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The Velveteen Ocelot

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7. Is it possible that Michael Cohen was trying to turn away from his early life

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:01 AM

Apr 2018

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of petty grifting and impress his older brother, a partner in a prestigious law firm, by getting a job in the firm's mail room and secretly getting his law degree at an obscure, second-rate law school, but then was rejected for a job with the firm after he graduated because his own brother refused to hire him, which then caused him to set up his own practice in the basement of a nail salon in a strip mall, but was unable to attract business without cutting a few ethical corners and even then couldn't make a living, until he met Donald Trump?

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Why would an "upstanding businessman" like Donald Trump hire sleazy Michael Cohen as his lawyer? [View all] kentuck Apr 2018 OP

Your question is a canard. dchill Apr 2018 #1

There are probably a couple of people that still believe he is an upstanding businessman? kentuck Apr 2018 #4

More or less 30% of murikans. dchill Apr 2018 #6

Mob bosses don't hire normal people dalton99a Apr 2018 #2

Why would a sleazy lawyer like Cohen risk what's left of his reputation by representing Trump? n/t Orsino Apr 2018 #3

Ah what? malaise Apr 2018 #5

Is it possible that Michael Cohen was trying to turn away from his early life The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #7

Trump is gonna need to be Calling Saul pretty soon, he's out of other lawyers ;) mr_lebowski Apr 2018 #8

Michael Cohen? Who dat? gratuitous Apr 2018 #9

And Comey calls him "morally unfit"? kentuck Apr 2018 #10