Posted on 05/30/2017 2:50:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, confirmed to NBC News that he has received requests for information from the Senate and House intelligence committees as part of their probes into Russian interference in the U.S. election, but says he won't comply.
"I declined the invitation to participate," said Cohen, "as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered."
A congressional aide said the request letters, first reported by ABC News, were the same ones sent to former Trump aides Carter Page, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Mike Flynn and others. Those letters sought information about Russian contacts, and asked the recipients to turn over any communications with the Trump campaign about Russia.
Cohen is a long-time lawyer for both Trump and his business organization. He has served as executive vice president of the Trump Organization and special counsel to Trump.....
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In other words, it was a fishing expedition.
Good!
Good for him
As I recall Eric Holder refused all sorts of such requests
None of them should cooperate..and if forced to appear....plead the 5th.
Yeah, but he is a homodimwitcrat and they don’t have to answer to the liberal homomedia. Only conservatives and Christians have to answer to the liberal homomedia. We are not special like them. They are super special to the homolovers of Amerika.
The same ones sent to former Trump aides Carter Page, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Mike Flynn and others.
Total witch hunt. Where is this kind of scrutiny for Obongo’s gang? All of rights of US Citizens that were trampled on by those bastards and it would seem there is 0 interest in that by the “Bi Partisan Committees”
I would have referred them to the precedent set by my predecessor, and to GFO. Although Cohen did slam them pretty good in his own way.
I have fond memories of replying like that to discovery requests. The skill is in answering the question but giving no information. Overly broad is a good one.
Yep, and found in contempt for it. Of course it was no big deal in the media.
Just stop.
The moron McShamey who pushed the fake dossier didn’t even notice that they tried to smear this guy. He was in the US when the dossier claimed he was in Russia
Meanwhile Carter Page’s appearance before Congress has been postponed indefinitely by Congress.
I have no doubt Trump’s lawyer is a barracuda and will run rings around the confederation of dunces known as “the Gang of Eight”
Or anywhere else. He was held in contempt by congress He held congress in contempt
That’s a push
Just stop WHAT?
Who are the drones heading up the Senate and House intelligence committees?
Are you suffering from shell shock?
I guess the House has never heard of Attorney Client privilege.
Good grief!
FNC just reported that Michael Flynn has decided to turn over subpoenaed documents to Congress, despite his lawyer’s previous declination.
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