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Title: Cohen pleads guilty in new deal with Mueller
Source: ABC News
URL Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mic ... ss-collusion/story?id=59491450
Published: Nov 29, 2018
Author: GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ELIANA LARRAMENDI
Post Date: 2018-11-29 12:05:12 by Jameson
Keywords: The Toad, Is, Toast
Views: 3200
Comments: 29

Cohen appeared in federal court in Manhattan Thursday where he entered a guilty plea for misstatements to Congress in closed-door testimony last year about his contacts with Russians during the presidential campaign.

Cohen has now promised to “put family and country first” by cooperating with prosecutors, becoming perhaps the most pivotal public witness against his former boss.

Cohen’s earlier plea deal with federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York implicated President Trump in campaign finance felonies. Since then, Cohen has spent more than 70 hours in interviews with Mueller's team. The questioning has focused on contacts with Russians by Trump associates during the campaign, Trump’s business ties to Russia, obstruction of justice and talk of possible pardons.

“The potential significance of Cohen’s cooperation is immense, for most high- powered business people with complex business interests, having one’s personal attorney become a star witness for the prosecution is the worst possible legal nightmare."” said Kendall Coffey, a former United States Attorney in Florida.

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Poster Comment:

I didn't see that anyone else had posted this news....

We have known for some months that The Special Prosecutor's office, other federal, and state courts have had all of Mr. Cohen's records on the greasy toad's business. We have also know for some months that Mr. Cohen claimed that he was going to be putting the best interests of the American people and his family first.

Now, we know that Mr. Cohen has made good on his promise.

I find the timing interesting too. Just days following the submission of Dip- Shit's responses to Mueller's questions...Mikey the fixer signs the paperwork??

I looks like the Special Prosecutor got what he wanted.

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#1. To: All (#0)

***UPDATE***

President Dip-Shit abruptly cancels Vladimir Putin meeting at G-20 summit, hours after Michael Cohen guilty plea

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/29/donald-trump-cohen-plea- adds-scrutiny-putin-meeting-g-20-summit/2120967002/

Jameson  posted on  2018-11-29   12:52:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Jameson (#1)

If they would have spent 100th the amount of money or time on demoncrap they would have had enough to convict both Clintons, Obama, Comey and pretty much have the demoncrap party!

We all know this is about find a way to stop Trump from giving the country back to the people!

Muleface is the reason why people have no faith in the judicial system. When the constitution is no more than a gawd damn piece of toilet paper by the scum sucking pos far left of just left these days then we have not justice or rule of law in this country!

The only commie cock sucking shit for brains have ben on the left. You can try to twist your bs but as long as the right is alive we know the truth!

Justified  posted on  2018-11-29   14:23:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Justified (#2)

We all know this is about find a way to stop the toad.

You seem upset.

You should take a pill and lie down, the really serious action has only just begun...

Without regard for the idiocy that spews forth from the mouth of dip-shit donnie, and is then repeated by the likes of you....

What is happening here is real.

This "man" and his greasy criminal organization is about to learn about the rule of law, and what happens to people who think the laws don't apply to them.

You can try to twist your bs

There is no twisting, and this has nothing at all to do with me.

To be sure, the toad will be stopped.

Jameson  posted on  2018-11-29   14:43:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Justified (#2)

If they would have spent 100th the amount of money or time

Who exactly, are "they"?

Anyway here are some facts:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/investigating-clinton-many-millions-were- 211500881.html

According to this report about $30 million was spent investigating HRC regarding her "server/email" and Bengazi.

0 indictments, 0 convictions

Please understand my position - I don't care. HRC got off - it's over

Start a "gofundme" hire some investigators, knock yourself out!

The GOP has held all 3 branches of government for the past 2 years, you've had time, money and resources.

What did your people do ?

Jack Shit.

Save your whining for someone stupid enough to listen to you.

Jameson  posted on  2018-11-29   16:06:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Jameson (#4)

Who exactly, are "they"?

They are the deepstate commie bitches that run things.

Comey said they did not investigate because it might hurt Clintons chances of winning.

You guys got nothing and are tearing the constitution to pieces because you lost. You guys are nothing but whinney spoiled commie bitches!

Justified  posted on  2018-11-29   17:44:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Justified (#5)

You guys got nothing and are tearing the constitution to pieces because you lost. You guys are nothing but whinney spoiled commie bitches!

To hear him tell it he's not a Leftard he's a Charlie Brown voter.

Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!

CZ82  posted on  2018-11-29   17:50:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Jameson (#4)

No one investigated the Clinton's. Lip services does not count as a real investigation.

