News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
Consider this an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
Michael Cohen Has Said He Would Take a Bullet for Trump. Maybe Not Anymore.
From NYT
For years, a joke among Trump Tower employees was that the boss was like Manhattan’s First Avenue, where the traffic goes only one way.
Now, for the first time, the traffic may be going Mr. Cohen’s way. Mr. Trump’s lawyers and advisers have become resigned to the strong possibility that Mr. Cohen, who has a wife and two children and faces the prospect of devastating legal fees, if not criminal charges, could end up cooperating with federal officials who are investigating him for activity that could relate, at least in part, to work he did for Mr. Trump.
Barbara Bush laid to rest at presidential library in Houston
From Axios
The details: Per CNN, she will be laid to rest at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas, “next to her daughter Robin, who died as a child from leukemia.” Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama joined their colleagues George H.W. and George W. Bush. Hillary Clinton also attended, and First Lady Melania Trump represented the president, who is currently in Florida.
President Trump decided against attending to “avoid disruptions due to added security,” CNN reported; it “is not uncommon for a sitting president” to be absent from a former First Lady’s funeral.
Lobbyist whose wife rented to Pruitt lobbied EPA despite denials
From Politico
The prominent lobbyist whose wife rented a condominium to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt lobbied the agency while Pruitt was leading it, contrary to his and Pruitt’s public denials that he had any business before the agency, according to a Friday filing by his firm.
The disclosure from the lobbying firm Williams & Jensen contradicts Pruitt’s public statement last month that the lobbyist, J. Steven Hart, had no clients with business before the EPA, and comes hours after Hart’s resignation from the firm.
Bad News for President Trump: The Comey memos are more revealing than they seem.
From The Atlantic
One feature of the truth is that it doesn’t change much. A lie is hard to sustain. The details may change in each retelling because the liar is not actually remembering the events, but instead remembering the telling of the events. The truth, by contrast, is sticky. Consistency is not the only hallmark of truth—some people’s memories are better than other people’s memories, to be sure—but there’s a reason that inconsistency tends to discredit a witness.
Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer: When ‘Evidence’ Comes Out Trump Will Be Forced to Resign
From Mediaite
Stormy Daniels‘ lawyer Michael Avenatti just predicted that President Donald Trump will be forced to resign once the evidence starts to pile up.
Kim Jong-un’s art of dealing with Donald
From Axios
Kim Jong-un may have learned the art of dealing with President Trump: Give him a win — or at least what he thinks is a win, or can spin as a win.
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