Cohen deal intensifies scrutiny on Trump business dealings

[FreeinChrist]

Cohen deal intensifies scrutiny on Trump business dealings

The decision by President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen to plead guilty and cooperate with special counsel Robert Muellerhas intensified the focus on Trump’s business dealings.

Cohen on Thursday admitted to lying to Congress about his and Trump’s involvement in plans to build a Trump property in Moscow, which prosecutors signaled represented a deliberate effort to “minimize links” between Trump and the project and to limit the ongoing Russia investigations.

The developments have raised new questions about Trump's business dealings in Moscow and whether they have any connection to Russia’s effort to interfere in the 2016 election, putting the president on defense amid a high-stakes trip to the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Buenos Aires. And they’ve electrified Democrats in Congress who are readying themselves for new investigations into the Trump business apparatus in the New Year.​

 

[FreeinChrist]

Cohen was in ‘close and regular contact’ with Trump White House staff, legal team while crafting misstatement to Congress

President Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen was in “close and regular contact” with White House staff and Trump’s legal team while he was crafting misstatements to Congress, according to a new court filing late Friday night.

Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday to making misstatements before congressional intelligence committees while testifying about his contacts with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign.

In the court filing in the Southern District of New York, Cohen’s lawyers wrote that the false statements “sprung regrettably from Michael’s effort, as a loyal ally and then-champion” to help push forward Trump’s political messaging.

Cohen followed the political messaging that Trump, identified as Client-1 in the documents, his staff and supporters “repeatedly and forcefully broadcast.”

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[cow451]

Trumpileaks....

 

[KCfromNC]

What's it called again when the members of a criminal conspiracy start turning on each other to save themselves?

 

[JackRT]

What's it called again when the members of a criminal conspiracy start turning on each other to save themselves?

That's a very good question. After searching my verbal data banks the only word that springs to mind is "boondoggle".

 

[Allandavid]

What's it called again when the members of a criminal conspiracy start turning on each other to save themselves?

Hmmm....rats.....sinking ship....?

 

[TLK Valentine]

Hmmm....rats.....sinking ship....?

Such a comparison might get you reported for ad hom against the rat community.

 

[KCfromNC]

Hmmm....rats.....sinking ship....?

"The best people..."

 

[Kentonio]

It’s really been a bad week for Trump. Let’s hope it continues next week.