eyebrows to say, well, it s hard for people to say you had an epiphany as opposed to you re trying to cover something up. i want to say something about the idea of the bribery case, et cetera. the supreme court has made it particularly difficult for prosecutors to be able to prosecute crimes for true quid pro quo and the bribery john and i are describing. remember there was the virginia former governor bob mcdonald who had an issue about something very similar where he was being accused of engaging in bribery as opposed to simple lobbying on behalf of a natural supplement provider. and the court there said, listen, if it is not an official act, if you re just paying for access, this happens in washington, d.c. all the time. no politician would be on notice that actually wrongdoing if we now choose to criminalize it. so you have michael cohen ironically going to potentially benefit from a supreme court decision that limits and narrows a definition that we do not want a swamp in washin
for his own access, it is about that sort of lack of credibility on other matters, including stormy daniels, that raises eyebrows to say, well, it s hard for people to say you had an epiphany as opposed to you re trying to simply cover something up. i just want to say one thing about the idea of the bribe case, et cetera. the supreme court has made it particularly difficult for prosecutors to be able to prosecute crimes for true quid pro quo and the bribery john and i are describing. remember there was the virginia former governor, bob mcdonald who had an issue about something very similar where he was being accused of engaging in bribery as opposed to simple lobbying on behalf of a natural supplement provider. and the court there said, listen, if it is not an official act, if you re just paying for access, this happens in washington, d.c. all the time. no politician would be on notice that s actually wrongdoing if we now choose to criminalize it. so you have michael cohen ironically g