Cohen spoke to Mueller team for hours; asked about Russia, possible collusion

[JohnBasedow]

The special counsel’s questioning of Cohen, one of the president’s closest associates over the past decade, has focused primarily on all aspects of Trump's dealings with Russia -- including financial and business dealings and the investigation into alleged collusion with Russia by the Trump campaign and its surrogates to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.

Investigators were also interested in knowing, the sources say, whether Trump or any of his associates discussed the possibility of a pardon with Cohen.

 

[JohnBasedow]

Now we know why the Mueller hired such a large team. It takes an army of attorneys to interview all the flippers.

 

[ping72]

Tick tick tick

 

[Huey Grey]

Anyone know why Trump seems so chipper with the Kavanaugh accusation? This is why. He loves that Russia is 2nd page news right now.

 

[JohnBasedow]

By the way, interesting nugget in there regarding questioning of a pardon dangle to Cohen. Manafort’s plea agreement language led people to believe there was a pardon dangle made to him that Mueller’s team found out about.

Sloppy Rudy should have been more careful.

 

[Joes Place]

Mueller's gonna need to put up a Sea World sign, there's so many Flippers swimmin' around the place....

 

[Titanhawk2]

How is it we know what Mueller asked? Are these aired on C-Span?

 

[ICHawk-I]

From the article:

ABC News has also learned that Cohen is also cooperating with a separate probe by New York state authorities into the inner workings of the Trump family charity and the Trump Organization, where Cohen served as an executive vice president and special counsel to Trump for 10 years.

Wasn't just recently Don Jr. said he wasn't afraid of jail?

This should have Don Jr. peeing down his leg. Daddy can't pardon these charges.

Between Cohen and Allen Weisselberg, Mueller and the NY guys should have an easy time putting together any potential crimes.

 

[Bonerfarts]

How is it we know what Mueller asked? Are these aired on C-Span?

Remember: Mueller does not leak. All of this is from Team Cohen. That said If anyone is curious why Stephanopoulos keeps getting exclusive Cohen news, it's probably because they know each other from working on Dukakis' campaign.

 

[BigDelHawk]

You guys are all so convinced Trump is dirty. Has been working with the Russian Mafia for decades, laundering money, right?

 

[Joes Place]

You guys are all so convinced Trump is dirty. Has been working with the Russian Mafia for decades, laundering money, right?

He has connections with Russian oligarchs dating back 2-3 decades.
Russian oligarchs are most assuredly tied in with the Russian mafia and Putin.

All of those are pretty well established factual statements.

 

[BigDelHawk]

He has connections with Russian oligarchs dating back 2-3 decades.
Russian oligarchs are most assuredly tied in with the Russian mafia and Putin.

All of those are pretty well established factual statements.

Soooo, this is pretty much just conjecture that has been stated in the Media, and is just now stated as fact, right? Because the Steele Dosier has been proven to be a bunch of made up shit. Although, I may be completely wrong?

 

[Joes Place]

Soooo, this is pretty much just conjecture that has been stated in the Media, and is just now stated as fact, right?

No. What I have posted for you is facts.

What is "conjecture" is whether oligarchs and Putin were directly engaged with him on fixing or interfering in the election.

His own son even stated that a "major portion" of their revenues/money came from Russian interests.

 

[Joes Place]

Because the Steele Dosier has been proven to be a bunch of made up shit. Although, I may be completely wrong?

Indeed. You are completely wrong.

Facts in the Steele Dossier have proven to be correct/true/substantiated. Not ALL of them, but as of right now, there is no evidence falsifying anything in the document. What is fact is that not EVERYTHING in that document has been corroborated. But anything they have found additional evidence on, has been corroborated. The rest is up in the air. But none of it has been disproven.

 

[JohnBasedow]

Soooo, this is pretty much just conjecture that has been stated in the Media, and is just now stated as fact, right? Because the Steele Dosier has been proven to be a bunch of made up shit.

“Buyers connected to Russia or former Soviet republics made 86 all-cash sales — totaling nearly $109 million — at 10 Trump-branded properties in South Florida and New York City, according to a new analysis shared with McClatchy. Many of them made purchases using shell companies designed to obscure their identities.”

Ps name one thing in the Steele Dossier that has been definitively proven false?

 

[BigDelHawk]

No. What I have posted for you is facts.

What is "conjecture" is whether oligarchs and Putin were directly engaged with him on fixing or interfering in the election.

His own son even stated that a "major portion" of their revenues/money came from Russian interests.

I see, but, it just doesn't add up that Trump would take a meeting with someone he didn't know when he had all these tight contacts with the Russian Oligarchs. I mean, if they were all so buddy/buddy, they could have done it over cognac.

 

[Joes Place]

I see, but, it just doesn't add up that Trump would take a meeting with someone he didn't know when he had all these tight contacts with the Russian Oligarchs.

Because US intel KNOWS most of the oligarchs work with/for Putin, that's EXACTLY why they needed to set a meeting up with someone with "allegedly" no connections.

 

[BigDelHawk]

Because US intel KNOWS most of the oligarchs work with/for Putin, that's EXACTLY why they needed to set a meeting up with someone with "allegedly" no connections.

