AOC's questions years ago helped spark the investigation into Trump's business. Now, he's been ordered to pay $355 million.
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In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned Michael Cohen about Donald Trump. Cohen's answers eventually led to Letitia James's fraud lawsuit.

In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned Michael Cohen about Donald Trump. Cohen’s answers eventually led to Letitia James’s fraud lawsuit.

  • bedrooms@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Possibly her contribution was important, but tbh it’s also generally easy to cherry pick records to invent narratives like this.

    Ocasio-Cortez again asked Cohen if the former president had ever inflated his assets. “Yes,” Cohen answered.

    This fraud was already documented at the time by journalists. Do you call this the “beginning”, then? Also, Cohen was collaborating with authorities. Would the investigation not happen without that testimony?

    Although AOC contributed there, this article is rather shallow as it misses the bigger picture where AOC was not in the center in my opinion.

    • Dkarma@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I watched this live and you couldn’t be more obtuse. NO ONE else in the room was following this line of questioning. Sure reporters could have uncovered all of this eventually but she had the presence of mind to know this was under oath so it could move the prosecution along much faster.