Michael Cohen said during his congressional testimony that Trump has him to threaten 500 people and journalists while he worked for him.
Transcript:
Q: Okay. How many times did Mr. Trump ask you to threaten an individual or entity on his behalf?
Cohen: Quite a few times.
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Q: 50 times?
Cohen: More.
Q: 100 times?
Cohen: More.
Q: 200 times?
Cohen: More.
Q: 500 times?
Cohen: Probably over the ten years. Over the ten years he asked you — When you say threaten, I’m talking with litigation or an argument with –Intimidation?
Cohen: A nasty reporter that is writing an article
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Trump asked Cohen to threaten 500 people and journalists. https://t.co/J6pLqAnXG8 pic.twitter.com/ValXUv8I1D
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 27, 2019
Trump is so unstable and thin-skinned that he had his lawyer threatening over 50 people a year who wrote articles that Trump didn’t like. This behavior has continued through the Trump presidency. Lack of respect and intimidation of the media aren’t presidential quirks. They are core Trump beliefs that govern and guide his behavior as president and as a human being.
Donald Trump has been trying to intimidate the media for decades, and as Cohen’s testimony demonstrates his howls of fake news aren’t an old man yells at cloud sort of headline, but a deeply held authoritarian impulse to attack the free press.
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