The five messages Mueller sent with Cohen's plea today: wired.com/story/michael-…
1) First, lying to Congress about Russian matters is within Mueller’s purview, a potentially bad sign for the dozens of other witnesses who have appeared before the House and Senate over the last two years. wired.com/story/michael-…
2) Mueller is steadily moving even more information about the Trump Organization’s business dealings with Russia into public view, more than what’s strictly necessary for criminal prosecution.wired.com/story/michael-…
3) Third, Donald Trump himself and his family face legal jeopardy. Cohen makes clear that he kept what the court filing calls “Individual 1”—Donald Trump himself—aware of the ongoing “Moscow Project” conversations.
4) Cohen’s plea—like many of Mueller’s court filings—offers intriguing, undeveloped bread crumbs, which appear significant and signs of more detail to come. Total coincidence the deal died on the *same* day the DNC hack became public? wired.com/story/michael-…
5) Cohen knows a whole lot. Cohen has apparently spent perhaps as much as 70 hours with Mueller’s team since his August plea agreement. Thursday’s court appearance marked the first public evidence from those conversations. But it surely won’t be the last. wired.com/story/michael-…
