8:30 pm Texas Time — CNN is breaking and NBC confirms that Cohen is willing to tell Mueller that Trump knew about the meeting with the Russians at Trump Tower prior to the meeting.  It appear that Cohen was told about the meeting by Trump, Jr.

My theory is that the leaks are coming from Trump’s lawyers who are releasing it to try to control it.

By the way, there’s a meeting of the National Security Council about election interference tomorrow at the White House. Trump is slated to lead the meeting.

More to come ….

Hey have a little lookie right here at the Wall Street Journal!

Allen Weisselberg, the CEO of Trump’s company who was mentioned in the Trump/Cohen recorded phone call, has gotten a subpoena to testify before the federal grand jury.

Of note:

This is gonna be fun, y’all.

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.

The Washington Post reports that the FBI “has seized more than 100 recordings that Michael Cohen made of his conversations with people discussing matters that could relate to Trump and his businesses and with Trump himself talking.”

Good Lord, Cohen made more recordings than Steely Dan.

I have been chatting it over with Thelma and we have decided that the worst job in the world definitely is the guy who has to listen to all those tapes.  I mean, it’d be like listening to the intellectual poundage of free beer night over at the bowling alley.

And then Thelma found this, so I decided to tell you about it.

Former Tea Party Republican Congressman from Texas, Steve Stockman, was indicted last year on 28 counts.

The charges included mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, making false statements to the Federal Election Commission and money laundering, the Justice Department said in a statement.

Mr. Stockman, a Republican, solicited $1.25 million in charitable donations from May 2010 to October 2014 that was later used for other purposes, the Justice Department said.

And then this year, he was tried and convicted of 23 of those counts – all felonies.

Stockman and Friend

He’s a mess.  He would have stole the gold out of his grandmother’s teeth if she would have sit still for it.  His campaign headquarters was in a former motorcycle shop where city officials found 14 fire code violations and no permit. He had put up bunk beds in it and his “staff” was living there.  It was filthy.

The felony counts should result in several decades in prison.

His sentencing was just postponed to complete a PSI (pre-sentence investigation).

Yeah, the day election.

Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen believes that after the PSI, Stockman will be in prison so long that he’ll never get out until the mortuary is called.

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.

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Would a one legged duck swim in a circle?

Would a fifty pound chicken lay a big egg?

Of course I am.  I wouldn’t be much of a Texas Democrat if I didn’t.

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