emptywheel

I think it’s reasonably clear that Rudy has some skin in the game & Princess Ivanka as well. Rudy has some selfish concerns & I’ll just leave at that. Those Cohen files can potentially leave smoke mushrooms over all of Trumpland, Moshe Lax’s ‘hood in the Bronx & Brighton Beach.

Agree. But they all seem terrified as to what was found in Cohen’s offices.

For now.

The very discussion of whether he has flipped or not (which Trump himself has pondered on Twitter) rests upon a tacit assumption that Trump is guilty.

...if Rudy is telling the truth...should send up red flags or a chill down your spine or at least make the hairs on the back of your neck bristle...Rudy becoming a truther...that's a good one...aren't Giuliani and team advocates of waterboarding for national security questions?

If feds have his records, does it matter if he’s flipped?

At this point the smart money is on Cohen not having to flip- evidence will flip for him-Trump will let him rot alone-way too many coals in this fire not too burn the entire Trump campaign

Rudy's not unhinged either. He's just getting ahead of what will be disclosed anyway by the raid on Cohen's office.

Or maybe he's been working for the FBI since he was born. Hey, it could happen. I was once arrested by a toddler.

This is the guy who says he cries when he walks past Trump Tower because he misses Trump and the "kids" so much. I never thought he'd flip. He'd totally do a few years in a club fed to stay on the Trump's good side.

Yeah, unlikely at this stage. They still don't have the full inventory or analysis of what they were able to seize yet, right? I don't expect we'd be at indictment time for another month or two. And Cohen will probably drag it out a bit to appear loyal.

I don't think Cohen has flipped. If he does it won't come for months.

he has not flipped you'll getting played

And reinforcing atty/client privlage angle and offering cohen more cover..

And we know Rudy does not lie and is consistent