• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    The core of the article is this exchange between AOC and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen at his hearing before the oversight committee, which started off the fraud investigation:

    Ocasio-Cortez: To your knowledge, did the president ever provide inflated assets to an insurance company?

    Cohen: Yes.

    Ocasio-Cortez: Who else knows that the president did this?

    Cohen: Allen Weisselberg, Ron Lieberman and Matthew Calamari.

    Ocasio-Cortez: And where would the committee find more information on this? Do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them?

    Cohen: Yes, and you would find it at the Trump Org.

    Definitely give the whole thing a read, though.

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      I watched that live and she was sharp as fuck during the whole thing. Really impressed the hell out of me. We need more like her.

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      I watched this live and it was masterful. Obviously Cohen was a willing participant but she asked exactly the questions that would lead to criminal investigations. Everyone in the room knew it.

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        SHE SAID MATTHEW CALAMARI

        Fucking Slim-Fats SwampYankee over here has worse hearing than my ridiculously Italian grandmother. MA! SET OUT A PLATE FOR SLIM-FATS SWAMPYANKEE! THEY’RE STAYING FOR DINNER AND WANNA TRY YOUR BRECCA PATOOCHI!