Political Quotes

“there have been a number of headline- grabbing days during the first 18 months of the Trump administration, and I think yesterday is going to rank among the most extraordinary. But for this Senator from Vermont, it has been the most troubling. The President of the United States was effectively identified by his long-time lawyer and confidant as an unindicted co-conspirator in their efforts to commit criminal campaign finance violations. If what they are saying is true, what his confidant is pleading guilty to is that then-Candidate Trump arranged payments to two women he had affairs with, in violation of Federal law, in order to keep those affairs hidden from the American people at a most critical time, days before the election. Further, last night, the lawyer for Mr. Cohen claimed that his client also has information relevant to whether President Trump had advance knowledge--and even supported--the hacking of Democratic electronic files. We know that he gave a speech at one point saying that if Russia is listening, they should hack. That crime, which we know was committed at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, serves as a basis for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Also yesterday, within minutes of Mr. Cohen's entering his guilty plea, a jury found the President's former campaign manager guilty of numerous tax and bank fraud charges.…”