Michael Cohen pleads guilty, says he lied about Trump's knowledge of Moscow project

By artappraiser on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 11:44am |

By Kara Scanell, Pamela Brown and Erica Orden @ CNN.com, Updated 11:06 AM ET, November 29

[....] Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty Thursday to making false statements to Congress about the Russia investigation in a charge brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Cohen had previously said talks about the Moscow project had ended in January 2016 just prior to the Iowa caucuses.

Cohen waived his right to an indictment when he appeared in a New York federal court.

"In truth and in fact, and as Cohen well knew, Cohen's representations about the Moscow Project he made to (House and Senate intelligence committees) were false and misleading," Mueller's office said in a court filing."Cohen made the false statements to ... give the false impression that the Moscow Project ended before 'the Iowa caucus and....the very first primary,' in hopes of limiting the ongoing Russia investigations," the filing adds.

Trump responded to Cohen's admission at the White House Thursday, calling his former lawyer "very weak.""He's a weak person," Trump said before departing for Buenos Aires, Argentina. "He was convicted with a fairly long-term sentence with things unrelated to the Trump Organization," Trump said, citing Cohen's legal issues with mortgages and the IRS [....]

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In other news, brown paper:

Alderman Burke's law firm represented Trump's businesses for 12 years. https://t.co/d5LHgKLcZP
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 11:45am

story to go with above photo:

Federal agents show up at Ald. Ed Burke's City Hall office, paper over windows | Chicago Sun-Times https://t.co/wioiOvqZrd
— Fran Spielman (@fspielman) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 11:54am

BOOMhttps://t.co/5FU94PFZri pic.twitter.com/HZTNmFTl4l
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) November 29, 2018

Michael Cohen Admits Talks for Trump Over Moscow Tower Occurred Well Into Campaign

By Benjamin Weiser, Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 12:04pm

Giuliani, today: “Michael Cohen is a liar. It's no surprise that Cohen lied to Congress. He's a proven liar...”

Giuliani, last May: “[Cohen] is an honest, honorable lawyer."
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) November 29, 2018

it really never stops being funny that the president is trying to fight off an aggressive and meticulous law enforcement investigation with nothing more than Rudy and tweets
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 12:06pm

Collins applauded Special Counsel Mueller for his good work, telling reporters:

"I'm very glad the special counsel is pursuing those who mislead members of Congress," she said. "I think that the special prosecutor has shown the value of his investigation."
— Marianna Sotomayor (@MariannaNBCNews) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 12:13pm

A key line from President Trump's gaggle with reporters: "There was a good chance that I wouldn't have won, in which case I would have gotten back into the business, and why should I lose lots of opportunities?"
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 12:15pm

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 12:47pm

Preet Bharara:

Notable: presumably Acting AG Whitaker approved the plea agreement and charges of lying to Congress against Michael Cohen, which is damaging to Trump & signals more damage to come.
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) November 29, 2018

Sure. The cancelation has nothing to do with the Cohen plea. https://t.co/Xngis9LKAa
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) November 29, 2018

Seconded https://t.co/9T5m8fmKuk
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) November 29, 2018

retweeted:

This is an amazing answer https://t.co/9V0jBFrNu4
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 29, 2018

This is perhaps the most significant issue I’ve seen raised so far: does Cohen contradict Trump’s recent written answers to Mueller specifically on the Moscow Trump Tower project. If so and Cohen version is corroborated, Trump is guilty of a false statement. https://t.co/PLObA79Al2
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 1:04pm

Trump cancels his meeting with Putin. About an hour ago, he said of the same meeting: "I think it's a very good time to have a meeting." https://t.co/APOMYfpatT
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) November 29, 2018

(Maggie Haberman retweeted)

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 1:19pm

As Cohen enters a new plea, POTUS is doing multiple book promotions aboard AF1 to Argentina for the G29 https://t.co/nTTQ2CdB0o
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 12:27am

early this evening:

The Trump Tower Moscow plan is at the heart of a new plea agreement by Cohen, who led the negotiations to bring a 100-story building to the Russian capital.

This morning, Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the plan in order to protect Trump https://t.co/4UpWeqeSiX
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 12:31am

and developing from that:

Looks like Don Jr is in hot water:

WSJ now reporting: “Investigators obtained emails about the project from late 2015 and January 2016...in which Mr. Cohen communicated with or copied Mr. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., and his daughter, Ivanka Trump”

Compare Don Jr told Senate: https://t.co/3ABZQow3Q9
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 12:39am

Natasha has written up her thoughts into an article:

Why did Cohen lie? Because the truth is evidence that Trump was compromised by Russia while Putin plotted to attack the election. (Offering Trump "lucrative real estate" deals was part of the Kremlin's "cultivation operation" for Trump, per the dossier.) https://t.co/sEOgPLI5rn
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 12:54am

Jeffrey Toobin too (haven't read it yet):

If Trump's written answers to Mueller didn't match Cohen's plea, says Toobin, the president could be in "peril." The Legal Perils That Michael Cohen’s Guilty Plea Poses for Donald Trump https://t.co/nlEVMpkKnr
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 12:57am

This just about sums it all up! https://t.co/ZQCC9lja7I
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) November 29, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 1:07am

Yep. I was wondering if the Chicago raid provided some 3rd party confirmation of Cohen's testimony - if you look under this rock by this tree... as something incriminating not controlled by Cohen.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 1:12am

& then there's the Deutsche Bank raid in Germany. December's gonna be chilly.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 3:23am

another good summary, one I ran across because Rick Wilson "liked" it on Twitter:

"The ridiculous hidden truth about Trump's WH run is that it was a publicity stunt by the reality TV showman to up his brand & cash in. Trump’s desire to make “his” Moscow tower happen during the campaign demonstrates what his real priorities were."https://t.co/hjgS1Ce6SO
— John Schindler (@20committee) November 30, 2018

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/01/2018 - 1:21am

Current #1 most read @ WaPo: ‘Individual 1’: Trump emerges as a central subject of Mueller probe

By Carol D. Leonning and Josh Dawsey @ WashingtonPost.com, November 29 at 7:56 PM

In two major developments this week, President Trump has been labeled in the parlance of criminal investigations as a major subject of interest, complete with an opaque legal code name: “Individual 1.”

