• Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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    1 year ago

    The core of the article is this exchange between AOC and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen at his hearing before the oversight committee, which started off the fraud investigation:

    Ocasio-Cortez: To your knowledge, did the president ever provide inflated assets to an insurance company?

    Cohen: Yes.

    Ocasio-Cortez: Who else knows that the president did this?

    Cohen: Allen Weisselberg, Ron Lieberman and Matthew Calamari.

    Ocasio-Cortez: And where would the committee find more information on this? Do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them?

    Cohen: Yes, and you would find it at the Trump Org.

    Definitely give the whole thing a read, though.

    • @[email protected]
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      521 year ago

      I watched that live and she was sharp as fuck during the whole thing. Really impressed the hell out of me. We need more like her.

      • @Buffalox
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        411 year ago

        I’m not American, but AOC is absolutely one of my most favorite politicians. She is such a powerful and smart politician IMO, and consistently on the right side of the issues.

        Trump on the other hand, is the absolute bottom, funny how USA has such extremes.

        • @antidote101
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          41 year ago

          …and she’s a supporter of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).

          • @Buffalox
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            21 year ago

            I must admit I don’t know if that’s a good theory, as in describing reality reliably. Most models are as much ideology as they are factual.

            The important thing is to weigh humanitarian values and the reality of economic effect sensibly.

            I think most democracies are trying to do that, but in USA the Republicans have obviously lost sight of humanitarian values completely. And that’s especially dangerous for a two party system.

    • @Dkarma
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      321 year ago

      I watched this live and it was masterful. Obviously Cohen was a willing participant but she asked exactly the questions that would lead to criminal investigations. Everyone in the room knew it.

      • @[email protected]
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        161 year ago

        SHE SAID MATTHEW CALAMARI

        Fucking Slim-Fats SwampYankee over here has worse hearing than my ridiculously Italian grandmother. MA! SET OUT A PLATE FOR SLIM-FATS SWAMPYANKEE! THEY’RE STAYING FOR DINNER AND WANNA TRY YOUR BRECCA PATOOCHI!

          • @Wodge
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            51 year ago

            Never forget the cheesebro, goes so well with crackersbro, maybe even a hambro and cheesebro sandwich, bro.

        • Logi
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          31 year ago

          I live in Italy and I still don’t know what you’re saying. Any chance you can get the proper spelling for your grandmother’s concoction? I’m genuinely interested.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 year ago

        Matty Calamari, he works for Franky Lasagna and Giulio Gnocci. Notorious mob family, those Calamaris

      • @killeronthecorner
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        51 year ago

        And a side of seafood sauce. And can we get another round of drinks too?