Senate Cancels Meeting With Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen

[spanone]

WASHINGTON — Senate investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election cancelled a Tuesday interview with longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen because they believe Cohen broke an agreement by speaking with the media.

The committee will now subpoena Cohen, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News.

By mutual agreement, according to the source, neither lawmakers nor Cohen's camp were to speak to reporters about the testimony. Committee staffers were upset when Cohen circulated a statement prior to the meeting that included a blanket denial of collusion with Russia.

Cohen, who served as executive vice president and special counsel at the Trump Organization and continues to serve as the president's personal attorney, was scheduled to speak with professional staff of the committee in a private meeting. Cohen confirmed to NBC News this weekend that he would appear before the committee. This spring he said he would only offer testimony if subpoenaed.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-lawyer-cohen-answer-senate-questions-about-russia-n802321

[Wounded Bear]

1. Get him under oath, and out in public...

make him sweat.

[ffr]

2. He's a slippery rat, isn't he?

[oasis]

11. Sez who?

[Ligyron]

20. Oh, I see what you did there...

[TheDebbieDee]

3. They cancelled Paul Manafort's Senate Meeting

JUST AFTER THE SENATE COMMITTEE learned that Manafort's home was raided by the FBI!

[Adrahil]

4. I wonder if it has to do with the story about....

Cohen giving Flynn the "secret plans" to lift the Russian sanctions before Flynn's meeting with the Russians.

[spanone]

5. appears the 'news' is awaiting a statement from the committee...could be

[NightWatcher]

6. So weeks from now will we learn that Mueller got to him last night?

Worlds are about to come crashing down on several people in trump's orbit.

[malaise]

7. Oh My!

Rec

[gratuitous]

8. From an "interview" to a compelled appearance presumably under oath

That's not a real good progression, if you're Cohen. Or his client.

[SunSeeker]

9. Good. Get it in public. Fuck that treasonous bastard. nt

[Madam45for2923]

10. May everything they do backfire and may the backfiring start happening at light speed.

A freaking men!

[Mr. Ected]

12. The Senate and House investigations are quasi-political

Mueller's investigation is not.

I would prefer that all testimony be given at the special counsel's bequest. I understand that there are many, many good and decent Democrats in Congress on these committees that would act in the country's best interests, but I don't trust the Republicans as far as I can spit. From day one, they've tried to push the "who's the leaker?" scenario, or the "Chris Steele had an agenda" scenario as a diversion from the true investigation. The mere fact that Devin Nunes still presides over his committee, or Grassley his, tells me everything I need to know about these so-called Congressional investigations.

Mueller or bust. Let Congress get their mitts on these cretins AFTER they testify for Mueller, not before.

[safeinOhio]

13. Bet he is not looking forward to

Senator Harris questions.

[flamingdem]

14. Aha! We're now in the "Cohen of Uncertainty"

Should be a hurricane of news shortly.

[MsLeopard]

16. DUzy!!

[Zoonart]

17. I saw what you did there.

[Nitram]

15. For lawyers, Trump attorneys are pretty stupid.

[LudwigPastorius]

18. A C student who passs the bar is just as much a lawyer as an A student who passes the bar.

That's what a lawyer told me once.

Another one was, a lawyer doesn't have to be smart, he just has to convince someone else that he is smart.

[spanone]

19. they ordered cohen NOT to talk to the media before his appearance....so he talked to the media

and he's a lawyer.

[Amaryllis]

22. Wonder if this could be a delay tactic? He put off testimony for five weeks by doing this.

[Nitram]

23. You give him way too much credit for intelligence and ability to plan ahead.

He's a Trump supporter, right? 'Nuff said.

[DK504]

21. Sounds like they got this asshole cold.

They don't need his input, his goose is cooked.

Hee Hee.

[spanone]

24. he agreed with the terms then released a statement to the media....typical trump-style thinking

these fuckers all think they're above the law...