Revenge Quotes

“Buddha taught—“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“Not all MAGA Trump supporters are racists…but all racists are MAGA Trump supporters.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“Our GOP colleagues aren’t upset because you lied to Congress for the president. They’re upset because you stopped lying to Congress for the president.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“The fact that he owned a hotel blocks away from the White House that could and did book foreign dignitaries is all the evidence a reasonably sane person would need to understand that Donald Trump was making money off of his presidency.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“Trump’s one true gift is that he has mastered the art of exploitation and deceit.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“As is obvious to everyone by now, Donald Trump has a preternatural ability to avoid consequences for his actions.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“Let me be clear: Donald Trump hated Barack Obama from the get-go. It’s a visceral hatred. He hates him because he’s black. He hates him because he’s successful and he hates him for being everything Donald Trump knows he himself is not: smart, talented, urbane, witty, and charming.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“The goal of this book is to open your eyes to the danger to the country when you have a deranged president who weaponizes the Department of Justice for his own benefit.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“If someone will go as low as Donald Trump for his own personal gain, then how do we police that? How can we be vigilant in a world where facts are malleable, our president is corrupt, and the branch of government designed to ensure justice for every citizen cannot do its job because the attorney general is too busy acting as the president’s personal lawyer? That’s the problem we face with Trump. Sure, this country’s had bad scandals before. It seems as if we cannot avoid them. What makes this scandal truly worse than any that have come before is in the way it threatens democracy itself. What Trump has done is provide a dangerous road map for the next—probably smarter—fascist. We need to root them out. We need to extricate them from our system. Otherwise, we’re headed for madness…and democracy will be dead.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“Changes to the Department of Justice Back up the independence of the department by making it a criminal act for any member of the executive branch to directly intercede in a case for personal reasons. Allow an independent judge – not associated with a particular case – the ability to oversee plea deals. Allow more direct congressional oversight of actions in the justice department. Institute more judicial oversite on plea bargaining. 97 percent of the cases end up there. Appoint a congressional committee to investigate and recommend changes to the ongoing DOJ culture that emphasizes closure rates and stiff sentences. Re-examine the maxim “Tough on Crime” to address real life issues – including mandatory sentencing guidelines. Institute guidelines to reduce the adversarial nature of the American Justice system and make the defense and the prosecution more equal under law.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“But, the piece de resistance is Jared Kushner securing a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi Crown prince”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“September 22, 2022”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“We could and should’ve found out within minutes, not months and we should’ve prosecuted it far more quickly,” a former FBI official explained to me.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“SAR”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“James Comey and the FBI’s handling of Hillary Clinton emails”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“Whoever has Trump’s ear last, owns his brain.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“Trump isn’t smart enough for such plotting. He’s just a bloviating asshole who shouts in public what he wants and people react to it. The Russians took him up on his offer.”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

“who prosecute high profile cases and are hell-bent on obtaining convictions for their own benefit,”
― Michael Cohen, Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics