Posted on 07/26/2018 6:11:39 PM PDT by janetjanet998
(CNN)Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, claims that then-candidate Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton, sources with knowledge tell CNN. Cohen is willing to make that assertion to special counsel Robert Mueller, the sources said
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That isn't even what the meeting was - it was one woman - and it isn't what ended up occurring. So if we were to believe this - he supposedly knew about a meeting that was to take place with a woman whom they believed had negative information on his opponent, but did not have any, and nothing came of the meeting. The only negative consequence of this would be that Trump was lying about knowing about the meeting - if this report is even true - it otherwise is evidence of nothing.
However if Cohen cant prove it....I doubt Mueller would make a move since this article states that Cohen is looking for relief for his own legal troubles if he tells Mueller this....as in I can lie about Trump and Trump Jr if he said his father didnt know so I can get off the hook
Cohen claims he was with Trump when Trump was told of the meeting. His testimony alone would not be enough to bring perjury charges against anyone unless it's corroborated. The danger here is if someone else corroborates his story such as Manifort. Made up or not, we all know Mueller would love nothing more than to charge the Presidents inner circle with perjury.
He doesn’t have to prove it just needs to be believed by the prosecutor. That’s all it takes.
Was it the one with Don Jr. + Kushner
So what if TRUMP knew? Nothing happened! LOL
He doesnt have to prove it just needs to be believed by the prosecutor. Thats all it takes.
As it relates to a perjury indictment, that is true. One would think that Mueller would have to have corroboration before charging one of The President of The United States family. But he is just dirty enough to do it I fear.
“sources said” ... from CNN no less ... just more fake rumors being spread by the leftist fake stream media ... and Freepers seem to be doing their damndest to help spread them ... must be at least a dozen of these “sources say” type articles posted here ... troll power in full force at FR today ...
“To be clear, these sources said Cohen does not have evidence, such as audio recordings, to corroborate his claim, but he is willing to attest to his account.”
“Cohen privately testified last year to two Congressional committees investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. A source familiar with Cohen’s House testimony said he did not testify that Trump had advance knowledge. Cohen’s claims weren’t mentioned in separate reports issued by Republicans and Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.”
So if Cohen was secretly recording his conversations with Trump, how is it he has no recordings of this?
Well that'll definitely blow over well in an actual court setting.
Mueller is criminal and traitor. It’s all about attempting to sway the midterms.
Ping
Unclutch your pearls, honey, no one has testified to anything yet. Sheesh.
I always thought Cohen was never to bright and trying to destroy Trump, to save his own ass is just plain dumb, He should have never went along with the witch hunt. The president is a loyal man and would have pardoned him for anything Mueller frames him on. Now thats all shot to hell. Both Trump and Cohen are NYers and Trump is worshipped by a lot of common people in the city. They will not take to kindly to anyone trying to set up their favorite son, who happens to be the president of tbe United States.
Cohen has been bullied by the corrupt special prosecutor into saying whatever he wants him to say, true or not.
Cohen will, in all likelihood, be facing a disbarment proceeding in the very near future ...
throwback last year when people were saying the point of Mueller was to destroy everyone surrounding POTUS to get something, anything.
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