To the contrary, the memo claims "with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with and at the direction of (Donald Trump)".
Then later, they claim by his plot to "silence two women", "Cohen deceived the voting public by hiding alleged facts that he believed would have had a substantial effect on the election". In other words, they are building a case that it wasn't the Russians who influenced the election, it was Cohen and Trump through an illegal scheme to silence women (who MUST be believed!).
“Cohen deceived the voting public by hiding alleged facts that he believed would have had a substantial effect on the election”.
(I better go read the memo lol) - but, what Cohen believed is immaterial. The reality is, news of Natl Enquirer’s purchase of McDoogal’s story was published by the WSJ days before the election. Since any ‘substantial effect’ was therefore baked into the election results a week later, I doubt the addition of another stripper would have added any further influence on the vote.
A woman (post election morphing into two with the addition of CPL) claiming a one-night stand 20 years prior, (and so affronted by it she pursued phone friendships with him to seek further advantage) brought little more than a shrug from those who voted for a known playboy, same as Hillary trotting out Miss Piggy the Mob Doll. The massive attendance at Trump rallies proved that out.
Hillary attacking Trump for being a ‘puppet’ of Russia influenced the election far more than any other factor. I’m not buying that Trump suddenly panicked over an election he wasn’t sure he would win to begin with - or over two hookers. Mueller’s team can try to convince us otherwise with their wording but that’s the bald truth of the matter - we didn’t want Hillary.