Lawyers.

[hollodero]

(04-18-2018, 08:10 AM)GMDino Wrote: And there will be always be those lawyers willing to do/say anything to keep the money flowing in.  

I get the concept. I do not get the extremes this obviously has gone to.

(04-18-2018, 08:10 AM)GMDino Wrote: But, again, as a private citizen he could get away with a lot more than he can as a public official.

Sure, that's obviously true. But that doesn't explain everything. Maybe I'm being naive, but I'd guess wisdoms like "do not use your personal money to pay off women that allege an affair with your client" are quite essential things to know for a professional lawyer.
Now Cohen's possibly into not only shady, but criminal dealings, so there's that. Maybe that was his attractive side for Trump, but I don't want to connect two dots too forcefully. I just cannot explain how this guy got to be around in the first place, how that could ever have worked out, public official or not. That Stormy agreement is just bad, bad work, can't imagine that guy is actually a genius normally. Yeah, there's no real point to all that again, that's just amazing stuff.

(04-18-2018, 08:10 AM)GMDino Wrote: And it must be driving him crazy that he can't just bully people (with threats/bribes/etc) into stopping.

Well, he still got all these Republicans around.