I can tell you that Trump is the most honest politician that has ever ran for office because if they had anything questionable that could be used they would have.

Did you miss this where AG said Trump did not colluded with the Russians. It was and always has been demoncrap commies that do this.

Justified  posted on  2018-11-29   17:54:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: CZ82 (#6)

Not even Charlie Brown is that stupid!

Justified  posted on  2018-11-29   17:55:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Justified (#8)

Not even Charlie Brown is that stupid!

He believed Lucy would never pull the football away as he went to kick it but she did repeatedly.

Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!

CZ82  posted on  2018-11-29   18:09:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: CZ82 (#9)

Not even Charlie Brown is that stupid!

He believed Lucy would never pull the football away as he went to kick it but she did repeatedly.

But even Charlie questioned Lucy whereas Demoncraps voters never questioned the nonstop unbelievable BS spread by the commie's in charge.

Justified  posted on  2018-11-29   18:12:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Justified (#7)

I can tell you that Trump is the most honest politician that has ever ran for office because if they had anything questionable that could be used they would have.

That's the thing that pisses them off the most they haven't got a thing so they're trying to get those who know Trump to compose. They also think that just because Rimjob Robert is prosecuting some people who know Trump that it makes Trump look bad. All the while forgetting that the people they support (their heroes, lol) on the other side of the fence also personally know the same people RR is trying to get to compose stories on Trump. What a bunch of hypocritical dumbasses lol...

Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!

CZ82  posted on  2018-11-29   18:16:34 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Justified (#10)

whereas Demoncraps voters never questioned the nonstop unbelievable BS spread by the commie's in charge.

All their voters see is their heroes accusing others of doing what they themselves do.

Rules for Leftards: 4). Accuse others of being what you are and doing what you do!!!

Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!

CZ82  posted on  2018-11-29   18:20:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: Jameson (#0)

[Poster comment] I[t] looks like the Special Prosecutor got what he wanted.

It looks likie he barely got enough to play pocket pool.

[Article] Cohen’s earlier plea deal with federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York implicated President Trump in campaign finance felonies.

What unidentified non-crime "felonies" would that be?

Talking to Russians is not a crime.

Exploring a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow is not a crime.

Exploring a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow from 1987 to January or June 2016 is not a crime.

If Michael Cohen intentionally gave false statements to Federal investigators, he may have committed a crime. Michael Cohen giving a false statement to the FBI does not implicate Donald Trump in the crime of giving a false statement to the investigators.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GePLDX-l-8&feature=youtu.be

[Excerpt]

Dershowitz: I think the weakness of Mueller's substantive findings are suggested by the fact that he has to resort to false statement prosecutions. Which really shows that he didn't start with very much, that the very fact that he is conducting an investigation has created these crimes. These are not crimes that have been committed prior to his appointment. They are crimes that were committed as a result of his appointment, and that raises some questions about the role of special prosecutors in creating crimes, or creating opportunities for crimes to be committed. In the end, I don't think Muellere is going to come up with very much in terms of criminal conduct that existed before he was appointed, that is quite shocking.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/30/alan-dershowitz-says-robert-mueller-is-looking-political-sin/

“The problem is Mueller is straying away from his mandate to find crime, and he is now looking for political sin,” Dershowitz said to Hannity. “Building buildings in Moscow, using stolen material from [Julian] Assange — these are not crimes. He has no authority to be a roving commissioner to find political sins.

“So far, I don’t see any evidence of crimes, except for ones that he helped to facilitate by getting people to lie in front of his own investigators.”

nolu chan  posted on  2018-11-30   17:04:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: nolu chan (#13) (Edited)

It looks like he barely got enough to play pocket pool.

Hi counselor!

Yeah, we'll see....perhaps there is much much more that has been shared (a million documents gathered in the raid for instance)

On a personal note, using fox news and alan dersowitz to support your position really doesn't carry much weight....

Jameson  posted on  2018-12-01   11:55:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Jameson (#14)

You being an Obama ball sucker. You don't rate worthy of breathing fresh air.

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-01   12:46:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: Jameson (#14)

Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!

CZ82  posted on  2018-12-01   14:42:35 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: Jameson (#14)

On a personal note, using fox news and alan dersowitz to support your position really doesn't carry much weight....

Doucheowitz is one of yours so are you saying all leftards aren't credible??

Or just the leftards who actually have a halfway decent grasp of reality??

Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!

CZ82  posted on  2018-12-01   14:45:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: All (#0)

Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!

