Cohen says Trump knew about Trump Tower meeting with Russians: CNN

[webfact]

Cohen says Trump knew about Trump Tower meeting with Russians: CNN

 

A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump's onetime personal attorney, Michael Cohen and U.S. President Donald Trump from outside federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 16, 2018 and in the White House in Washington, U.S., July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson, Leah Millis/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said that Trump knew in advance about a June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower at which Russians offered to provide damaging information about his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, CNN reported on Thursday.

 

CNN, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter, said Cohen is willing to make that assertion to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the U.S. 2016 presidential campaign.

 

“He cannot be believed,” Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for Trump, told Reuters on Thursday, referring to Cohen. "If they rely on him ... it would destroy whatever case they have." Giuliani was referring to Mueller's investigation.

 

Cohen did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters. His attorney Lanny Davis declined to comment.

 

Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, declined to comment. The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office did not respond to a request for comment.

 

Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Cohen for possible bank and tax fraud, and for possible campaign law violations linked to a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels who has claimed she had a sexual encounter with Trump, and other matters related to Trump's campaign, a person familiar with the investigation has told Reuters.

 

Cohen has not been charged with any crime. Trump has denied having had an encounter with Daniels.

 

Previously Trump has denied knowing in advance that the meeting was going to take place, and he has denied that there was any collusion between his campaign and Russia. Moscow has denied meddling in the election.

 

Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., along with Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and senior campaign aide Paul Manafort took part in the meeting with Nataliya Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer and acknowledged Kremlin informant.

 

Donald Trump Jr. told investigators from the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2017 that he did not tell his father about the meeting beforehand, according to documents released by the committee.

 

Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for the Trump Organization and Donald Trump Jr., told Reuters, “Donald Trump Jr. has been professional and responsible throughout the Mueller and Congressional investigations. We are very confident of the accuracy and reliability of the information that has been provided by Mr. Trump, Jr., and on his behalf.”

 

(Reporting by Eric Beech; Additional reporting by Karen Freifeld, Warren Strobel and Nathan Layne; Editing by Yara Bayoumy, Noeleen Walder, Toni Reinhold)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-07-27

[Silurian]

Boom there it is! Additional proof that Traitor Trump colluded with Russians during the election. Once again, this shows the illegitimacy of Traitor Trump's presidency. He was elected with the assistance of a hostile foreign power. He knew about the meeting and approved it.

 

Michael Cohen: Trump Knew about the Trump Tower Meeting And Actually Approved It

 

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Cohen revealed on Thursday night that Trump definitely knew ahead of time about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting and what it would entail. During that meeting, the Russians revealed they had dirt of Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

 

Ah, the spin now is probably going to be "but a lot of countries do this including the USA!" The old...but, but, but argument is coming. Or that Cohen can't be trusted as telling the truth. They will try to tear Cohen's legitimacy down.

 

Edited July 27, 2018 by Silurian

[mtls2005]

Rudy G. is making the rounds claiming Michael Cohen is a LIAR, and discrediting him.

 

Can't wait to see the AMI publications this week featuring Cohen.

 

Does Trump have a nickname for him yet? Can he re-use Lyin' Michael Cohen?

 

After this Trump can NEVER pardon Cohen; it would simply be indefensible.

 

And Mueller can probably (already) prove that Trump (Sr.) knew about this Russian meeting before it happened.

 

And Don Jr. lied to Congress, so he's in hot water, but Dad can pardon him.

 

 

Edited July 27, 2018 by mtls2005

[Chomper Higgot]

And we now know Cohen habitually taped his phone calls.

 

Illibers, Get your denial glasses on, the truth will (despite Trump’s best efforts) out!

[pegman]

9 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Rudy G. is making the rounds claiming Michael Cohen is a LIAR, and discrediting him.

 

Can't wait to see the AMI publications this week featuring Cohen.

 

Does Trump have a nickname for him yet? Can he re-use Lyin' Michael Cohen?

 

After this Trump can NEVER pardon Cohen; it would simply be indefensible.

 

And Mueller probably already can prove that Trump (Sr.) knew about this Russian meeting before it happened.

 

And Don Jr. lied to Congress, so he's in hot water, but Dad can pardon him.

 

 

So what does Burr do about Jr telling his Senate Committee a lie?

[Credo]

They are going to have more than a 'he-said' so argument.   I mean we have Cohen, who is less than honest and Trump who lies constantly.   

[pegman]

9 minutes ago, Credo said:

They are going to have more than a 'he-said' so argument.   I mean we have Cohen, who is less than honest and Trump who lies constantly.   

Tapes?

[Thailand]

Big oops!

[Opl]

47 minutes ago, Credo said:

They are going to have more than a 'he-said' so argument.   I mean we have Cohen, who is less than honest and Trump who lies constantly.   

