I'm missing something big, I guess. I keep seeing pundits on MSNBC or CNN or other mainstream media outlets so excited by Michael Cohen's plea admitting that he lied to Congress about the timing of certain negotiations in Moscow regarding a potential project there by the Trump Organization that they seem to be losing control. I really don't understand it.
Think about it. If the Trump Organization had built a tower in Moscow, it would have been perfectly legal. The negotiations were with Russian individuals, not the Russian government. In other words, there is still no proof of any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government regarding the 2016 election. Cohen's plea is nothing much at all, if, indeed, it is anything at all when it comes to collusion.
But the pundits say it's proof that President Trump lied. After all, Trump said he had no business interests in Russia during the 2016 campaign. Cohen's plea doesn't change that from true to false. Much more important, however, Trump said a lot of things on the campaign trail that weren't true. So did Hillary. So did Obama in 2012 and 2008. It's called the American way of politics. It's not a crime to stretch the truth during a campaign.
Think about it. If the Trump Organization had built a tower in Moscow, it would have been perfectly legal. The negotiations were with Russian individuals, not the Russian government. In other words, there is still no proof of any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government regarding the 2016 election. Cohen's plea is nothing much at all, if, indeed, it is anything at all when it comes to collusion.
But the pundits say it's proof that President Trump lied. After all, Trump said he had no business interests in Russia during the 2016 campaign. Cohen's plea doesn't change that from true to false. Much more important, however, Trump said a lot of things on the campaign trail that weren't true. So did Hillary. So did Obama in 2012 and 2008. It's called the American way of politics. It's not a crime to stretch the truth during a campaign.
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