For the record, I think she probably was threatened. I just think that after 7 years, human memory being what it is, it’s unlikely that the sketch will be a very accurate likeness of the guy. I can see the argument that, as she tried to remember the guy, her memory filled in the gaps with familiar faces, including her ex-husband. This is not a criticism of Daniels. Everyone’s memory is crap.
Or, as kenobi 65 says, the sketch just looks like a lot of people.
Then again, I am really intrigued by the possibility that it’s Matthew Calamari, Jr.
I dunno. I go back and forth between thinking the sketch is a stupid publicity stunt and thinking it was a clever way to get Trump, et al., to say something stupid.
I’m leaning toward the latter, simply because it’s so easy (not much cleverness required) to get Trumpelthinskin to say something stupid that it’s worth a shot on general principles.
What could possibly be left for her to reveal? The salacious details of Trump’s sweaty, futile coital floppings don’t matter, his need and willingness to pay people to not talk about what he’s done is what matters.
Or it could be a way of calling attention to something that has more or less been forgotten in the wash of Cohen news and salacious items - that she got threatened with her child present. If it can be shown that Cohen hired this guy (and who else would?) that’s a lot worse than election finance violations and bank fraud. In my book, at least.
Seems worth a shot.
A mob attorney says he told Trump that Cohen was likely to sing. That’s not the interesting part. The interesting part is that Trump hasn’t pushed back and the lawyer isn’t saying no comment - he’s gabbing about this in 2 hour interviews.
The wrong sort of people might get the wrong idea.
In other news, TPM reports that mobsters used a night club owned by Cohen’s father in law as their base some years back, when Cohen was wet behind the ears. The leading Russian mobster worked in an office there.
My favorite part is that the woman he quoted was convicted of stealing from a choir to pay for a trip that apparently included a performance for Trump.
I believe that the major point in both suits was the claim that Cohen had met with Russian intelligence folks in Prague to discuss covering up the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. Cohen has flatly denied being in Prague at the time in question. I think it is pretty safe to assume that the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York has irrefutable evidence that Cohen was in Prague and had that meeting.
“Well, sure, I’ve been to Prague, *Nebraska.* Multiple times. I mean, who hasn’t? If not for The World’s Best Picklety Pie at Big Swedey’s Diner, then surely in the fall for the Gooseberry Festival. Home of the Largest Ball O’ Red Twisty-Ties South of Saskatoon!”
(attempts to give interrogators two thumbs up with flexi-cuffs on)
