After Russian asset and crime family boss Donald "Rump" Trump issued barely veiled threats to his former lawyer Michael Cohen, and with Cohen scheduled to testify to Congress next week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi decided that now's a good time to fire a shot across Rump's large bow:
Michael Cohen will come before the @OversightDems & @HouseIntel Committees next week. Congress has an independent duty under the Constitution to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch, and any efforts to intimidate family members or pressure witnesses will not be tolerated. https://t.co/VDc6zE6lwH— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) February 21, 2019
Here's something else. We know that Rump is obsessed with TV ratings, so Cohen's testimony (which will be very entertaining) will be competing at times with Rump's vacuous grip-and-grin show with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. With Rump desperate to look like a world leader while Kim plays him like a broken violin, the embarrassment of Cohen whipping him in the ratings will be icing on Speaker Pelosi's cake.
