Posted on 08/26/2018 9:19:19 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
An attorney for Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, is backing away from confident assertions he made that Cohen has information to share with investigators that shows Trump knew in 2016 of Russian efforts to undermine Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Lanny Davis, a spokesman and attorney for Cohen, said in an interview this weekend that he is no longer certain about claims he made to reporters on background and on the record in recent weeks about what Cohen knows about Trump’s awareness of the Russian efforts.
Davis did not rule out that his claims were correct but expressed regret that he did not explain that he could not independently corroborate them, saying that he now believes he “should have been more clear.”
Neither Cohen nor his lead defense attorney, Guy Petrillo, responded to requests for comment.
The prospect that Cohen could be a potential witness against the president in the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election has dominated the news, particularly since Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday to tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance crimes.
Davis’s latest comments cast doubt on what Cohen may know, including about a June 2016 meeting in New York’s Trump Tower attended by Trump’s eldest son and a Russian lawyer.
Trump and his allies seized on the erosion of those claims.
“Michaels Cohen’s attorney clarified the record, saying his client does not know if President Trump knew about the Trump Tower meeting (out of which came nothing!),” Trump tweeted Saturday. “The answer is that I did NOT know about the meeting. Just another phony story by the Fake News Media!”
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And no mention that Lanny Davis is part to the Clinton Family inner circle.
Funny how they missed that key item
Yep, Lanny has been damaged goods for at least two decades.
I’m half surprised that James Carville hasn’t piped up lately.
How can he contain himself?
Evidently there isn’t a dime in it for him.
I will never in a million years understand why Cohen chose Lanny Davis at his attorney. If he thought this would buy him something, this would fall into a category of a panicked, crazy move made out of sheer terror. And maybe that’s the stupid answer that’s too simple for me to accept.
He’s a slimeball’s slimeball.
Oopsie!
Weekend dump to get the “corrected” version out...
However, all the low info folks will ever hear or know will be what they heard being breathlessly reported 24/7 non-stop back during the week, which made many people form opinions that will stay with them. But, that’s the idea donchano.
Simple: Lanny Davis helped Cohen make it appear that President Trump was guilty, which is what Mueller wanted, which is why the deal was announced simultaneously with the Manefort verdict.
Nobody can broadcast a lie then quietly retract it better than Lanny Davis.
We've seen this guy before.
Yeeeep!
Interesting.
I’ve come to think this whole thing has not been about getting rid of Trump but keeping Hillary and others out of prison.
Claims that don’t pan out and are retracted. Tapes that are non existent or irrelevant. What a crock.
If Cohen had anything of value, he would have gotten an immunity deal. He didn’t.
They identify “a lawyer” for Cohen like they don’t know this is the Clinton hit man lawyer for decades.
Cohen recorded his conversations with Trump. If Cohen has information of Trump’s knowledge, he would have an audio recording of it. And it would already have been played on every media outlet.
Cohen lies, and Davis swears to it. Davis knew it was baseless when he opened his sewage hole.
Can someone post the picture of the little blond boy? That is what Rosenstein deserves!!
No surprise considering this is the usual liberal wing nut’s tactic of accusing with lies.
With the lame stream media propogandist machine assist of course.
Lanny and Hilary----one of her USSC picks.
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