As the noose tightens

Will he have that same opinion when it comes to Junior?

Cohen's wife and father-in-law?  Is this Trump trying to retaliate and warn anyone else who's testifying against him, or did I miss something?

And...unrelated to Trump???  Every single thing Cohen is in trouble for is related to Trump.

And one of the ridiculous reasons Cohen gave for asking for a reduced sentence was because he did what he did to support Trump.  (Sentencing is scheduled for 12/12.)





Yeah, let's wait to assess Stone's stones, if you will, until after he gets indicted.  If there are some state charges he can't be pardoned for, he might sing a different tune.

And "Mr. Kellyanne Conway" weighs in:

That law makes it a federal crime “knowingly” to “corruptly persuade[] another person ... with intent to ... influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding” or “cause or induce any person to withhold testimony . . . from an official proceeding.” It also makes it a crime to attempt to do so.

[...]

In urging a potential witness not to cooperate with a federal investigation that touches on his own conduct, the president is much more like a normal citizen before the justice system and much less distinctive, as even those most skeptical of the application of obstruction laws to the president concede. “The president can obstruct justice,” Josh Blackman makes clear, even in arguing that he “cannot obstruct justice when he exercises his lawful authority that is vested by Article II of the Constitution.” Tampering with a witness is not a lawful authority vested in Trump by Article II.

  Lawfare Blog

Meanwhile, as Charlie Pierce says, "Mueller, without any expression on his face, reaches for another document."

UPDATE:   Attorneys Renato Mariotti and Ken White discuss.

UPDATE:  Oh, Snap! Merriam-Webster