Posted on 01/17/2019 9:48:17 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, said on Thursday he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data "at the direction of and for the sole benefit of" Trump.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Cohen had paid the data firm RedFinch Solutions to manipulate two public opinion polls in favor of Trump before the 2016 presidential campaign.
"As for the @WSJ article on poll rigging," Cohen wrote on Twitter on Thursday, "what I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of @realDonaldTrump @POTUS. I truly regret my blind loyalty to a man who doesn't deserve it."
The attempts to influence the polls ultimately proved largely unsuccessful but shed a light on the tactics of the Trump campaign and Cohen's role within it. On the campaign trail, Trump frequently referred to his polling numbers to help fuel his candidacy
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yeah...
Not illegal...................
Trump has many lawyers
This was one low-level functionary that rarely spoke with Trump, suddenly he wants us to believe he was a trusted confidant.
This should be pretty easy to prove and/or debunk. Call someone up at this RedFinch who talked to Cohen and see if they corroborate.
LOL they were ONLINE POLLS..OMG, this Cohen guy, Im wondering how the heck this dumb ass was able to become an attorney..oh wait I just answered my own question..ONLINE POLLS where you can vote 50 times, yeah really reliable..ANYONE that relies on online polling which obviously are rigged are borderline mental patients..oh the left, they got Trump now, he rigged online polls in his favor my stomach hurts from laughing so damn hard
We all know Democrats NEVER RIG POLLS...........................
Good thing nobody manipulated the polls for clintoon and she ran an honest and transparent campaign. Right?
Well facebook could manipulate their online polls couldn’t they. Do they even have them?
Whatevs, ya smarmy LIAR!
You’re right. It’s just noise noise noise. The kind we can expect for the next 2-6 years.
Ron Paul was rigging polls before that.
Yeah, and on other headlines, “Climate change will clog your toilet.”
YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN!!!
This man will say ANYTHING to cover his (Obama).
He has no credibility at all.
Tell Google and FB that it’s illegal......
LOL! What the heck?
When did Reuters become a satire site?
Bullllllllstalin
Every MSMpoll is fakenews
He spent literally THOUSANDS of dollars. And here we’ve been FReeping polls for free!
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