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The Tapes

So it came out yesterday in court that Michael Cohen had, for years, created audio recordings of conversations he had with many people.  A team has been thoroughly reviewing all of the seized documents gathered in the raid of Cohen's office, home, and hotel room.  They have made it through about a third of the 3.7 million documents, and are even reconstructing shredded documents that were seized. 

The big question is, what will be found?  What evidence will be present in that veritable treasure trove of information that connects Cohen to Stormy Daniels, and more importantly, Trump or members of his administration?  It is hard to tell, but I think the most interesting thing to watch moving forward with the case is Michael Cohen.  This is a family man who doesn't want to go to prison.  He has very openly said that he stands by and supports Trump, but as the evidence stacks up against him, and he sees an ever lengthening prison sentence in front of him, what will he decide?

Most people would crack, as countless gang members, mob members and others throughout history have when the pressure has been applied.  Once people see the reality of their futures, many go into self-protection mode.  If Cohen wants to remain a free man, or spend minimal time behind bars, and he has ample information that would incriminate Trump or others, we are getting to a point where a flip may be in the cards for Cohen.

In looking at how things keep getting worse and worse for Cohen, it is interesting to watch how the Trump Administration has began to act over the past 2-3 weeks.  They have started an outright smear campaign aimed at discrediting the Mueller Investigation, the Department of Justice, and anyone who isn't aligned with the President.  Things like that occur when people of power and influence find themselves backed into a corner with no way to get out.  I look at the actions of the Trump Administration right now and it really makes me wonder about what Mueller is going to find or has found.  After all, if there wasn't anything to find, why would the President care?

Trump supporters would answer that question by saying something about a deep state conspiracy against the President that is trying to bring him down.  Those of us who support Trump or don't support him, and who have any common sense about us what-so-ever, realize that the idea of a deep state conspiracy was born out of lies and falsehoods that originated with the President.  It is a construct of deception created by Trump to deflect attention and discredit the media and investigations.  It is complete and utter bullshit...pardon my French.

When you see smear campaigns like the one the President and his team are conducting right now, there is never a good reason those smear campaigns start.  They start because there is very good reason to believe that evidence exists that will make the President look very bad in some way.  If the President hadn't done anything wrong, why would he put so much effort into the organizations trying to conduct investigations?  There would be no reason to, but Trump finds it very necessary right now to go on the offensive against an investigation that has been performed above bar, and an investigator who is upholding the rule of law in spectacular fashion.  There have been no leaks out of the Mueller Team, but the Trump Team is leaking like a termite riddled row boat on a daily basis.  The leaks are so bad on the Trump Team that there have been multiple leaks that came out of meetings where the Team was discussing leaks.  You can't make this stuff up people.

Mark my words on this the 31st day of May, 2018.  In the next year things are going to surface that will set a new direction for politics in America.  Trump supporters will get a huge reality check...huge...tremendous (figured I would use the tag words).  And after all the dust settles and the facts, yes I said facts, something this Administration doesn't deal in very often, will tell a story of corruption that will most definitely become a movie some day.

DUNK

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