New York Times: “To trail Mr. Coons on Capitol Hill is to witness how he operates as an extra pair of eyes and ears for the Biden administration in Congress, a kind of consigliere trusted by both the president and the senators — many of them Republicans — whom Mr. Biden needs to succeed.”
Senator Says Trump Sounds Like a Mob Boss
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that President Trump’s use of the word “rat” to attack former personal attorney Michael Cohen is more evocative of a “mob boss” than a president, Politico reports.
Said Coons: “The idea that the FBI broke into his attorney’s office runs right up against the foundation of our law, which is the FBI was executing a duly authorized warrant. They were executing a warrant issued with the approval of a judge. This is part of how investigations work.”
He added: “His use of the term ‘rat’ for Michael Cohen and mischaracterizing this as a break-in to his attorney’s office frankly makes him sound more like a mob boss than president of the United States.”
Coons Claims Transcripts on Trump-Russia Collusion
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) told MSNBC he thinks there are transcripts detailing what the FBI and other agencies know about Donald Trump and his campaign’s ties to Russia.
Said Coons: “It think it’s important that the outcome of that counterintelligence investigation be fully shared with the intelligence committees, both in the House and the Senate. There are transcripts that provide very helpful, very critical insights into whether or not Russian intelligence and senior Russian political leaders, including Vladimir Putin, were cooperating, were colluding with the Trump campaign at the highest levels to influence the outcome of our election.”
He added: “If that information is stonewalled or hidden away, and if we are not able to get that on the Senate intelligence, House intelligence committees, then I think that has real consequences for our democracy.”
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