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Ever since the Steele Dossier was published Michael Cohen has denied that he has ever been in or near Prague in the Czech Republic. But most people thought he was lying.
This week McClatchey reported that there is convincing evidence that his cell phone was used near Prague in 2016, so we thought this was proof that Cohen has been lying all along about the Prague visit.
But now there is speculation that Cohen is telling the truth. The thinking is that he himself was not in or near Prague in 2016, but someone else from the Trump campaign was there with one of his cell phones.
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And Ivanas father lived near Prague and was visited by Don Jr. many times during his childhood. So for Don Jr. to visit Prague would not be surprising or suspicious, since he has been going there his whole life.
Check out the rest, here, which lays down a plausible claim that Traitor Tot usd Cohen's burner phone.
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/12/29/don-jr-may-have-gone-to-prague-not-michael-cohen.html
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Renew Deal
(81,844 posts)But it would be the first known mistake in the Dossier.
Still, can Don Jr be placed at the meeting with Russians?
empedocles
(15,751 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,163 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)What if Don Jr. used one of Cohen's burner phones? He had like 20 of them.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Don Jr. is fluent in Czech and visits often.
This could explain Cohen's bizarre tweet. He says he wasn't in Prague, but Mueller knows everything. Maybe he his reference to Mueller is that he knows Don Jr. was actually the one there.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)calimary
(81,085 posts)And hed have a perfect alibi.
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)which makes it even more intriguing.
TheBlackAdder
(28,163 posts).
It's not only that it pinged outside Prague, when it was probably turned on, it must have been turned on at the airport security lines too.
It can't be tracked to travel logs?
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WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)but instead came in on a private plane.
LakeSuperiorView
(1,533 posts)YMMV, but checking every phone would take a lot of extra time. I would not put much faith in that theory.
Yosemito
(648 posts)Cohen was in Europe, and was in a position to go to the Czech Republic without leaving a trace in his passport because you can travel freely within countries there.
Looks like Cohen was in Prague.
Plus why would Trump sacrifice his son by giving Cohen an alibi?
TheBlackAdder
(28,163 posts).
If Cohen traveled there, at that time, by himself, it would be easy to connect the dots.
If there are multiple people traveling to the Prague area, the ability to prove who it was adds reasonable doubt.
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manor321
(3,344 posts)allgood33
(1,584 posts)I am certain Mueller knows exactly who it was.
katmondoo
(6,454 posts)Yosemito
(648 posts)"During the same period of late August or early September, electronic eavesdropping by an Eastern European intelligence agency picked up a conversation among Russians, one of whom remarked that Cohen was in Prague, two people familiar with the incident said."
Read more here: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/investigations/article219016820.html#storylink=cpy
Iggo
(47,534 posts)"So for Don Jr. to visit Prague would not be surprising or suspicious, since he has been going there his whole life."
Why create suspicion where there wouldn't have been any?
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)That's my opinion.
Jarqui
(10,119 posts)talking to phone numbers linked to the Russians
and Trump Jr or whoever has been lying about it, then Trump has a significant problem arguing no conspiracy because some of his folks would have been caught lying about it.
Whether it was Cohen, Don Jr or someone else close to Trump, this is not good news for them.
If the Steele dossier misidentified Cohen because his burner phone was used, sorry but that is not too terrible an error.
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)ffr
(22,665 posts)Cohen was said to have 16 cellphones seized.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)What doesn't make sense is Cohen continuing to lie, particularly after he got a deal for just 3 years in prison. Mueller seemed pleased with him; those 3 years didn't come from him but from SDNY. Now he says Mueller knows everything, and he's most likely right.
It may be and probably is Junior, or it could be someone else. But I no longer think it was Cohen. That doesn't put Cohen in the clear; it was his phone that he must have given to someone.