Post by Old Badger on Jan 17, 2019 23:40:11 GMT -5
"President Donald Trump directed his longtime attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, according to two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter. Trump also supported a plan, set up by Cohen, to visit Russia during the presidential campaign, in order to personally meet President Vladimir Putin and jump-start the tower negotiations. “Make it happen,” the sources said Trump told Cohen...
"Cohen pleaded guilty in November to lying about the deal in testimony and in a two-page statement to the Senate and House intelligence committees. Special counsel Robert Mueller noted that Cohen’s false claim that the project ended in January 2016 was an attempt to 'minimize links between the Moscow Project and Individual 1' — widely understood to be Trump — 'in hopes of limiting the ongoing Russia investigations.' Now the two sources have told BuzzFeed News that Cohen also told the special counsel that after the election, the president personally instructed him to lie — by claiming that negotiations ended months earlier than they actually did — in order to obscure Trump’s involvement.
"The special counsel’s office learned about Trump’s directive for Cohen to lie to Congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization and internal company emails, text messages, and a cache of other documents. Cohen then acknowledged those instructions during his interviews with that office." link
Here's the thing: instructing someone to lie to Congress is a federal crime, punishable by 5 years in prison. This report is not saying that Cohen alone is the source. It's saying that the information comes from multiple witnesses, buttressed by documentary evidence. Let's be clear: this is both indictable and impeachable. If true, this report means that Trump's a crook, and Mueller can prove it. The end of our national nightmare is near.
"Cohen pleaded guilty in November to lying about the deal in testimony and in a two-page statement to the Senate and House intelligence committees. Special counsel Robert Mueller noted that Cohen’s false claim that the project ended in January 2016 was an attempt to 'minimize links between the Moscow Project and Individual 1' — widely understood to be Trump — 'in hopes of limiting the ongoing Russia investigations.' Now the two sources have told BuzzFeed News that Cohen also told the special counsel that after the election, the president personally instructed him to lie — by claiming that negotiations ended months earlier than they actually did — in order to obscure Trump’s involvement.
"The special counsel’s office learned about Trump’s directive for Cohen to lie to Congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization and internal company emails, text messages, and a cache of other documents. Cohen then acknowledged those instructions during his interviews with that office." link
Here's the thing: instructing someone to lie to Congress is a federal crime, punishable by 5 years in prison. This report is not saying that Cohen alone is the source. It's saying that the information comes from multiple witnesses, buttressed by documentary evidence. Let's be clear: this is both indictable and impeachable. If true, this report means that Trump's a crook, and Mueller can prove it. The end of our national nightmare is near.