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kpete

(72,006 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:13 PM Apr 2018

Michael Cohen (10 Jan 2017): "I have never been to Prague in my life."

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The Justice Department special counsel has evidence that Donald Trump’s 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 spy’s report that Cohen strategized there with a powerful Kremlin figure about Russian meddling in the U.S. election.

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MORE:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article208870264.html

If confirmed, this would be one of the most significant developments thus far in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of whether the Trump campaign & the Kremlin worked together to help Trump win the White House — undercutting Trump's repeated claims of "no collusion.
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Huge development. If Michael Cohen is confirmed meeting Konstantin Kosachev in Prague, then collusion happened. As I note in the piece, “everyone knows Kosachev speaks for the Kremlin.” Another tantalizing fact: Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin was also in Prague at this time.

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🚨 "investigators have traced evidence that Cohen entered the Czech Republic through Germany, apparently during August or early September of 2016 as the ex-spy reported'
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article208870264.html

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Michael Cohen (10 Jan 2017): "I have never been to Prague in my life." (Original Post) kpete Apr 2018 OP

Well... pbmus Apr 2018 #1

"I did not have geographical relations with that city, Prague." n/t manor321 Apr 2018 #2

You win the thread! Happyhippychick Apr 2018 #4

Don't forget the doubling down, a year later canetoad Apr 2018 #3

So now Buzzfeed can say they reported the truth. Tatiana Apr 2018 #5

During a investigation for security clearance.. HipChick Apr 2018 #6

pbmus

(12,422 posts)

1. Well...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:15 PM

Apr 2018

manor321

(3,344 posts)

2. "I did not have geographical relations with that city, Prague." n/t

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Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:16 PM

Apr 2018

Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts)

4. You win the thread!

Reply to manor321 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:20 PM

Apr 2018

canetoad

(17,175 posts)

3. Don't forget the doubling down, a year later

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:20 PM

Apr 2018

Russia dossier: Trump lawyer sues BuzzFeed for publishing document

Lawsuit comes one year after news site published in full unverified claims about Russia collusion by former intelligence officer Christopher Steele

Donald Trump’s personal lawyer is suing news website BuzzFeed almost exactly a year after it published an explosive dossier containing serious and salacious allegations about collusion with Russia.

Michael Cohen posted on Twitter on Tuesday night: “Enough is enough of the #fake #RussianDossier. Just filed a defamation action against @BuzzFeedNews for publishing the lie filled document on @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and me!”

Cohen told Bloomberg News he had also filed a second defamation suit against political intelligence firm Fusion GPS, which compiled the dossier, in federal court.

Cohen is one of Trump’s closest business advisers and most loyal confidantes and it seems improbable that he was acting without the president’s blessing. His move came hours after Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate judiciary committee, unilaterally released a transcript of testimony from Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/10/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-sues-buzzfeed-russia-dossier

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)

5. So now Buzzfeed can say they reported the truth.

Reply to canetoad (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:37 PM

Apr 2018

Which is their defense (and what they could probably have proved anyway).

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

6. During a investigation for security clearance..

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:48 PM

Apr 2018

Due to the fact, I traveled a lot for work, I forgot out a few overseas trip as my passport was not stamped...but Investigators knew exactly all the times I'd been out of the country and where...I genuinely forget, and was able to get my security clearance...
It's a stupid thing to lie about...

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