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Cohen Willing To Tell Mueller About Trump's "Conspiracy To Collude" With Russia

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:42 AM

SIGNYM

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If there was any doubt whether Michael Cohen had flipped, despite statements that he was not cooperating with the government as part of his guilty plea and refusing to name the "candidate" who instructed him to violate campaign finance law, that was promptly dissolved in the following hours when Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis said that his client has "knowledge" about computer hacking and collusion, and is willing to speak with Special Counsel Robert Mueller about a "conspiracy to collude" with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Cohen, who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping President Trump pay hush money to two women, wants to tell Mueller that Trump knew of an infamous 2016 meeting at Trump Tower and the Russian hacking of Democratic institutions before they took place, Davis told MSNBC, deciding that any "attorney client" privilege in this case is strictly optional.

"Mr. Cohen has knowledge on certain subjects that should be of interest to the special counsel and is more than happy to tell the special counsel all that he knows," Davis told MSNBC on Tuesday.

"Not just about the obvious possibility of a conspiracy to collude and corrupt the American democracy system in the 2016 election, which the Trump Tower meeting was all about, but also knowledge about the computer crime of hacking and whether or not Mr. Trump knew ahead of time about that crime and even cheered it on.”

More troubling for Trump, Davis said on Wednesday then said that "there is no dispute that Trump committed a crime" as he repeated that "Cohen has knowledge of a Russian conspiracy", even if it was still unclear if Cohen or Davis have any evidence or proof to substantiate their allegations.

According to the NY Post, last month a source told the publication that Cohen was present when Trump was informed by his son Donald Trump Jr. that Russians offered “dirt” on then-candidate Hillary Clinton. Trump claimed he "didn’t know anything about the meeting" because "nobody told me" about it.

Mueller’s probe into whether the Trump campaign was involved in Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections continues. But Mueller handed off the Cohen case to federal prosecutors in New York, which means that his guilty plea intensifies a second -- and entirely separate -- investigation that could threaten the president.

Trump tried to shrug off the Manafort conviction, telling reporters Tuesday that “it had nothing to do with Russian collusion, so we continue the witch hunt.

Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, said the Cohen plea deal wasn’t related to Trump. “There is no allegation of any wrongdoing against the president in the government’s charges against Mr. Cohen,” he said in a statement. "It is clear that, as the prosecutor noted, Mr. Cohen’s actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time."

While Cohen didn’t name Trump in court, referring instead to a "candidate" who directed him to make the illegal payments, Davis was more direct, saying in a statement later Tuesday that Cohen “stood up and testified under oath that Donald Trump directed him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principal purpose of influencing an election.”

If Trump knew about the payments and that they were illegal, he could be charged with violating election law for accepting illegal payments and not disclosing them, said Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance lawyer with Common Cause. Current Justice Department guidelines state that a sitting president cannot be indicted, and that any wrongdoing should be referred to Congress for impeachment proceedings. Those guidelines aren’t binding.

Nearly at the same time as Cohen pled guilty, in a Virginia courtroom Trump's former campaign finance chair, Tim Manafort was found guilty on five counts of tax fraud, one count of failing to file a financial document with the government, and two counts of bank fraud. The jury couldn’t reach a decision on the other 10 counts. He was accused of lying to tax authorities about his income and offshore tax accounts, failing to file reports about those accounts, and defrauding banks to get loans.

"It’s a witch hunt and it’s a disgrace," Trump said Tuesday of the Manafort verdict. "This has nothing what they started out looking for - Russians involved in our campaign, there were none." Trump declined to answer questions on Cohen.


https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-22/cohen-willing-tell-mueller-a
bout-trumps-conspiracy-collude-russia

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 10:10 AM

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The Cohen case arose in a peripheral way as a result of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. But not wanting to be seen as conducting a fishing investigation, he handed it off to the United States attorney’s office in New York. A fluky confluence of circumstances elicited Cohen’s confession, and now it’s not clear what Mueller can or will do with the evidence Cohen’s provided. I think Mueller will forget about Cohen in jail for 43 to 63 months because he is worthless to Mueller's investigation, which is why the NY office prosecuted the case in the first place, rather than Mueller prosecuting.

www.newsweek.com/will-michael-cohen-go-prison-how-much-jail-time-forme
r-trump-attorney-facing-1084211


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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 2:11 PM

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Michael Cohen wouldn’t accept a pardon from “corrupt” Trump, his lawyer says.

“Not only is he not hoping for it, he would not accept a pardon,” Davis said on NBC’s Today show this morning (Aug. 22). “He considers a pardon from someone who has acted so corruptly as president to be something he would never accept.”

Cohen knows Trump well, better than, say, Signym knows Trump.

https://qz.com/1366284/

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 5:57 PM

SIGNYM

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What?
No objections to using Zerohedge as a source?


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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 7:02 PM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
What?
No objections to using Zerohedge as a source?

It isn't a worthy source. It didn't mention that if Trump wishes to be lawless, nothing can stop him short of 67 Senators removing him. Since the GOP will have about 50 Senators, Trump has nothing to worry about there.

He only need concern himself with what voters think in November 2018. Then he can forget them completely, if that takes his fancy, until 2020. He could go golfing for 2 years if that pleased him and not even bother with paperwork or promises or diplomacy or anything. But I think he likes what is happening. He is the center of attention. He is the King of Chaos! He is loving it!

From a floor of 28 percent to a ceiling of 32 percent he has a very solid base of supporters — but it’s a base that is just not that big, which might prevent 8 years of Trump, but 4 years is guaranteed, no matter what happens, other than stroke, heart attack, cancer, or suicide.
www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/22/17768342/donald-trump-2020-m
atchups


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Tuesday, August 28, 2018 3:15 AM

SIGNYM

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Oh dear. It appears that Cohen's lawyer (who was the source of the story) is backing away from his own leak.

More fake news! brought to you by CNN!

Yanno, the M$M doesn't need Trump to discredit them; they're doing a great job discrediting themselves.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-27/lanny-davis-refutes-lanny-da
vis-admits-being-source-cnn-trump-tower-bombshell-fake


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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018 3:36 AM

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He only need concern himself with what voters think in November 2018. Then he can forget them completely, if that takes his fancy, until 2020. He could go golfing for 2 years if that pleased him and not even bother with paperwork or promises or diplomacy or anything.



Just like every single 2 term president since the beginning.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018 6:10 PM

WHOZIT


Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh dear. It appears that Cohen's lawyer (who was the source of the story) is backing away from his own leak.

More fake news! brought to you by CNN!

Yanno, the M$M doesn't need Trump to discredit them; they're doing a great job discrediting themselves.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-27/lanny-davis-refutes-lanny-da
vis-admits-being-source-cnn-trump-tower-bombshell-fake


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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876



Has CNN admitted the story they reported is false or are they still talking about story Danials?

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018 6:59 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


I ran across that same story myself. And I considered posting it. But then I thought - yanno, the truth will not set our true believers here free. In their guts (minds are not involved) they feel Trump is pure evil, and Hillary, the apparatus of the state, and the msm are pure good; and nothing has ever or will ever budge that delusion.




THUGGER admits it's not about RUSSIA !!! and is, in fact, a witch hunt. "Trump better be innocent of any wrong doing, anywhere, anytime."

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023 4:56 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


John Henry Durham an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut the Trump administration assigned him to investigate the origins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections.

John Durham exposes the whole anti-Trump caper
https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/05/john-durham-exposes-the-whole-ant
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