Donors to Lanny Davis 'truth fund' want refunds after he admits lying
by Steven Nelson
Washington Examiner
August 28, 2018 02:10 PM
Some donors to a "truth fund" promoted by attorney Lanny Davis believe he should issue refunds after he admitted lying about what his client Michael Cohen knows about President Trump.
Davis unveiled the "Michael Cohen Truth Fund" last week, and netted about $165,000 since the former Trump "fixer" pleaded guilty to tax and bank fraud, and to campaign finance crimes he said were at Trump's direction.
Davis promoted the fundraiser with interviews saying Cohen would be an open book for special counsel Robert Mueller, before saying he gave false information to news outlets about what Cohen knows.
Two donors told the Washington Examiner they have regrets after Davis admitted lying to news outlets in late July, when he claimed Cohen could testify that he witnessed Donald Trump Jr. notify his father in advance of a Trump Tower meeting with Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton.
Davis now says he doesn't know if that's true, despite anonymously providing the information to CNN and then confirming the CNN report anonymously for the New York Post and the Washington Post. "I made a mistake," the former Bill Clinton aide told BuzzFeed on Monday.
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