he tells the cops, i don t know who they are, they re maga people, it is a hate crime. so i think that the implausibility of his story now that, oh, suddenly it was his two friends, who were the attackers, i think the jury is going to have a real problem with that. what about the revelation in his testimony, his claim that he did have a relationship that was sexual in nature, with one of these men? exactly. it kind of plays more to the narrative of what actually happened on that day, january 29th, 2019, in terms of you played upon the fears of america, talking about homophobic slurs, talking about racial slurs and now he wants to put forth in front of the jury because the brother did not say he was in a romantic relationship with jussie smollett, he wants to be the one, we were in a romantic relationship, he doesn t want to say it, i m saying it, and you should judge his credibility based on him not coming out. this is why he came up with this story and it was not a hoax.
brings to the front the questions that came up with the mueller report. and that is, specifically what did donald trump know, when did he know it, but how would they ever how would they ever prove, because it sounds like trump said in his written answers, i don t recall, yadda, yadda, yadda. how do you prove that s a lie, given that it s rick gates word versus anyone else. that s a fair point. and it will be a serious obstacle. it s an old trick and it s a tactic to say i don t know, i don t remember. that s a hedge for sure. the question will be the plausibility or the implausibility of that complete failure of president trump s memory. so is it possible, is it plausible that he could have forgotten that he personally had heard this information about wikileaks and he heard any of the buzz that has been well documented among his campaign staffers?
there is another mechanism for him to reduce his sentence yet further by more cooperation. how much does he have? i think he s had the biggest treasure trove of any witness to date. and remember, the whole search warrant in march that dredged up not just documents but tapes and then all his testimony, and the things he s testified about on the campaign finance front also have corroboration. this notion by trump, oh, he lie, so you can t trust him, that s the standard play in any case of this sort, and the question is, is he now incentivized to tell the truth and is there corroborating information? and to the congresswoman s point? what s on the other side. he did have a pretty strong advantage given the president s continual changes of versions and implausibility on his own
how much does he have? i think he s had the biggest treasure-trove of any witness to date. remember, the whole search warrant in march that dredged up not just documents but tapes and then all his testimony, and the things he s testified about on the campaign finance front also have corroboration. this notion by trump, oh, he lied so you can t trust him, that s the standard play in any case of this sort, the question is is is there corroborating information, by the way, to the congresswoman s point, what s on the other side, because you do have in a he said, he said, a pretty strong advantage given the president s continual changes of versions and implausibility on his own end nelson, we decided you re bearing the appearance of robert
he said a pretty strong advantage given the president s continual changes of versions and implausibility on his own end. nelson, we decided you re bearing the appearance of robert mueller closest. you re bob mueller. you look up at good morning america. you see this guy sitting with george stephanopoulos. how do you take the fact that he might have fallen short cooperating with team usa and he s out telling his story publicly, perhaps going further than he did behind closed doors, we don t know. you re never happy when your witness is out there making statements in the public. you re never happy when they re doing it in a setting where you re not in control, where you can t control the presentation, where you can t go over carefully the lines of questioning and attack. every time that cohen opens his mouth from now on, he is creating possible inconsistencies in any story,