Cohen: Trump Knew I Called Kremlin for Help With Trump Tower Moscow

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



The president downplays his knowledge of the project, but his ex-fixer says he knew a lot—and that a cover-up before Congress was crafted while talking to Trump’s lawyers.

Justin Miller
12.01.18 2:32 AM ET


Another bombshell lobbed by Michael Cohen exploded late Friday night: He says he told Donald Trump about a phone call to the Kremlin asking for the Russian government’s help to build a Trump Tower in Moscow in 2016.

And Cohen also claims he was talking to Trump’s lawyers and White House staff in 2017 while he crafted a misleading statement to Congress seeking to cover up the truth about the Moscow project and the level of Trump’s involvement.

The twin accusations were made late Friday by Cohen’s lawyers in a case being prosecuted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. They were contained in a sentencing memo in which Cohen asked for a no-jail sentence in exchange for his cooperation with Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Cohen told the House and Senate intelligence committees last year that he only briefed Trump three times about the plan to build a 100-story skyscraper in Russia’s capital. Cohen also said his general inquiry to the Kremlin went unanswered.

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[blugbox]

1. Of all things to downplay your knowledge of...

Sure, i can see dump saying he barely knew a guy or he was a coffee boy, but how in the hell can he claim to not know about a 100 story skyscraper with his name on it going up in Russia's capital, with a $50 million dollar penthouse gong to Putin??

I thought that was literally his whole life. He didn't know about it?? Worst business man I've ever heard of.

[ginnyinWI]

2. He never met a lie he didn't try to tell! n/t

[Judi Lynn]

9. Good one! n/t

[groundloop]

4. Tiny is such a micro-manager and so paranoid, he certainly approved every detail

Tiny is SO fucked.

[Stuart G]

8. I wonder if Tiny knows how really fucked he is?

Do you suppose he really can for see the end to this ? That he will resign, and his "group" will end up in jail?

[blueinredohio]

3. Hope he has proof.

[Merlot]

6. They have proof or Mueller would not have accepted cohens plea

[Flaleftist]

12. He did have a habit of recording phone calls.

Hopefully, that conversation was one of them.

[beachbum bob]

5. "knew" is NOT evidence and we gotta hope he actually has PROOF

[people]

7. Did Cohen help Muller in other ways?

I'm wondering whether Cohen's provision of knowledge to Mueller re Trump's collusion extends beyond Trump's knowledge of the efforts re Trump tower Moscow and Trump's attorneys' help in crafting Cohen's false testimony to congress. Was hoping Cohen was able to help also re the stolen emails from the Democrats and whether Trump promised to get rid of sanctions against Russia in exchange for permission to build Trump tower Moscow and for the U.S. presidency. If Cohen's lawyers only cited his help re Trump tower Moscow and payments to women in their memo to the court asking for no jail time for Cohen it may mean those two area are the only ones where Cohen was helpful to Mueller.

[Stuart G]

10. k and r...for exposure...nt

[sarcasmo]

11. The common theme with these witches, they all lie.