From tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors:
The swamp doesn’t drain itself, as we seem to learn again and again, so it comes as little surprise that some multinational corporations are having a few regrets that they paid millions of Ameros to Comrade Stupid’s Stupidest Lawyer, Michael/Mikhail Cohen.
As we know, AT&T wanted to buyTime-Warner, and Novartis didn’t want to negotiate drug prices with Medicare. So you know, what better way to get what you want from a crook than to bribe him?
In the time-honored tradition of being a mark, they didn’t get anything other than being taken.
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson:
“There is no other way to say it—AT&T hiring Michael Cohen as a political consultant was a big mistake.”
Novartis CEO Vasant Naraimhan:
“We made a mistake in entering into this engagement and, as a consequence, are being criticized by a world that expects more from us.”