This is where we are now: building coalitions around causes, often with those to whom we take offense or even despise. The enemy of my enemy is my temporary tool. Last week, not only did Cohen implicate Trump in a criminal conspiracy, Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, told MSNBC: “Mr. It’s called flipping, and it almost ought to be illegal.”The use of informants is a central part of how some criminal prosecutions are executed. This is how the justice system works.

Source: New York Times August 27, 2018 00:11 UTC