I guess it’s my Charles P. Pierce day; just thought some would enjoy reading what he wrote about the dicks raiding Michael Cohenoleone’s digs:
”No knock.
Who’s there?
FB.
FB who?
FBI, motherfcker.
—New Variation On Traditional New York Humor
Michael Cohen, capo di tutti tuff-guy in the president*’s entourage, got a visit from those nice young folks at the Bureau on Monday. I think I can say without fear of contradiction that pure, uncut schadenfreude has descended on any number of people in New York and Washington. (Snip)
Cohen was the president*’s designated hitter, his bully with a briefcase and a line of bullshit straight out of a cheap mob movie. McKay Coppins of Buzzfeed hipped us to Cohen in 2015.
"I'm warning you, tread very fucking lightly. Because what I'm going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting. You understand me?"As Mr. Spade was known to say, and as we are known to quote him: “the cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.”
The FBI doesn’t raid the offices of high-end lawyers unless they are absolutely sure about what they’re looking for, and absolutely sure they’re in bounds, too. Attorney-client privilege is a serious business, and that’s a good thing. It’s pretty plain that this is a serious turn in Robert Mueller’s investigation. It’s also pretty plain that his investigation is going everywhere it can possibly go.
Tread very fcking lightly, Mr. Cohen. What can happen to you can be fcking disgusting.”
Pierce didn’t mention this Spade quote, but I will…
“That may be, but I've got the falcon.”
I bet Schneiderman and Mueller have a whole flock of falcons tonight.