It must be hard to keep your ethics an morals when working for Trump who is totally indifferent to the truth. 

Mr Would/Would'nt, misinforms you half of the time and makes it almost  impossible to correct his lies

It does'nt matter anyway..

" Trump Says It’s OK He Misled Media About Son’s Russia Meeting. It doesn’t matter, because it’s “the phony New York Times,” the president said."

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-donald-trump-jr-statement_us_5b23be85e4b0d4fc01fda677

Why Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lie... and why they are so good at it. Post-truth is the first step toward authoritarian rule

"Real power does not need the consent of the governed. One need not worry about changing others’ beliefs (which may be thought of as requesting their cognitive consent), when one can dominate their reality. What then of the day when solid evidence is revealed, but no one cares? When our post-truth politics facilitates the easy slide from “oh yeah?” to “so what?”"

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2018/01/why-donald-trump-and-vladimir-putin-lie-and-why-they-are-so-good-it

 

Edited July 27, 2018 by Opl

[mtls2005]

Cohen seems to "know" about at least six other women whom he and Trump paid off in 2016, including at least one pregnancy. No clue if there's a Don3 running around or if there was an abortion?

 

Michael Avenatti Says He’ll Represent Three More Women Allegedly Paid Off by Trump

 

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing adult film star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Trump, announced late Thursday that he is now representing three other women who claim they were paid off by the president to stay quiet about alleged affairs. Hours after tweeting that Trump “conspired” with his longtime fixer Michael Cohen to “pay off multiple other women prior to Election Day in 2016,” Avenatti said he’d be representing the unnamed women during a panel discussion in West Hollywood with Mayor John Duran and former federal prosecutor Steve Madison, among others, ABC News reports. He said the three women allege that they were paid by AMI Entertainment, Trump, and Cohen, though he declined to give further details on their accusations against the president. Earlier in the day, he said on Twitter that the payments appeared to have been motivated by “concern about a pregnancy.”

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-avenatti-says-hell-represent-three-more-women-allegedly-paid-off-by-trump

[Somtamnication]

Of course he did! The Swamp Master.

[JCauto]

1 hour ago, Credo said:

They are going to have more than a 'he-said' so argument.   I mean we have Cohen, who is less than honest and Trump who lies constantly.   

Yeah, like an actual tape of what he said. As if THAT's going to happen!

[from the home of CC]

and they let Melanoma watch CNN - go figure.

[klauskunkel]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“He cannot be believed,” Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for Trump, told Reuters on Thursday, referring to Cohen.

how can Rudy say that about a fellow lawyer...

anyway, hang on Rudy, you're on the ride of your life and you can't let go...

[Jingthing]

To be clear, "trump" is not in deep doo doo because he's a man slut. We don't remove presidents for being man sluts. He got elected with the public already knowing quite well that he's a man slut with no morals to speak of that includes the strongest part of his base, the bible thumpers (total hypocrites that they are). It's also not illegal to be a man slut.

 

His problems are about criminal behavior of various kinds, some related to his being a man slut (campaign finance laws, etc.), and some not (collusion with foreign powers, financial corruption/money laundering, emoluments clause issues, etc.). 

The man is eminently impeachable already under current laws but that's always a political process in the U.S. system and because of that he's still not likely to be impeached. 

 

But this story ain't over by a long shot!

Edited July 27, 2018 by Jingthing

[candide]

Serves you right, sucker! You choose advisers and partners who are like you, so don't be surprised when they stab your back! ?

[sfokevin]

My bet is this witch hunt won’t last much longer... 

[Tug]

Are you surprised?look Donald is the kind of predatory guy that thinks the end justifies the means no morals whatsoever.He certenly worked with a hostile power to rigg our election.does it reach the level of treason or traitor I don’t know,as far asacting as an agent of a hostile power yes 100% he is playing by Putin’s play book he needs to be fired on so many levels 

[Srikcir]

10 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

And we now know Cohen habitually taped his phone calls.

The recording is one of more than 100 recordings seized by the FBI during a raid on Cohen’s office earlier this year according to the Washington Post.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/07/27/trump-denies-advance-knowledge-of-trump-tower-meeting-with-russian-lawyer/23490835/

Whoa!

 

[dirtynomad]

They are slowly turning the screws on this crook trump.......he won't be doing a 2nd term.

[Jingthing]

They are slowly turning the screws on this crook trump.......he won't be doing a 2nd term.

He's trying to get his corrupt crony on the Supreme Court ASAP as he's on record for thinking presidents are above the law while in office.

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[Silurian]

12 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Rudy G. is making the rounds claiming Michael Cohen is a LIAR, and discrediting him.

 

Rudy Giuliani called Michael Cohen an 'honest, honorable lawyer' in May. Now, he's an 'incredible liar.'

 

Wow from honest to liar in two months! Cohen really must have been busy lately.