Even Donald Trump seems to understand that he’s finished now that both Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen are convicted felons; his Nuremberg rally in West Virginia was more subdued than usual, though it still featured the “lock her up” chant when Hillary’s name was mentioned.
Things don’t look any better for him this morning. Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis told “Today” that his client is willing to tell everything he knows and isn’t interested in a pardon. Manafort’s lawyer didn’t resort to the standard “we’ll fight this on appeal” response, instead saying Manafort will evaluate all his options, one of which is cooperating with Mueller. As for why he didn’t do that in the first place, Franklin Foer at The Atlantic attributes it to Manafort creating his own reality, which is another way of saying he believed his own bullshit.
Yesterday’s news avalanche buried a lot of other stories, including the one about California Rep. Duncan Hunter’s indictment for misuse of campaign funds. This plays havoc with November’s election because it’s too late for the GOP to get him off the ticket.
Trump’s legal problems didn’t end with the conviction of his henchmen. A federal judge ruled a lawsuit against Trump’s security team for assaulting protesters.
In other news, students at UNC in Chapel Hill pulled down a Confederate memorial statue, taking matters into their own hands after the GOP junta that runs the state made it illegal to remove Confederate statues. Myself, I’m in favor of invading North Carolina again and putting all the Republicans there on work farms, though I doubt you’d get much work out of a bunch of lazy stump-jumpers.
Former Delawarean and billionaire douchebag Foster Friess tried to buy his way into the governorship of Wyoming by spending $2 million of his own money — not easy in a state with no major TV markets. Yesterday he finished second in the state’s Republican primary, despite an endorsement from the Criminal in Chief.