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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussian spokesman says there were contacts (w/Cohen) on Trump Tower, but they 'disappeared'
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/russian-spokesman-says-there-were-contacts-trump-tower-they-disappeared-n942651A spokesman for Russias government said Saturday that only two emails and a phone call took place between President Donald Trumps former personal lawyer Michael Cohen and Russian officials about a planned Trump Tower project.
But Russian officials gave the exchanges no more attention than any other business proposition, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Argentina.
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Peskov said there were two emails and one telephone call, returned telephone call, asking what they wanted and why they wanted to be in contact with [the Russian] presidential administration.
He said we told them that Russian presidential administration is not dealing with construction works but they could arrange contacts with potential Russian counterparts at an economic forum in St. Petersburg.
But Russian officials gave the exchanges no more attention than any other business proposition, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Argentina.
...
Peskov said there were two emails and one telephone call, returned telephone call, asking what they wanted and why they wanted to be in contact with [the Russian] presidential administration.
He said we told them that Russian presidential administration is not dealing with construction works but they could arrange contacts with potential Russian counterparts at an economic forum in St. Petersburg.
Missing? Ah. Meaning Cohen/trump stopped contact
Another source:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6451309/amp/Russian-spokesperson-says-Michael-Cohen-sent-two-emails-building-Trump-Tower-Moscow.html
A spokesperson for Russia revealed on Saturday that Michael Cohen 'disappeared' after his two emails regarding then-presidential candidate Donald Trump potentially building a property in Moscow were returned with one phone call telling him that's not his department.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov revealed the emails from Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, to reporters from the G20 Summit in Beunos Aires on Friday.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov revealed the emails from Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, to reporters from the G20 Summit in Beunos Aires on Friday.
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Russian spokesman says there were contacts (w/Cohen) on Trump Tower, but they 'disappeared' (Original Post)
Roland99
Dec 2018
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Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)1. Dead?
Also convenient.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)3. MIA?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)4. Confusing headline but it wasn't mine. Referred to end of contact
Edited OP
Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)5. Thanks for the clarification
Roland99
(53,342 posts)6. No prob. Btw. Bots are flailing about the opposite on Twitter now
A lot of bots are posting links to zerohedge, infowars and newswars stating that mueller withheld exonerating info re: Cohen and the Kremlin. That Cohen never contacted them
TheBlackAdder
(28,076 posts)2. They accidentally fell out of the 4th floor window of the server farm.
spanone
(135,636 posts)7. 'But Russian officials gave the exchanges no more attention than any other business proposition'
TOTAL BULLSHIT the potential 'president' and they gave it no more attention than any other business proposition?