enhanced_deficit
08-26-2018, 08:14 PM
Pretty unusual analysis from Israel's largest newspaper:
If Trump Falls, the Testimonies of Cohen, Pecker and Weisselberg Could Spark an anti-Semitic Backlash
The trio’s public profile is a Jewish stereotype: the lawyer-fixer, the smut-dealing publisher and the numbers whiz who knows it all
(https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968908)Chemi Shalev
Aug 26, 2018
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From left: David Pecker, Michael Cohen and Allen Weisselberg.Stringer/Reuters, Richard Drew/AP, Screenshot from CBS News
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The name of the lawyer who implicated Donald Trump in the commission of federal crimes is Cohen. The name of the publisher who has agreed to tell investigators how he turned his newspaper into a clearinghouse for Cohen’s payments to women is Pecker. And the name of the accountant who has been granted immunity in order to testify about the role played by the Trump Organization in Cohen’s endeavors is Weisselberg. The common denominators of Cohen, Pecker and Weisselberg, beside their willingness to do whatever it takes for Trump in the past and their apparent willingness to inform on him now, is that all three are indisputably and recognizably Jewish.
Even though it’s too much of a coincidence to ignore, politicians and pundits in the U.S. are in no hurry to dwell on the common characteristics of Cohen, Pecker and Weisselberg. Anyone who does so risks being accused of generalizing, if not actively encouraging anti-Semitism. But this is just the first act: It’s clear that the Jewish gun will go off in the future, somewhere down the line. The racist, supremacist and neo-Nazi element of Trump’s base is already drooling at the impending opportunity of enlisting disgruntled rank and file Trump fans in a battle against the Jewish conspiracy aimed at their idol.
They may not have to wait long. Trump is in serious trouble and it’s getting worse by the day. Cohen’s admissions in a New York courtroom (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/cohen-turned-on-trump-at-holocaust-survivor-father-s-urging-1.6410864) last week that his payments to porn’s Stormy Daniels and Playboy’s Karen MacDougal were made in accordance with Trump’s instructions have cast the President as a criminal who violated campaign finance laws. Pecker’s testimony could reportedly make clear that the two payments were part of a nefarious system (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/inside-catch-and-kill-cohen-a-porn-star-and-individual-1-1.6409610). And Weisselberg’s account (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-organization-s-chief-financial-officer-granted-immunity-deal-1.6412320), though currently limited to Cohen’s payments, could pave the way to exposure of the long line of alleged misdeeds carried out by Trump as real estate mogul, franchising czar, reality star, presidential candidate and commander in chief.
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-if-trump-falls-some-testimonies-could-spark-anti-semitic-backlash-1.6412943
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Cohen turned on Trump at Holocaust-survivor father's urging (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/cohen-turned-on-trump-at-holocaust-survivor-father-s-urging-1.6410864)
If Trump Falls, the Testimonies of Cohen, Pecker and Weisselberg Could Spark an anti-Semitic Backlash
The trio’s public profile is a Jewish stereotype: the lawyer-fixer, the smut-dealing publisher and the numbers whiz who knows it all
(https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968908)Chemi Shalev
Aug 26, 2018
https://images.haarets.co.il/image/upload/w_2132,h_1239,x_68,y_0,c_crop,g_north_west/w_609,h_343,q_auto,c_fill,f_auto/fl_any_format.preserve_transparency.progressive:no ne/v1535268116/1.6412970.1674435772.jpg
From left: David Pecker, Michael Cohen and Allen Weisselberg.Stringer/Reuters, Richard Drew/AP, Screenshot from CBS News
Cohen turned on Trump at Holocaust-survivor father's urging (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/cohen-turned-on-trump-at-holocaust-survivor-father-s-urging-1.6410864)
Trump organization's chief financial officer granted immunity deal (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-organization-s-chief-financial-officer-granted-immunity-deal-1.6412320)
Trump to Fox News: I would consider Manafort pardon, impeachment would cause market collapse (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-if-i-ever-got-impeached-i-think-the-market-would-crash-1.6410495)
The name of the lawyer who implicated Donald Trump in the commission of federal crimes is Cohen. The name of the publisher who has agreed to tell investigators how he turned his newspaper into a clearinghouse for Cohen’s payments to women is Pecker. And the name of the accountant who has been granted immunity in order to testify about the role played by the Trump Organization in Cohen’s endeavors is Weisselberg. The common denominators of Cohen, Pecker and Weisselberg, beside their willingness to do whatever it takes for Trump in the past and their apparent willingness to inform on him now, is that all three are indisputably and recognizably Jewish.
Even though it’s too much of a coincidence to ignore, politicians and pundits in the U.S. are in no hurry to dwell on the common characteristics of Cohen, Pecker and Weisselberg. Anyone who does so risks being accused of generalizing, if not actively encouraging anti-Semitism. But this is just the first act: It’s clear that the Jewish gun will go off in the future, somewhere down the line. The racist, supremacist and neo-Nazi element of Trump’s base is already drooling at the impending opportunity of enlisting disgruntled rank and file Trump fans in a battle against the Jewish conspiracy aimed at their idol.
They may not have to wait long. Trump is in serious trouble and it’s getting worse by the day. Cohen’s admissions in a New York courtroom (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/cohen-turned-on-trump-at-holocaust-survivor-father-s-urging-1.6410864) last week that his payments to porn’s Stormy Daniels and Playboy’s Karen MacDougal were made in accordance with Trump’s instructions have cast the President as a criminal who violated campaign finance laws. Pecker’s testimony could reportedly make clear that the two payments were part of a nefarious system (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/inside-catch-and-kill-cohen-a-porn-star-and-individual-1-1.6409610). And Weisselberg’s account (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-organization-s-chief-financial-officer-granted-immunity-deal-1.6412320), though currently limited to Cohen’s payments, could pave the way to exposure of the long line of alleged misdeeds carried out by Trump as real estate mogul, franchising czar, reality star, presidential candidate and commander in chief.
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-if-trump-falls-some-testimonies-could-spark-anti-semitic-backlash-1.6412943
Related
Cohen turned on Trump at Holocaust-survivor father's urging (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/cohen-turned-on-trump-at-holocaust-survivor-father-s-urging-1.6410864)