Cohen arrives at CH with daughter who's using a crutch.

[mobeau69]

[ananda]

1. Playing the sympathy card?

hmmm

[onenote]

18. The judge will have made his decision about sentencing before this morningq

He's not making that decision on the spot. I doubt the daughter's attendance is a "sympathy card" ploy. She's in her early 20s and probably wanted to be there to support her father.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. It's his daughter, and why is that funny?

[mobeau69]

5. I'll correct title. But why is he dragging his daughter through this spectacle?

I could see him using his wife, but his daughter?

[onenote]

20. She's in her early 20s. I doubt she was "dragged" anywhere.

It wouldn't be the least bit surprising that his wife and daughter are there to show support.

[samnsara]

24. i agree..this family has been thru enough because of his actions...

...last night hubby-who chews up an spits out deplorables-said he was actually feeling sorry for Cohen....at least for the family. Anyone who touches trump withers and dies. I HOPE Cohen will turn his life around and spend the rest of it making this up to his family. Im always willing to give anyone (just NOT everyone) a second chance. Im still on the fence about Flynn.....his son can rot in hell and so can Manafort.

[agingdem]

33. I feel sorry for the children..

pretty sure the wife knew what she was getting into...and I want prison time...he committed multiple felonies..he wasn't a backbencher so to speak...he was a deputy finance chairman of the RNC...as was Elliott Broidy and Steve Wynn..all cut from the same slime as Der Leader..

[mobeau69]

8. It's the oldest rick in the book. That's why.

[wcmagumba]

3. Didn't Manafort show up...

to his last court appearance in a wheelchair? What is this shit, some old Mafia gambit
to look pitiful or something? What fake criminal dumb asses....

[dalton99a]

4. Yep. Same old mob trick

[DetlefK]

26. Manafort would have come with his daughters, but they hate him and think he's a mobster.

Private messages from one his daughters have been hacked and leaked. They think that the family-fortune is "blood-money".

[EarlG]

6. CNN just said she'd had hip surgery

FYI.

[mobeau69]

10. Why would he put her through this?

She's obviously old enough to stay home alone.

[EarlG]

11. Maybe she wanted to be there

If she's old enough to decide to stay home, she's old enough to decide to show up

[lpbk2713]

12. Why put her through that?

She would be much more comfortable watching the proceedings at home on C-SPAN.

[DesertRat]

23. She's an adult. It's her decision

Cohen's wife, son and daughter wanted to be there for his sentencing. He faces years in prison, I don't see anything unusual about his family being with him.

[Scoopster]

28. Awfully young for hip surgery.

Sounds like she had an accident or something?

[agingdem]

32. My 12 year old granddaughter

fractured her hip during a soccer game...it happens

[rufus dog]

7. Whiskey G is correct

That appears to be his daughter, his wife was behind them.

Poor kid didn't look happy and is it me or does Cohen just look stupid all the time.

[Bigredhunk]

21. -

Agreed.

I think he often looks like a dog who got caught eating out of the trash.

[krawhitham]

35. Resting Dumb Face

[mahina]

36. Ha!

[GWC58]

9. Who can't see that backfiring, BIGLY? 😅😂

[htuttle]

13. No neck brace?

[LexVegas]

14. Surgery is hilarious. nt

[global1]

15. Shades Of Tiny Tim.....nt

[irresistable]

16. God bless us, every one!

[Roland99]

25. Bingo! My first thought!

[EffieBlack]

17. She's off-limits for me

She’s his daughter. She likely loves her father and wants to support him on the worst day of his life - even though he brought it on himself.

Also - it’s not unusual for a defendant to be immediately remanded into custody at sentencing, so it’s possible he could go straight to jail this morning. If that’s were my father, I’d be there, even if they had to carry me in on a stretcher.

[dameatball]

27. Agreed. If it were me, my daughters would want to be there. Not an unusual situation.

[Blue Owl]

19. No eyeglasses? You wouldn't indict a guy with glasses...

[DesertRat]

22. She recently had hip surgery according to CNN

Nothing funny about it.

[MyNameGoesHere]

29. Oh that poor 20 something child!

How can DU be so cruel to this child?

[Taraman]

30. Nice looking family. Boy did Cohen screw up his life.

I hope he can redeem himself -- after paying a price.

[Baitball Blogger]

31. It's a pathetic strategy to use your child to dilute the consequences for your misdeeds.

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I've seen it before at the HOA level. People who brutalized you in the past start appearing on the street, when it's obvious that something is going on in the community that will uncover their treachery. They know that I witnessed their misbehavior and now, in a ploy for sympathy, they suddenly appear when you're out gardening. I call it the gimp walk because they look dejected, limp, walk with a cane or hold their back in pain. And all I can think about is that this is just another ploy, like all the others.

The same kind of bad judgment they used to get themselves into that mess, is the same bad judgment that they use when they bring their children in to try to control your resolve. For example, we had a couple who was trying to steal the common grounds of our Association and they came to a meeting that was going to hold a vote on the issue. It wasn't just them. There was a large group that had been colluding in the background to make a move at a time when the Association wasn't quite on its feet. They were taking advantage of the ignorance of new neighbors, that had not been apprised of the location of those common grounds, nor that they had easement rights to use them. Of course, it was the older homeowners that kept this information from them.

Anyway, I, and others, managed to prevail in pushing the vote back to inform these people and it looked like it was going to be a nastier meeting than most. So they bring their children to the meeting, as if that was going to soften hearts. But by then, people were beginning to understand the extent of what the collusion between these insiders were going to cost us in the long run and no one was happy. It ended badly with the husband, who was president of the Association, resigning his seat. His wife left taking her pound cake with her.

It's one of those experiences that builds callouses around your sympathetic heart strings.

[USALiberal]

34. Why is that funny! Self delete this terribel post. Nt

[mobeau69]

37. It's not funny that she had surgery. What's funny is that Cohen would try use her surgery

to generate sympathy. Same deal as him crying about not being informed by the FBI that lying to them was a crime. I thought that was funny too.

If he were my father that stole money from honest, hardworking taxpayers I'd disown the bastard and change my last name.

If anyone wants to have a sympathy party for Dotard's fixer, count me out!

[obamanut2012]

38. How is he using this for sympathy?! HE WAS BEING SENTENCED

And possibly remanded then and there. She is an adult, and wanted to be with her father. No one has sympathy for anyone, but this is an appalling OP, and most of the comments are, too.

A young woman having surgery isn't funny -- she isn't the one who was convicted.

[mobeau69]

42. 37. It's not funny that she had surgery.

[Demsrule86]

39. First of all, if my Dad was in trouble I would insist on being there. I don't doubt Cohen knew the

sentence was already decided upon before court...I think this post is terrible.

[obamanut2012]

40. Appalling OP, appalling comments

This thread sounds like FR or JPR.

[mobeau69]

43. If everyone agreed there wouldn't be horse races.

[WeekiWater]

41. I imagine it's an extremely difficult day for her.

The Trump Organization and Trump himself does little else but leave a wake of victims in its path.

[Totally Tunsie]

44. Heeled Boots?

Great choice for someone recovering from hip surgery and using a cane to walk...just sayin'. How we suffer for fashion! One quick turn of the ankle and that hip will be hurting BIGLY.



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