CZ82  posted on  2018-12-01   14:56:02 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: A K A Stone (#15)

We've talked about this before...please keep your private sexual fantasies to yourself.

Why are you so pissed at me?

It is not my fault that the degenerate compromised dip-shit-donnie has been runny a greasy anti-american crime organization.

I didn't cause any of this....

You should be angry at SH45....he is the one who sold US out.

Are you ok with this ass-bite banning a rifle accessory? - Surely you can't just let that go.....right?

Happy Holidays!!

Jameson  posted on  2018-12-01   17:31:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: CZ82 (#17)

Doucheowitz is one of yours

Not one of mine.

He's nearly as big a dip-shit as the orange russian.

I know, it's not really close. SH45 is in a league all his own.

But dish-o-shits is truly a giant ass-bite.

Jameson  posted on  2018-12-01   17:35:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: Jameson (#19)

Go choke on some donkey penis.

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-01   18:04:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: Jameson (#14)

Yeah, we'll see....perhaps there is much much more that has been shared (a million documents gathered in the raid for instance)

Quantity does not make quality. A million piles of shit, put together, make one big pile of shit.

On a personal note, using fox news and alan dersowitz to support your position really doesn't carry much weight....

Says the man who uses George Stephanopolous and ABC as his source.

Says the man who presents an article claiming that, "Cohen’s earlier plea deal with federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York implicated President Trump in campaign finance felonies," and when challenged by my #13 to identify the supposed felonies, has no substantive response.

What felonies has horseface presented?

Where is the beef in the nothing burger?

What felonies did Stephanopoulos fantasize about?

What, the article did not identify the supposed felonies? Great journalism.

nolu chan  posted on  2018-12-01   18:15:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: Jameson (#19)

Are you ok with this ass-bite banning a rifle accessory?

You aren’t against that, snowflake. So shut your socialist shit gobbler.

Your bullshit division tactic has been used by libtards and Paultards on this forum and LP, since their inceptions. Trump is more pro gun than ANYONE you support. You really think Stone will back your presidential choice because Trump pacifies the libtard lefts fear of guns by not fighting a battle he’d never win... the defending a plastic ASSESSORY... that wouldn’t be even close to being constitutionally protected.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2018-12-02   8:32:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: Jameson (#0)

This is the same legal-genius clown who pled guilty to something that's not a crime a few months ago, right?

Hank Rearden  posted on  2018-12-02   13:04:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: nolu chan (#22)

On a personal note, using fox news and alan dersowitz to support your position really doesn't carry much weight.... Says the man who uses George Stephanopolous and ABC as his source.

The difference is stark, Dershowitz is offering opinion - Stephanopolous is reporting news.

What felonies did Stephanopoulos fantasize about?

Perhaps the same ones you do???

Jameson  posted on  2018-12-02   18:25:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: A K A Stone (#21)

Go choke on some donkey penis.

Please spare us your degenerate fantasies....you're embarrassing yourself (again)

Jameson  posted on  2018-12-02   18:26:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: Jameson (#25)

[Jameson #14] On a personal note, using fox news and alan dersowitz to support your position really doesn't carry much weight....

[nolu chan #22] Says the man who uses George Stephanopolous and ABC as his source.

[nolu chan #22] Says the man who presents an article claiming that, "Cohen’s earlier plea deal with federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York implicated President Trump in campaign finance felonies," and when challenged by my #13 to identify the supposed felonies, has no substantive response.

[Jameson #25] The difference is stark, Dershowitz is offering opinion - Stephanopolous is reporting news.

Having raised concern that you were full of shit, you further opened your gaping maw and removed all doubt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephanopoulos

[Excerpts]

In 1982, Stephanopoulos received a bachelor of arts degree in political science summa cum laude from Columbia University in New York. ... Stephanopoulos attended Balliol College at the University of Oxford in England, as a Rhodes Scholar, earning a Masters of Arts in Theology in 1984.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/the-great-stephanopoulos-mess-117971

The Stephanopoulos Mess

ABC anchor proves to be his own worst enemy.

By JACK SHAFER
May 14, 2015
Updated May 14, 2015

Former Clintonland insider George Stephanopoulos, who has excelled at both politics and journalism, appears to have failed both professions with a single transgression.

As my POLITICO colleague Dylan Byers reported today, ABC News’ “This Week” and “Good Morning America” host Stephanopoulos has donated a total of $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation, something he had not previously disclosed to viewers or his employers. In a statement to Byers, Stephanopoulos apologized for not disclosing the gifts. ABC News called the oversight an “honest mistake,” a sentiment Stephanopoulos amplified in an afternoon interview with Byers.

