president in history, claim victory and announce that he will not seek re-election. That would also take care of the Pence issue.

Further, I hope that the Democrats will humiliate themselves by nominating Hillary Clinton again.
 
Tranquillus in Exile said:
Republican elected officials have hesitated to criticise Donald Trump after his former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to fraud, implicating the president, and his former campaign manager Paul Manafort was convicted on eight counts of financial crimes.

A spokesperson for the House of Representatives speaker Paul Ryan issued an abrupt statement saying: “We are aware of Mr Cohen’s guilty plea to these serious charges. We will need more information than is currently available at this point.”

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina emphasized that both cases had nothing to do with Russia. “The American legal system is working its will in both the Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen cases,” Graham said in a statement.

And on Wednesday morning, the Utah Republican senator Orrin Hatch said on Capitol Hill of the Cohen case: “Those are some serious charges and they can’t be ignored,” he said. “I’m not very happy about it, I’ll put it that way, and should have never happened to begin with.”

However, Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska offered direct criticism. “Paul Manafort is a founding member of the DC swamp and Michael Cohen is the Gotham version of the same,” said Sasse. “Neither one of these felons should have been anywhere near the presidency.”

Steve Bannon told the Guardian the rulings would have implications for the midterm elections. “Tonight brings November into complete focus,” he said. “It will be an up or down vote on the impeachment of the president. The Democrats have long wanted this fight and now they have it.”

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/senior-republicans-hesitate-criticise-trump-032636466.html
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Fucking complicit ASSHOLES. Lots of em are going to lose. Its going to be epic.
 
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