Fox News’ John Roberts: Trump Was ‘All Over the Place’ Talking About Cohen, But on Sentencing Day, ‘Crickets’
Fox News chief White House Correspondent John Roberts made a point tonight of noting the odd silence from President Donald Trump (so far) on the sentencing of his former lawyer Michael Cohen.
Cohen, who said today he helped cover up Trump’s “dirty deeds,” was sentenced to three years in prison.
Trump publicly weighed in on the case, tweeting in the past week that Cohen deserves a “full and complete sentence”:
“Michael Cohen asks judge for no Prison Time.” You mean he can do all of the TERRIBLE, unrelated to Trump, things having to do with fraud, big loans, Taxis, etc., and not serve a long prison term? He makes up stories to get a GREAT & ALREADY reduced deal for himself, and get…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018
….his wife and father-in-law (who has the money?) off Scott Free. He lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018
“Democrats can’t find a Smocking Gun tying the Trump campaign to Russia after James Comey’s testimony. No Smocking Gun…No Collusion.” @FoxNews That’s because there was NO COLLUSION. So now the Dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution,…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2018
….which it was not (but even if it was, it is only a CIVIL CASE, like Obama’s – but it was done correctly by a lawyer and there would not even be a fine. Lawyer’s liability if he made a mistake, not me). Cohen just trying to get his sentence reduced. WITCH HUNT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2018
On Special Report tonight, Bret Baier noted how people are “watching Twitter for reaction,” and Roberts said, “So far nothing today.”
“Ahead of the Cohen sentencing,” he continued, “President Trump was all over the place urging Judge Pauley to throw the book at him. But on the day that he learned of his fate, from the White House, crickets.”
Roberts’ report on the day’s events in Washington noted that Trump didn’t mention Cohen at all during his only public event and “even on Twitter he was oddly silent.”
We should, of course, note the day is not over yet, and there’s certainly a chance Trump ends up weighing in eventually.
Watch above, via Fox News.
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