“We stand behind him,” the network also offered, which is corporate-speak for we will bind George in barbed wire and dump him into a surging storm sewer and drive off into the night the minute he becomes an intolerable distraction.

The donation corrodes much of the journalistic credibility Stephanopoulos has labored so carefully to build since joining ABC News as a correspondent and analyst in December 1996.

[...]

Most politicians cross over to media with the understanding that they will continue their partisan ways. But others, such as Stephanopoulos, Sawyer and Russert agree implicitly and explicitly to leave that baggage behind. In shelling out $75,000 to the politically identified Clinton Foundation, Stephanopoulos has betrayed that compact, torched the journalism-cred he has acquired in the past two decades, and obviously forgotten the lessons in political savvy he learned as a member of Bill Clinton’s inner circle.

[...]

https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Stephanopoulos

George Stephanopoulos, (born February 10, 1961, Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.), American political commentator, best known as an anchor of the ABC (American Broadcasting Company) morning news program Good Morning America (2009– ), chief Washington correspondent of ABC news (2005– ), and the host of ABC’s Sunday news program, This Week with George Stephanopoulos (2002–10, 2012– ). Prior to joining ABC, Stephanopoulos served as a senior aide (1993–96) to U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton.

The partisan Stephanopoulos, with his unreported donations to the Clinton Foundation, and his degrees in political science and theology, is not a reporter any more than Sean Hannity is a reporter.

When commenting on legal issues, he cannot speak with the expertise of Alan Dershowitz.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dershowitz

Alan Morton Dershowitz, (born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and academic. He is a scholar of United States constitutional law and criminal law, and a noted civil libertarian. He spent most of his career at Harvard Law School where in 1967, at the age of 28, he became the youngest full professor of law in its history. He held the Felix Frankfurter professorship there from 1993 until his retirement in December 2013.

[...]

As a criminal appellate lawyer, he won 13 of the 15 murder and attempted murder cases he handled....

[...]

He [] said his teachers told him to do something that "requires a big mouth and no brain ... so I became a lawyer". After graduating from high school, he attended Brooklyn College and received his A.B. in 1959, majoring in Political Science. Next, he attended Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal, and graduated first in his class with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1962.

[...]

Dershowitz has said he is a member of the Democratic Party. However, in 2016, he stated that he would cancel his party membership if Keith Ellison was appointed party chair; Tom Perez was appointed instead. Dershowitz endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2008 presidential election, and later endorsed the party nominee, Barack Obama.

Alan Dershowitz is a renowned legal authority. George Stephanopoulos is a renowned political hack, without a law degree. Stephanopoulous is a commentator, not a reporter.

And you can still make no attempt to state what the nebulous cited "felonies" were.

nolu chan  posted on  2018-12-03   15:44:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: nolu chan (#27)

Alan Dershowitz is a renowned legal authority. George Stephanopoulos is a renowned political hack, without a law degree.

So what?

Stephanopoulos is a talking head, he reads the news...he doesn't do anything else.

Dershowitz was offering his opinion. You seem to think his opinion is important. - bully for you!!!

It's just his opinion - and you know what they say about opinions, right barrister??

And you can still make no attempt to state what the nebulous cited "felonies" were.

Hehhehheh - funny - I posted an article. I didn't write it.

You know the difference...so give it a rest.

On the other hand, I feel no obligation to reply to anything you have to say anyway.

I do so because I like you, and I'm guessing you enjoy throwing your weight around, being an attorney and all..

as for the felonies....I'm guessing that the DOJ will supply you with all that detail shortly.

Just be sure to keep your subscription to the NYT - it will hopefully be on the front page soon.

New subject.....

Do you think Dip-Shit Jr. will take the fall for the lies he spewed in his congressional testimony? Or will he flip too?? - serious question!

Jameson  posted on  2018-12-03   19:56:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: Jameson (#28)

Stephanopoulos is a talking head, he reads the news

Stephanopoulos is a talking head. He reads a script about the fake news.

Dershowitz was offering his opinion.

Dershowitz may offer his expert legal opinion.

I do so because I like you, and I'm guessing you enjoy throwing your weight around, being an attorney and all..

I like you too, and I'm guessing you have convinced yourself that I am an attorney.

as for the felonies....I'm guessing that the DOJ will supply you with all that detail shortly.

As for the non-crime "felonies," I guessing that you would tell the world about them, but you have no clue what in the hell they are.

Do you think Dip-Shit Jr. will take the fall for the lies he spewed in his congressional testimony? Or will he flip too?? - serious question!

