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Certainly the part about Trump being an un-indicted co-conspirator in the Michael Cohen case (Original Post) Quixote1818 Mar 2019 OP
Mueller farmed that out already to SDNY as it isn't part of Russia probe wishstar Mar 2019 #1
Good point. That is still out there. CaptainTruth Mar 2019 #2
Probably not. Igel Mar 2019 #3

wishstar

(5,271 posts)
1. Mueller farmed that out already to SDNY as it isn't part of Russia probe
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 07:59 PM
Mar 2019

The campaign finance violation where Trump is unindicted co-conspirator is not part of the Mueller Russia probe even though Cohen's lying over Trump Tower Moscow was also involved in his case. Unlikely the campaign finance matter is in the Mueller report. Seems that there was recent reporting that SDNY is still continuing that investigation however.

Igel

(35,337 posts)
3. Probably not.
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 08:20 PM
Mar 2019

And remember, Mueller didn't name Trump as Individual 1. Those were Cohen's words and so it's Cohen's claim that Trump did certain things. Mueller didn't pass judgment except to include Cohen's testimony as evidence in his plea deal that led to sentencing. No corroboration was necessary; it wasn't an officer of the court taking responsibility for the words. The only person at issue was Cohen, in Cohen's, um, "defense" isn't the right word here.

Decades ago it was the prosecutor who mentioned "somebody" as a nameless individual, with a muted allegation of complicity in wrong-doing. That places it in a (slightly) different category.

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