Thread by @charleshb

1. Watching snippets of the #CohenTestimony I'm struck by how similar this is to an organized crime trial. LEO gets one bad guy to admit to crimes he's committed but makes a deal to get to the higher ups. That's typical right? And of course the defense attorneys...

2. The defense attorneys for the higher ups attack the credibility of the "flipped" witness. He's a liar. He's a criminal. He's going to get a book deal. But here's the thing...@GOP members of the House & Senate are NOT supposed to be defense attorneys for the @POTUS ...

3. They should be on the side of Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs). They should be protecting the laws of the land and the people who they serve. Apparently partisan power is more important to them than anything else. Many of them tried to impeach Clinton for far less.

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