Serious response.

NPR had to apologize for its story making such a claim. It was terribly embarrassing. This time it was Mollie Hemingway who busted the purveyors of fake news.

http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/30/npr-blatantly-lies-about-donald-trump-jr-s-2017-senate-testimony/

NPR Blatantly Lies About Donald Trump Jr.’s 2017 Senate Testimony

November 30, 2018
The Federalist
By Mollie Hemingway

NPR falsely claimed that Donald Trump Jr.’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2017 conflicted with an account given by a former attorney for President Donald Trump.

Here is NPR’s false write-up of that testimony:

Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2017 that although there had been negotiations surrounding a prospective Trump Tower in Moscow, they concluded without result ‘at the end’ of 2014.

‘But not in 2015 or 2016?’ Trump Jr. was asked.

‘Certainly not ’16,’ he said. ‘There was never a definitive end to it. It just died of deal fatigue.’

Trump’s account contrasts with the new version of events given by Cohen on Thursday in a guilty plea in federal court. In that new version, Cohen says the discussions with at least one Russian government official and others in Moscow continued through June 2016, well into Trump’s presidential campaign.

In fact, Senate investigators were asking Trump Jr. about a series of efforts to develop property in Russia, going back several years. Reporter Phil Ewing (reporter Tim Mak contributed to the story) conflates one of those efforts with another separate effort. That conflation results in the false news report.

A full 100 pages before the portion Ewing quotes, Trump Jr. explicitly contradicts NPR’s false claim when he gives a clear answer to the following question:

Q. It’s been reported that in late 2015 or 2016 when now President Trump was running for office the Trump Organization was pursuing a plan to develop a massive Trump Tower in Moscow. Is that accurate?

A. Yes.

A hundred pages later, the investigator asks if there was an effort by Felix Sater to “bring together a development in Moscow.” Trump Jr. says he believes there was an effort to work on that with Cohen in 2015. Asked if he knew about the deal, he says not much, but that it got to the point his father signed a letter of intent. He said he would provide a copy of that letter. Trump Jr. says he was aware of this deal “peripherally.”

Then the investigator asks, “In this same time frame, 2015 or 2016, when Mr. Sater and Mr. Cohen were exploring a possible deal, do you know if anyone else was also exploring a deal simultaneously with the Trump Organization to build in Moscow?” (emphasis added).

Here’s the full exchange:

Q. In this same time frame, 2015 or 2016, when Mr. Sater and Mr. Cohen were exploring a possible deal, do you know if anyone else was also exploring a deal simultaneously with the Trump Organization to build in Moscow?

A. I don ‘t believe so.

Q. We’ve discussed the Agalarov family, Emin and his father Aras. Do you know if they were also exploring building a Trump Tower in Moscow?

A. We had looked at it earlier than that, but it sort of faded away I believe at the end of ’14.

Q. But not in 2015 or 2016?

A. Certainly not ’16. There was never a definitive end to it. It just died of deal fatigue.

As is obvious from the context, the quotes Ewing used weren’t about the Cohen efforts, but the Agalarov efforts.

What makes Ewing’s error so surprising is that the very next two lines make abundantly clear that the discussion is not about the Cohen efforts but the Agalarov efforts. Here’s a brief exchange with Trump’s attorney:

Q. How did that deal first come about?

MR. FUTERFAS: Which, just for clarification?

MR. PRIVOR: The Agalarovs in 2014.

Despite this being an obvious error by NPR, the media outlet has failed to correct it even hours after it was first published. And Russia conspiracy theorists such as John Schindler, who earlier this week fell for the false Guardian story about Paul Manafort and Julian Assange, once again fell for the latest false Russia story.

The NPR article now is prefaced by an Editor's Note:

Editor's note: An earlier version of this report mischaracterized an answer Donald Trump Jr. gave to Senate investigators in 2017 about the prospective projects his family was negotiating with people in Moscow.

The story reported that Trump Jr.'s response — that negotiations on one project concluded by the end of 2014 — contrasted with the version of events as laid out in the guilty plea by Michael Cohen on Thursday. In fact, Trump Jr. and investigators were alluding to a different set of negotiations — not to a deal that Cohen was reportedly pursuing. Trump Jr. did acknowledge in his testimony that Cohen and another man were exploring a possible deal in Moscow in 2015 or 2016.

Trump Jr. did not address what Cohen has now admitted — that talks about such a deal continued at least into June 2016, longer than previously known and well into the presidential campaign.

nolu chan  posted on  2018-12-04   1:37:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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