Cohen doubles down on claim he's never been to Prague after Mueller report
Source: The Hill
BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 04/14/18 12:08 PM EDT
President Trumps longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen on Saturday responded to a report that special counsel Robert Mueller has evidence that Cohen went to Prague during the 2016 election, slamming it as bad reporting.
Link to tweet
McClatchy reported Friday that Mueller has evidence that Cohen traveled to Prague in the summer of 2016, a claim first made in the so-called "Steele dossier" compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele.
The document alleged that Cohen had secretly traveled to Prague during the 2016 campaign and met with a prominent ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, purportedly Konstantin Kosachev.
Its not clear whether Mueller has evidence of such a meeting.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/383171-cohen-doubles-down-on-claim-hes-never-been-to-prague-after-mueller
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,031 posts)Drove in from Germany, flew out of Paris. I was pissed because I wanted that stamp, LOL.
But there is plenty of other evidence I was in France.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,748 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)He's either completely and totally lying, or the reporting is false. There's really nothing in the middle.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)He was in Germany at that time and got a car or train to Prague. No stamp necessary.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)that he'd been to Prague in January 2001.
Sounds like he can't keep his stories straight.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)The story says that the FBI has evidence that he was in Prague ''in August or early September 2016''.
So, was he in LA for every day of those six or seven weeks and has he shown that he was?
LA does of course have an international airport.
mpcamb
(2,872 posts)Orange Free State
(611 posts)I dont know what it means but the tweet has the same type of sentence fragment and same Barnumesque superlatives that Cheeto face uses.
gibraltar72
(7,508 posts)had multiple IDs and passports? Why couldn't Cohen/ Maybe David Dennison took a trip. He seems to really like that name.
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)makes sense. or a look-alike impostor does the business for them
BootinUp
(47,176 posts)lastlib
(23,265 posts)did his lips move? he's lying.
dalton99a
(81,565 posts)alwaysinflux
(149 posts)janx
(24,128 posts)am waiting to see who else reports it, if anyone.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)beginning 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 back 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
...and when I saw this morning that Mr. Wittes is standing by for confirmation, I said whewww, it aint just me!!
But I DO hope all reports are eventually proven true!!!!!!!
DeminPennswoods
(15,289 posts)There was a time when Sater served as a confidential informant for the FBI. The man who oversaw Sater's cooperation was Andrew Weissman although he was not Sater's day-to-day handler, for lack of a better term. Sater and Cohen grew up together and have been friends for years. Sater would probably know if Cohen had been in Prague, but no one knows if Sater is helping Mueller's team or not.
Josh Marshall over at TPM has been writing about Sater for the past year or so.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)no other news outlet has made this claim (yet)...I wouldnt doubt if its true, but to me, it was a HUGE deal to read this, and then not have any confirmation whatsoever, well, it just bummed me out!!
DeminPennswoods
(15,289 posts)yet there's pretty much radio silence from him/his attys/etc and about him. I find that a bit odd and suprising.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)EVERYTHING - EVERYTHING - I was so shocked when a video of him showed up...2? months ago - he was in Los Angeles, leaving a restaurant, chatting casually with photogs...?? I mean, he appeared, just like that?
I thought, cheeze, shouldnt this guy be in hiding on an island somewhere, either from fellow mobsters or Mr. Mueller - ??
As usual, well stay tuned, but I hope to someday know what his deal is, truly
machoneman
(4,007 posts)Stations have numerous video cameras. Easy-peasy!
The second is a bit more intriguing. It's a cell phone tower trace, GPS and all. Even if he purchased a burner phone here or in Germany before crossing the border, it can be traced albeit then one must a few other things...info I won't share here. But, think of the undercover agents that have busted a number of drug cartel kingpins.......
Bavorskoami
(118 posts)Two times going into Czechia I have been on buses and received no stamp. Driving into the Czech Republic once at a small border crossing from the Bavarian Forest the customs guard looked at my passport (US) and was waving me on without stamping it. That time I wanted it stamped just for the memory and there were no cars behind me so he did take a moment to stamp it for me. 26 European countries that have signed on to the Schengen Agreement have eliminated passport control at their mutual borders. It appears to apply to US passport holders also, once they have entered the Schengen area from the US.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)near him at all times now....
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)But Cohen contradicted a statement he'd previously made with the denial Friday.
He told The Wall Street Journal in January 2017, that had visited Prague at least once, in 2001.
AKing
(511 posts)briv1016
(1,570 posts)Especially for those dealing with foreign intelligence agents. He better hope his boss hasn't done anything to piss off the CIA.
mainer
(12,022 posts)And now he says he's NEVER been to Prague.
Either he lied to the WSJ then. Or he's lying now. Either way, he's lying.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/michael-cohen-denies-visiting-prague-2016-campaign-article-1.3933925