Thread by @twoodiac

(THREAD) Lanny Davis to Axios: "Michael is going to tell the truth to the powers that be, and let the chips fall where they may." IOW: Michael is going to tell the truth--even truths that might be deemed damaging to *him* (i.e., MIchael Cohen). tinyurl.com/y85rje82

1/ This evening we learned that Cohen is prepared to tell Mueller that he was present with others (not yet identified) when Trump was told about the arrangements for the June 9 meeting,

2/ the purpose of which was to give the Trump campaign information that the Prosecutor General of Russia thought would be helpful to the Trump campaign and damaging to Hillary Clinton.

3/ This is obviously very damaging to Trump, but no one seems to have noticed that it is also incriminating for COHEN--because it means that Cohen is admitting that he continued to work as Trump’s “fixer”

4/ even though he knew that Trump and his campaign team were willing--even eager--to collude with Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.

5/ Cohen in his interview with Stephanopoulos on July 1: “As an American, I repudiate Russia’s or any other foreign government’s attempt to interfere or meddle in our democratic process, and I would call on all Americans to do the same.”

6/ But if Cohen repudiates Russia’s attempt to interfere in our democratic process NOW, why did he continue to work as Trump’s “fixer” when he knew that Trump and his campaign were *eager* to assist Russia with that interference? #michaelcohen

7/ This probably explains the late-breaking news that it was not Cohen who leaked the story that he was willing to testify to Mueller that Trump had advance knowledge of the June 9 meeting and its purpose (i.e., wanting to collude with Russia):

8/ apparently, the Trump team wants to impugn Cohen’s veracity about what Trump knew about the June 9 meeting.

9/ But it’s not going to work. The CNN report plainly says that there were OTHERS in the room when Cohen learned that Trump learned of the plans for the meeting--

10/ just as there were obviously others in the room with Trump when Cohen taped the convo about the AMI-David Pecker-Stormy Daniels payment.

11/ So Cohen is going to win this one, and Giuliani and Trump are going to lose big time. As Davis said, Cohen is going to win because truth is on his side. No doubt Davis is entirely right about that.

12/ But the REALLY interesting point has been missed so far: Cohen is willing to let the chips fall where they may.

How many *other* damaging (even impeachable) things about Trump is Cohen willing to disclose--even if they are damaging to *himself* as well? #michaelcohen

13/ In particular, how many of the allegations about Cohen in the Steele dossier (and there’s LOTS) is Cohen now prepared to own up to? #michaelcohen