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Impeachment talk grows louder after report Trump told Cohen to lie to Congress
NBC News ^ | January 18th, 2019 | By Dartunorro Clark

Posted on 01/18/2019 9:01:18 AM PST by Mariner

Calls for President Donald Trump's impeachment grew among Democrats on Friday after a report said he had directed Michael Cohen, his personal lawyer and fixer at the time, to lie to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.

BuzzFeed News on Thursday evening reported that Cohen told special counsel Robert Mueller the president personally instructed him to lie to Congressional investigators in order to minimize links between Trump and his Moscow building project, citing two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter. The report also alleged that Cohen was directed to give a false impression that the project had ended before it actually did.

NBC News has not independently confirmed this report.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, called the allegation the “most serious to date” Thursday evening and said that his committee would look into the matter.

“The allegation that the President of the United States may have suborned perjury before our committee in an effort to curtail the investigation and cover up his business dealings with Russia is among the most serious to date,” Schiff said in a tweet. “We will do what’s necessary to find out if it’s true.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cohen; deepstate; dnctalkingpoints; fakenews; mueller; nbcfakenews; oneweirdtrick; schiff; tds; trumprussia; witchhunt
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My most fervent hope is that Democrats impeach POTUS soon.

Let's "do what is necessary to find out if it's true".

the Dims and the media are so animated by every unsubstantiated allusion that I can't wait to see the look on the collective faces when they present their case and EVERYONE goes "really? You demanded out attention for THAT?"

It would be a bigger political disaster since the Clinton impeachment...by orders of magnitude.

And I'm betting Trump is goading them into it deliberately.

1 posted on 01/18/2019 9:01:18 AM PST by Mariner
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To: Mariner

Never mind that the “reporter” is walking this back and saying he didn’t really see the evidence himself.

And has a long history of articles that aren’t true


2 posted on 01/18/2019 9:03:20 AM PST by digger48
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To: Mariner

Oh, nbc............


3 posted on 01/18/2019 9:03:43 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Mariner

“Bombshell! It’s the beginning of the end for the Trump administration, the walls are closing in!”

Rinse and repeat as needed.


4 posted on 01/18/2019 9:03:47 AM PST by Junk Silver ("It's a little hard to herd people onto trains when they're shooting at you." SirLurkedalot)
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To: Mariner

By all means lets go with the media narrative and also believe anything that Cohen says. LOL


5 posted on 01/18/2019 9:05:00 AM PST by headstamp 2
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To: Mariner

Take a couple of minutes to enjoy the skewering of Bat Guano Crazy Libs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3UOFAcsrQo


6 posted on 01/18/2019 9:05:01 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Liberals//GOPe's 2019 Strategy, mantra, plan = 'No Borders, No Walls, No USA at All!'!)
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To: Mariner

Dear Mr President...call if you need us...


7 posted on 01/18/2019 9:05:03 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: Mariner

So the “evidence” is from a known liar?


8 posted on 01/18/2019 9:05:46 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Twitter is Trump's laser pointer and the media are all cats.)
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To: Mariner

There is nothing illegal or impeachable about talking to your lawyer.


9 posted on 01/18/2019 9:05:49 AM PST by Blue House Sue
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BuzzFeed admitted this morning they have no proof. As usual. Take notes this will make great material for future history books. These folks are going to make the Third Reich look like a Puerto Rican Junction junket


10 posted on 01/18/2019 9:05:57 AM PST by Maranatha7757
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To: digger48

Never mind that the “reporter” is walking this back and saying he didn’t really see the evidence himself.

And has a long history of articles that aren’t true
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But it’s the seriousness of the charges and all that. Haha.


11 posted on 01/18/2019 9:06:45 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Maranatha7757

Scratch Junction


12 posted on 01/18/2019 9:07:12 AM PST by Maranatha7757
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To: Mariner

They really think they could impeach our President and there would be no consequences.


13 posted on 01/18/2019 9:08:01 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Mariner

Well if it’s in the papers it must be true. As Mark Twain wrote: If you don’t read the papers you’re uninformed; if you do read the papers you’re misinformed.


14 posted on 01/18/2019 9:08:26 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Mariner

The entire story is PURE BULL$HIT being greatly inflated by the LEFT leaning media.


15 posted on 01/18/2019 9:08:28 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: Mariner

Isn’t this the report that has no verified source and has already been more-or-less retracted?

Here, I’ll file a report that Nancy Pelosi killed Jewish children to inject them in her face.

Of course, in the Democratic Party, that will probably get her the presidential nomination.


16 posted on 01/18/2019 9:08:28 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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They claim this came from MUELLER’s team. That is a first. If true why didn’t this go to the Times?


17 posted on 01/18/2019 9:08:52 AM PST by montag813
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To: Mariner

Is “this is the most serious allegation to date” a tacit admission that all of the dozens of previous allegations were unserious?


18 posted on 01/18/2019 9:09:08 AM PST by CaptainMorgantown (Brian Woerner)
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To: Mariner

Another anonymously sourced “report.”

How unusual!


19 posted on 01/18/2019 9:09:29 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats decide only elections they win are valid.)
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To: Mariner

In a related thread, Buzzfeed admits it has not seen the actual evidence/report.

Sounds like the early days of the Pee Dossier. IIRC, Buzzfeed was the one who finally published reports about it — so that other news venues could report about it.

Buzzfeed should be listed as ‘zero credible’; no surprise that NBC News would now have an article about the Buzzfeed article.

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Since it worked then, it should work now — Creative Journalism 101.


20 posted on 01/18/2019 9:09:32 AM PST by TomGuy
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