if trump thought cohen had something truly damaging on him (i.e. something more than just "trump paid off this or that woman to keep quiet about an affair"), don't you think he'd treat cohen differently?
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He didn't treat Flynn differently. Flynn flipped for precisely the same reason Cohen is considering it, bc he felt betrayed.
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flynn wasn't in trump's orbit long enough to know much. and trump tried to get comey to lay off flynn. trump still speaks favorably of flynn.
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I'm not sure how that makes your point. Both men felt/feel betrayed, regardless of all the nice things Trump now says to write off Flynn's behavior as something he didn't order hidden. But my original Q was about something else.
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That is, is Trump betraying Cohen, even beyond what he did with Flynn, bc he saw something in his files that pissed him off? That made him think Cohen was disloyal.
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What are CYA files? (I know what the acronym stands for - just not sure what you mean in this context.)
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In this context, CYA refers to any tangible proof Trump committed crimes that Cohen has collected over the years, so that he can try to "cover his ass" by threatening to release incriminating materials he had purposefully and specifically held on to.
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I see. So if Trump is screwed by the info either way, might as well punish Cohen for his disloyalty?
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Exactly, and more, cast him as being crooked from the start, ingratiating himself with Trump for the (now revealed!) purpose of collecting whatever information he could use to later blackmail the POTUS, just like Stormy, etc.
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Thanks to all of you. I also have a theory that Trump & Co extorted people (including public officials) over the years — strengthened by Peter Gleason’s attempted intervention in this case. I would think that evidence likely to be in Cohen’s files if I am right.
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Didn’t he also call Cohen directly after the raid? Doesn’t sound like simone who was worried about a wire:http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/383093-trump-called-cohen-amid-legal-battle-on-fbi-raid-report …
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Marcy, I've also been wondering about this: Cohen was in Mar-A-Lago on March 7th. Cohen was raided on April 9th. What if Cohen was already dead to rights and they gave him heads up about raid so he'd wear a wire on March 7th as part of pre-raid plea deal?https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1016404603389333505 …
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How did he see what was in Cohen's files? I mean, they had the Special Master go through everything but I didn't think the Trump lawyers were able to see it all yet.
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Do you mean files (and/recordings) Cohen had to cover Cohen’s ass?
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That's what I believe
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i think he's just being delusional like with the NK "contract" that he keeps tweeting about
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So Don thinks he’s safe?
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The opposite
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I have no idea what “but trump also saw what was in Cohen’s files” is referring to
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