CNN’s John Avlon: Trump Learned to Stonewall from Roy Cohn

EXCERPT:

AVLON: “Donald Trump is definitely building a wall, but this one seems to be around his administration. Yes, one week after the redacted Mueller report was released, it’s become clear that stonewalling is Donald Trump’s strategy for dealing with Democrats going forward. In the past week alone Trump has sued to stop the release of his financial records, tried to block the testimony of his former White House Counsel Don McGahn, prevented a White House security director from testifying about why some 25 staffers were given security clearances despite earlier denials, including Jared Kushner. And his Justice Department even ordered the head of the Civil Rights Division to refuse a subpoena on the citizenship question one day after the case went to the Supreme Court. Team Trump has refused a flurry of subpoenas and President’s lawyers have tried to justify the move by saying the Democrats have declared all-out war against the President. So it looks like total obstruction will be the way forward until Election Day 2020. Congratulations, everybody. It’s an extension of Trump’s advice from his own mentor Roy Cohn who first found infamy as lawyer for Jim McCarthy and then the mob: 'Always attack, never defend.' But Trump’s attacks come with a victim card.”