Today's Hearing Observation

One of the biggest challenges Republican have in today's hearing is that so many of them are using their time to point out that Michael Cohen is a convicted perjurer -- something that pretty much everyone knows.  So, they are just restating the obvious.  That's a problem since it's largely all they can do. A friend asked me why Republicans on the committee didn't challenge Cohen on his presumption that Don Jr. whispering to his dad was about the Russia meeting. I said because they likely know Cohen's presumption was true and they didn't want it repeated.

So, that largely leaves only being able to restating what is known and obvious.

And it bears repeating that while it is a fair principle of law that if someone has lied once under oath, one may presume that they have lied about everything -- that is a totally separate matter from the person actually lying about anything else, let alone everything.

Best quote of the day thus far: Cohen to Republicans on the Committee trying to protect Trump. "i'm responsible for your silliness because i did the same thing you're doing now - for 10 years"