Cohen hearing fallout showed Trump-world still can’t answer for the mess
The House hearing with Michael Cohen was set for the next day, but on February 26 the political damage was already baked in: Republicans were scrambling to contain a testimony that promised more Trump exposure, while the White House kept pretending the Cohen saga was just noise. The real screwup was not the hearing itself but the fact that Trump’s team had spent two years creating a paper trail, a payments trail, and a credibility trail that made Cohen’s appearance a looming disaster instead of a manageable nuisance.
First recorded Feb 26, 2019·Meaningfully updated Feb 26, 2019
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Cohen hearing fallout showed Trump-world still can’t answer for the mess
The House hearing with Michael Cohen was set for the next day, but on February 26 the political damage was already baked in: Republicans were scrambling to contain a testimony that promised more Trump exposure, while the White House kept pretending the Cohen saga was just noise. The real screwup was not the hearing itself but the fact that Trump’s team had spent two years creating a paper trail, a payments trail, and a credibility trail that made Cohen’s appearance a looming disaster instead of…
The House hearing with Michael Cohen was set for the next day, but on February 26 the political damage was already baked in: Republicans were scrambling to contain a testimony that promised more Trump exposure, while the White House kept pretending the Cohen saga was just noise. The real screwup was not the hearing itself but the fact that Trump’s team had spent two years creating a paper trail, a payments trail, an…
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