Remember that time when Rachel Maddow hyped up the fact that she had in her possession President Trump’s tax returns? Remember how that turned out about as well as Geraldo Rivera’s trip to Al Capone’s vault? Even Hillary aide Brian Fallon was disgusted at what a dud it was.
Dems should return focus to Trumpcare tomorrow & the millions it will leave uninsured, not get distracted by two pages from '05 tax return
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) March 15, 2017
Now Maddow has the MSNBC viewership hyped up again with the suggestion that Michael Cohen is going to bring down Trump under the RICO statutes, or something.
Federal prosecutors are reserving the right to charge something here as an organized criminal entity under the RICO statutes. And that relates to Michael Cohen. pic.twitter.com/MMJj7ec3Mh
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) August 28, 2018
The SDNY needs to take down the entire Trump crime family on RICO charges! That would be justice for America !
— Barbara Howell (@oldmillstream) August 28, 2018
Can you smell the impeachment vote from here? We can. But Popehat and his legal mind aren’t feeling it.
Some MSNBC pundit talks about charging Trump under RICO.
And @Popehat is like: pic.twitter.com/fkaQwcpqgb
— Patrick Nonwhite (@NonWhiteHat) August 28, 2018
Dear @maddow: before you pushed this RICO thing, did you check to see whether that's stock carve-out language from plea agreements in SDNY?https://t.co/ZakwPmj9sK
— AccomplishedTheHat (@Popehat) August 28, 2018
Because, @maddow, federal plea agreements have lots of stock language that's been in there forever. Often nobody remembers why. It might have NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with the case. Fortunately there are many SDNY practitioners who could answer this. So you asked one, right?
— AccomplishedTheHat (@Popehat) August 28, 2018
I mean, @maddow, if you just seized on some stock language from an agreement you didn't understand, without asking anyone who did understand, and used it to go on national TV to promote a fatuous "HEY LOOK RICO" narrative —
well, that's some dipshittery of the deepest dye.
— AccomplishedTheHat (@Popehat) August 28, 2018
Oh, here comes the madding crowd.
— AccomplishedTheHat (@Popehat) August 28, 2018
I apologize for doubting that Mueller will put Cohen and Trump in jail for the RICO. I know this was very hurtful for a lot of you and I want you to know I respect your feelings and beliefs. I will try to learn more about federal criminal law from Ms. Maddow.
— AccomplishedTheHat (@Popehat) August 28, 2018
We’re no lawyers, but we think what he’s saying is that RICO bit Maddow pulled out is standard boilerplate language that appears in every plea deal that goes through SDNY.
Gosh, and look at the same boilerplate language appearing in this SDNY plea agreement with Anthony Weiner. Wait… does that mean Weiner’s weiner was part of an organized crime syndicate?! pic.twitter.com/VKEw40f2kS
— Oliver Cooper (@OliverCooper) August 28, 2018
You mean Anthony Weiner is mixed up in organized crime with Michael Cohen and Donald Trump?
Postscript, @maddow: Look. It is stock language. So your proposed inference is bullshit.
Go think about what you did.https://t.co/wZpexRfVZz
— AccomplishedTheHat (@Popehat) August 28, 2018
Case dismissed.
I feel really bad about making people angry by being mean to @Maddow because I’m afraid across America a whole lot of cats are being shouted at right now
— AccomplishedTheHat (@Popehat) August 28, 2018
Related:
Of COURSE! Guess who Rachel Maddow blames for her Trump tax dud https://t.co/Jd1gjz5bwR
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 15, 2017
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