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April 13, 2021 7:02 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
Republican lawmakers spent much of the last four years rebranding as a working-class party, following then-President Donald Trumpâs lead on things like immigration and tariffs and setting aside their push to cut spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
But Trumpâs campaign pledge to âsaveâ safety-net programs has left conservatives with an identity crisis. With their party now in the minority, key GOP leaders want to bring back the push for entitlement changes that was a top priority under former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), while a younger generation of lawmakers is keen to follow through on Trumpâs lead and all but ignore budget deficits.
lucrative. okay, i have it. thank you, sir. yeah, no problem. your office prosecuted michael cohen, and michael cohen was donald trump s lawyer, for lying to this committee about several aspects of the trump organizations pursuit of the trump tower moscow deal, is that right? that s correct. according to your report, cohen lied to, quote, minimize links between the project and trump, unquote, and to, quote, stick to the party line, unquote, in order not to contradict trump s public message that no connection existed between trump and russia. is that right? yes. that s correct. now, when you re talking about the party line here, the party line in this case if i can interject. i should have said at the
e-mail to the kremlin, vladamir putin s press secretary told reporters that the kremlin left the e-mail unanswered. that statement by putin s press secretary was false, wasn t it? i can t speak to that. although it was widely reported in the press. again, i can t speak to that, particularly if it was dependent upon media sources. but it was consistent with the lie that cohen had made to the committee, is that right? i m not certain i could go that far. so cohen, president trump and the kremlin were all telling the same lie? i defer to you on that. i can t get into the details. special counsel mueller, i want to ask you something that s very important to the nation. did your investigation evaluate whether or not president trump could be vulnerable to blackmail by the russians because the kremlin knew that trump and his associates lied about connections to russia related to the trump tower deal?
russia to collect against both sides. so the clinton campaign, as well as the trump campaign. so for robert mueller not to explore this really is in violation of what i would describe as counter intelligence 101, bret. all right. thank you, catherine. committee chairman adam schiff back in. the bob mueller hearing continues. director mueller, as a prosecutor, you would agree that if a witness or suspect lies or obstructs or tampers with witnesses or destroys evidence during an investigation, that generally that conduct can be used to show a consciousness of guilt? would you agree with that? yes. let s go through the different people associated with the trump campaign and this investigation who lied to you and other investigators to cover up their disloyal and unpatriotic conduct. if we could put exhibit 8 up. director mueller, i m showing you campaign chairman paul