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Ivanka: "She Was Not Involved"
She Was Not Involved: E-mails Show Ivankas Lawyer Asked for Changes to Michael Cohens Congressional TestimonyA previously unreported e-mail exchange alleges how attorney Abbe Lowell suggested changes to Cohens testimony that would distance Ivanka from the Moscow Tower deal.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/03/how-ivankas-lawyer-sought-to-influence-cohens-testimony
Not terribly long into Michael Cohens public testimony before Congress last monthafter he referred to President Donald Trump as a cheat, racist, and con man, but before he showed the Oversight Committee financial documents that he said proved his former boss manipulated his assets in order to deceive banks and insurance companiesCohen took a moment to apologize. When he last appeared on Capitol Hill, Cohen had lied about a Moscow real-estate project Trump pursued while seeking the Republican presidential nomination. To align with Trumps denials of any business dealings with Russia, Cohen told Congress that his negotiations ended before February, 2016, when in fact they had stretched well into June.
The last time I appeared before Congress, I came to protect Mr. Trump, he said. Today, Im here to tell the truth about Mr. Trump.
Cohen, who has been sentenced to three years in prison, also made another explosive claim. President Trump, he said, had spoken in code to prompt Cohen to lie about the Moscow project. Moreover, Cohen said, his false testimony was coordinated with the presidents attorneys. Trumps personal lawyers reviewed and edited my statement to Congress about the timing of the Moscow Tower negotiations before I gave it, he said in his prepared remarks. At the time, Cohen had a joint defense agreement with the president, so the document was reviewed by Trumps attorney, Jay Sekulow, as well as Abbe Lowell, the lawyer representing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. According to Cohen, neither attorney raised objections to the document, which included his false statement about the Moscow project.
Sekulow issued a statement protesting Cohens assertions: Todays testimony by Michael Cohen that attorneys for the president edited or changed his statement to Congress to alter the duration of the Trump Tower Moscow negotiations is completely false. But Cohen had communications detailing these alleged edits, some of which lawmakers requested in a closed-door hearing with the House Intelligence Committee the following week. One document, which I have reviewed, was an e-mail exchange between Cohen and his then attorney, Stephen Ryan, outlining changes that Ryan said Lowell had asked them to make in order to distance Ivanka from the Moscow deal. Attached to the e-mail were drafts he said were Lowell's suggested edits. The extent of Lowells involvement has not been previously reported.
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Ivanka: "She Was Not Involved" (Original Post)
canetoad
Mar 2019
OP
Mueller's not done. His Grand Jury is still active. Barr fabricated his summary of the report.
lagomorph777
Mar 2019
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trusty elf
(7,347 posts)1. ...
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)2. We all know she is a total innocent.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)3. Stories like this used to give me hope that it was a
piece of a bigger puzzle that could be used to lead to some kind of criminal or legal jeopardy for Ivanka.
But now that Mueller's done...no possible remedies? Saddest think about it all. No Mueller, impeachment off table. Nothing to keep them from getting away with murder now.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. Mueller's not done. His Grand Jury is still active. Barr fabricated his summary of the report.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)5. Funny part is that it's all finite now. If he does something TODAY
He gets away with it.
So many countless times did we say...oh bet Mueller knows that...part of the puzzle.