Sounds like a good novel.

BTW, nothing in the Steele Dosier has been proven true either. And, if this was court, Trump would sail through. They have nothing.

 

[Joes Place]

Sounds like a good novel.

BTW, nothing in the Steele Dosier has been proven true either.

Yes, it has. Quite a few key facts have been corroborated from it.
If "nothing had been corroborated", then it would have been useless to cite in any FISA applications. FBI agents and judges ain't too keen on 'unsubstantiated/single source' stuff when approving surveillance of US citizens.

 

[BigDelHawk]

Yes, it has. Quite a few key facts have been corroborated from it.
If "nothing had been corroborated", then it would have been useless to cite in any FISA applications. FBI agents and judges ain't too keen on 'unsubstantiated/single source' stuff when approving surveillance of US citizens.

Oh yeah, the stuff they corroborated on the Internet? Actually lied about the source?

 

[Joes Place]

They have nothing.

Clearly. That's why he's so frantic to shut it all down. And discredit anything discovered from it.

Exactly how "innocent" people act, rite?

 

[Joes Place]

Oh yeah, the stuff they corroborated on the Internet?

No

 

[Joes Place]

Oh yeah, the stuff they corroborated on the Internet? Actually lied about the source?

Protip: Consider using something other than "Fox & Friends" as your news source on this topic. It seems you have the propaganda points down-pat, but are pretty uninformed on the actual facts.

 

[JohnBasedow]

Sounds like a good novel.

BTW, nothing in the Steele Dosier has been proven true either. And, if this was court, Trump would sail through. They have nothing.

Dossier Claim: Russia Meddled

Revelation: The U.S. intelligence apparatus concluded that Russia interfered in 2016’s election in a report released in January 2017. Though Steele’s name is not mentioned in that report, it does back up his reporting that Russia was actively interfering in the election process.

Dossier Claim: Russia Had Dirt on Clinton and DNC

Revelation: Much of the dossier is devoted not only to Trump but to Russia’s—specifically Putin’s—distaste for former Secretary of State Clinton. “Putin motivated by fear and hatred of Hillary Clinton,” one line of the dossier reads. Another line said: “The two sides had a mutual interest in defeating Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, whom President Putin apparently both hated and feared.”

Steele later cites one source as stating Russia that was behind the leak of hacked Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails to WikiLeaks.

The U.S. intelligence community confirmed not only that Russia had tried to meddle in the election but that it was the source of the hacked DNC emails released by WikiLeaks.

More: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-russia-dossier-true-proven-929839

 

[Joes Place]

Dossier Claim: Russia Meddled

Revelation: The U.S. intelligence apparatus concluded that Russia interfered in 2016’s election in a report released in January 2017. Though Steele’s name is not mentioned in that report, it does back up his reporting that Russia was actively interfering in the election process.

Dossier Claim: Russia Had Dirt on Clinton and DNC

Revelation: Much of the dossier is devoted not only to Trump but to Russia’s—specifically Putin’s—distaste for former Secretary of State Clinton. “Putin motivated by fear and hatred of Hillary Clinton,” one line of the dossier reads. Another line said: “The two sides had a mutual interest in defeating Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, whom President Putin apparently both hated and feared.”

Steele later cites one source as stating Russia that was behind the leak of hacked Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails to WikiLeaks.

The U.S. intelligence community confirmed not only that Russia had tried to meddle in the election but that it was the source of the hacked DNC emails released by WikiLeaks.

More: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-russia-dossier-true-proven-929839

FYI: Dutch intel folks watched the Russian hackers in realtime, as well.

 

[MitchL]

Oh yeah, the stuff they corroborated on the Internet? Actually lied about the source?

Might be in your best interests to sit the rest of this one out.

You're being brutalized.

 

[lucas80]

In before the bots are deployed. I couldn't beat the stupid in this thread, but at least I made it before the programmers at Breitbart and Drudge deployed their bots.

 

[lucas80]

Soooo, this is pretty much just conjecture that has been stated in the Media, and is just now stated as fact, right? Because the Steele Dosier has been proven to be a bunch of made up shit. Although, I may be completely wrong?

Krusty is coming, Krusty is coming.

 

[lucas80]

I think one of the critical things about Cohen talking is that he is talking to the New York AG, too. That means it's going to be hard for Trump to block this investigation, and it more than likely means multiple members of the family are being looked at. Cohen was intimately involved in the financial dealings of Little Don, Ivanka, and Eric Trump.

 

[JohnBasedow]

I think one of the critical things about Cohen talking is that he is talking to the New York AG, too. That means it's going to be hard for Trump to block this investigation, and it more than likely means multiple members of the family are being looked at. Cohen was intimately involved in the financial dealings of Little Don, Ivanka, and Eric Trump.

I would pay anything to see Donald Jr in prison. He is such a DB.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

Sounds like a good novel.

BTW, nothing in the Steele Dosier has been proven true either. And, if this was court, Trump would sail through. They have nothing.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Everyone knows trump is as pure as the driven snow:

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Everyone knows trump is as pure as the driven snow:

The snow that Trump family is pure as.