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THE HITS. THEY JUST KEEP COMING !
The Justice Department special counsel has evidence that Donald Trumps personal lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Confirmation of the trip would lend credence to a retired British spys report that Cohen strategized there with a powerful Kremlin figure about Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
It would also be one of the most significant developments thus far in Special Counsel Robert Muellers investigation of whether the Trump campaign and the Kremlin worked together to help Trump win the White House. Undercutting Trumps repeated pronouncements that there is no evidence of collusion, it also could ratchet up the stakes if the president tries, as he has intimated he might for months, to order Muellers firing.
Trumps threats to fire Mueller or the deputy attorney general overseeing the investigation, Rod Rosenstein, grew louder this week when the FBI raided Cohens home, hotel room and office on Monday. The raid was unrelated to the Trump-Russia collusion probe, but instead focused on payments made to women who have said they had sexual relationships with Trump.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article208870264.html
malaise
(269,004 posts)are effin' brilliant. They have upended these fools.
RandySF
(58,835 posts)uponit7771
(90,339 posts)... disabled them so they can attack them?
This reminds me of this to a degree, the Russians are getting codes to lower our defenses through Benedict Donald and the Kremlin KKKlan
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)This is classic Ali.... Mueller rope-a-doped long enough to put his opponents at a disadvantage (at their own hands). And now... here comes the hurt. Bigtime!
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)The Republican congress just doesn't give a shit? What if they don't wish to prosecute?
Kinda like every day in dumps America.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)COLLUSION
Maven
(10,533 posts)"Cohen has strenuously denied that a Prague meeting occurred, and he provided a copy of his passport to BuzzFeed in May. The passport was stamped for entry and exit to the United Kingdom and Italy but not the Czech Republic, whose capital is Prague. I have never been to Prague in my life. #fakenews, Cohen tweeted on Jan. 10.
Cohens passport would not show any record of a visit to Prague if he entered the EU through Italy, traveled to the Czech Republic, and then returned to his point of EU entry. A congressional official said the issue is still active for investigators.
Papadopoulos made at least two visits in 2016 to Athens, where he met with the president of Greece and other top officials in his capacity as a Trump campaign adviser, according to local media reports."
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/06/trump-europe-russia-travel-281134
George II
(67,782 posts)Last edited Sat Apr 14, 2018, 02:53 PM - Edit history (1)
....the one that didn't have the Czech Republic entry/exist stamp.
Years ago many people who traveled internationally frequently would have more than one passport. Someone who traveled to Israel and had their passport stamped there could not travel to any Arab country.
Delphinus
(11,830 posts)How is that not getting him in trouble right there?
George II
(67,782 posts)...by countries that are their enemies, a good reason why multiple passports are permitted.
George II
(67,782 posts)"Typically second passports are given to frequent travelers, especially those who travel overseas for business a lot, said Meehan.
One reason you might hold a second passport: if your primary passport contains stamps or visas to other countries that may cause the country you plan to visit to deny you entry, according to the State Department. For instance, if your passport shows that you have traveled to Israel, countries like Lebanon and Libya may not allow you in."
dhol82
(9,353 posts)They are both in the Euro Zone.
He could fly into Germany, make a quick trip to Prague and head back to Germany and home.
Weasel.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)kairos12
(12,861 posts)and forgotten.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,076 posts)... why should traitors be allowed to live on the continent?
LisaM
(27,811 posts)I've had my doubts that anything would bring this gang of crooks down, but if this is true, I'm going to be cautiously optimistic.
Me.
(35,454 posts)triron
(22,003 posts)tinrobot
(10,900 posts)You can hear the new scripts being written as we speak.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)It's a little dated, but -- still packs a whallop
Maraya1969
(22,480 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)When they bring dumpf out in cuffs.
Look at the length of its tie, really short it seems.
A comment on its shriveled, short, small appendage?, shrunken to a microscopic length when the cuffs went on?.
dameatball
(7,398 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)Last edited Sat Apr 14, 2018, 11:25 AM - Edit history (1)
Their "Fortunate Son" sure hits the nail on the head in regard to Trump. And "Who will stop the Rain"
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)John Fogerty always said that "Fortunate Son" was written with Nixon's sons-in-law in mind, and "Lookin' Out My Back Door" about his celebration on the day he heard that he had a very high draft number.
wiggs
(7,813 posts)spanone
(135,833 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Have this little tidbit dropped Friday. Is there any connection?
Who leaked this information?
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)has now been shown to be true.
mcar
(42,331 posts)But still,
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)Huge news. Collusion.
Theres a reason Don is so pissed and scared.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)I bet Mueller already has a number of referrals out, like the one that started, like the Cohen investigation by SDNY.
They will live on if he is fired.
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)but the man testified under oath he did not attend the meeting. That spells perjury in my dictionary. Justice Department announced today he is 'under criminal investigation'.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Gonna have American history books written about it.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)After this Trussian stuff he'll probably never have an interest in coming here again.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)and after how hard he tried to get this information out to the voters before the election, I wouldn't blame him.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)NBachers
(17,110 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)"Oh, please! Let THIS ONE be true!"
Of course, I hope they are all true, but this one is monumental.
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)hoping no one would notice this news. Maybe instead of Friday news dump, Mueller should unleash hell on Monday or early in the weekly news cycle. Oh well. Mueller definitely knows what he's doing.
bucolic_frolic
(43,163 posts)for delivering the big checks in many instances.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)Nice..
tanyev
(42,559 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)And I don't mean the P Touch labeler
Bluesaph
(703 posts)duhneece
(4,113 posts)Im from El Paso and heard Bobby Fuller band practicing in his folks garage just around the corner often
elias7
(4,006 posts)The dossier is all true...
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Only seen McClatchy so far (and others linking back to McClatchy).
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)caught my attention, starting with a Cohen piece that included:
Sater is cooperating with Muellers investigation and provided more than six hours of closed-door testimony on Wednesday to the Senate Intelligence Committee
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article208090764.html.
It was SOOO casually stated, and no one else has confirmed that Sater has FLIPPED.
Then on Wednesday, they reported this Pompeo story - and all references to it refer to McClatchy article:
April 11, 2018 05:55 PM
WASHINGTON
CIA Director Mike Pompeo failed to disclose last year that he owned a Kansas business that imported oilfield equipment from a company owned by the Chinese government.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article208630194.html
I woke up this morning looking for confirmation (there is none) and found that Benjamin babycannon Wittes is also withholding his BOOM for a later date:
Link to tweet
?s=20
So...I am now extremely skeptical about their reporting and will remain so until further notice...
PS - But I hope all reports are proven to be correct!!
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Called McClatchy story fake news, says it's proven he was in LA with his kid.
videohead5
(2,172 posts)McClatchy would put something out like this without more than one source.I'm betting Cohen is lying.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)triron
(22,003 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)former9thward
(32,009 posts)It offers no evidence of the trip. Throughout the article it uses words like "it would have", "it could have" and "Cohen would be a logical choice". I notice no mainstream media has picked up on the story.