TRUMP INVESTIGATION
SIMON BARBER: Cohen evidence turns polls into impeachment referendum
There is something technical about the crime of exceeding campaign spending limits to quell bimbo eruptions
I seldom agree with Joel Pollack, the former DA speechwriter turned fanatical Trumpslainer, but sometimes he can be quite astute. His take on his hero’s terrible Tuesday: "In a weird way, today’s events could help @realDonaldTrump," he tweeted. "Democrats will be unable to resist impeaching him if they take Congress. So Republicans will have to go the polls to protect the incredible gains of the Trump presidency. The 2018 election is now about one clear issue." Donald Trump’s gains are indeed "incredible" but that’s not all that Pollak gets right. Trump consigliere Michael Cohen’s statement under oath to a New York judge that his boss instructed him to violate campaign finance law in the run-up to the 2016 election almost guarantees that on November 6 Americans will go to the polls to decide whether Trump should be impeached. Hitherto, there seemed a good chance that special counsel Robert Mueller would wrap up his inquiry with a report that would leave open whether Trump broke any ...
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