In the small favors department, Donald Trump can be thankful for how his renegade lawyer Michael Cohen chose to oblige committee Democrats by fanning the dying embers of Russiagate. His tale about Roger Stone was refuted before it left his mouth thanks to Robert Mueller’s indictment, which strongly indicated that Mr. Stone’s alleged WikiLeaks connections were so much vaporware that Mr. Stone peddled to the Trump campaign to make himself appear important.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 06, 2019 00:22 UTC