New evidence from two separate fronts of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation casts fresh doubts on Trump’s version of key events involving Russia, signaling potential political and legal peril for the president. Investigators have now publicly cast Trump as a central figure of their probe into whether Trump’s campaign conspired with the Russian government during the 2016 campaign.

Together, the documents show investigators have evidence that Trump was in close contact with his lieutenants as they made outreach to both Russia and WikiLeaks — and that they tried to conceal the extent of their activities.

On Thursday, Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress when he insisted that Trump was not pursuing plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow after January 2016, casting Trump’s repeated claims that he had no business interests in Russia in a new light. A draft special counsel document revealed Tuesday also indicates that prosecutors are closely scrutinizing Trump’s interactions with a longtime adviser, Roger Stone, as Stone was allegedly seeking information about WikiLeaks’ plans to release hacked Democratic emails.

Legal experts said it’s still unclear how much peril the president might face as a result of the new evidence Mueller has gathered about the Moscow project and WikiLeaks, but his prominence in the prosecutors’ papers puts the president in an awkward starring role [....]

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 1:14am

especially recommended:

Three Remarkable Things About Michael Cohen's Plea

These developments would, under normal circumstances, end a presidency.

By Ken White Attorney and former federal prosecutor @ TheAtlantic.com, Nov. 29

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 1:52am

What have we learned from this bit of timed stagecraft besides that Mueller's jig is up and that his inquisition is once again back to the nothingburger stand, where it started. We already knew Cohen was a liar and now he admits to being a stupid liar, lying about the Moscow deal that was neither illegal or criminal and would only have been a conflict after the election. Why would the man who said he would take a bullet for Trump lie to congress knowing he would be exposed and face prison time and that the lie was not necessary because there was no crime to cover up?

by Peter (not verified) on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 6:46pm

Sorry, offering Putin a $50 million crib for assisting with hacking his opponent's emails & rigging the election is a far sight short of legal. CRIMES, you dbag. You're excusing crimes - $10s of millions in convictions & plea bargains from Trump's campaign manager, from his deputy campaign manager, from his lawyer of 10+ years, another plea from his National Security Advisor, another plea from his mysterious foreign fixer George Papadopoulos. And now we have stealing an election & conspiracy with a foreign rogue state.

We already know Trump lied about Stormy Daniels & friends & their hush money - a more overt violation of FEC regulations than those that convicted John Edwards. We've seen Trump settle a lawsuit for his scammy fake University, and now he & his kids are being hauled into court over his scammy fake Foundation, along with more bankruptcies of his worldwide money-laundering Trump Towers scams [with partners jackhammering the Trump name off them]. He's overtly violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

But you know all this - you just get off on (or are paid to) stick your fingers in your ears & go la la la la. What're you gonna do when Trump & kids go to jail - find a new hobby, or sulk?

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 8:40pm

What we have learned: someone who believes there is no such thing as truth but only continuous, multiple and self-serving false narratives that serve his narcissism at the moment, and expects an army of surrogates and flunkies to support his delusions of grandeur, is not fit for a position of power of any kind anywhere in the world. And needs to be removed from such a position. (Viz: If he still had a starring role in The Apprentice,rather than the presidency, he would have been fired long ago before he took so many subordinates down. And it is simply due to the pitifully deluded like you that he is still in place.)

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 11:39pm

Another thing "we" have learned:

Conservatives are now divided between those who have character & integrity (even if wrong on many critical issues) and a larger group that is morally & ethically challenged. @stephenfhayes is in the group that has passed the defining political character test of their generation. https://t.co/404SZV2JUY
— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) December 1, 2018

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/01/2018 - 12:14am

Michael Cohen's also been talking with @NewYorkStateAG about a few things, according to his sentencing submission pic.twitter.com/SsZLflzAyz
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) December 1, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 11:55pm

p.s. is a thread that also includes this

I wasn't expecting the @THEREALSWIZZZ, @FloydMayweather, @WillieNelson, @christuckerreal and John Travolta mentions from Michael Cohen pic.twitter.com/rRO6wNeeTk
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) December 1, 2018

and this

A John Liu mention in Michael Cohen's sentencing memo (and also @DineshDSouza)—> pic.twitter.com/kYflrFMzjm
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) December 1, 2018

and this

And Michael Cohen's been talking about Trump's taxes, too, it looks like pic.twitter.com/opzWWRAZP2
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) December 1, 2018

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/01/2018 - 12:31am

and then there's this:

Government Wouldn't Unseal Michael Cohen's Warrants because "Many Uncharged Persons Are Named in the Materials"https://t.co/QcPumAoSzD
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 1, 2018

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/01/2018 - 1:09am

What does Mueller have on Trump?

BY JONATHAN TURLEY, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 12/01/18 10:00 AM EST @ TheHill.com

by artappraiser on Sun, 12/02/2018 - 12:20am

“Message received.” https://t.co/aXlRvZgv5e
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 3, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 11:30am

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 11:53am

Trump is openly threatening Cohen with max jail time for cooperating with Mueller while applauding Stone for his "guts." Has anyone ever been tried for obstruction of justice and witness tampering by tweet?
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) December 3, 2018

What is obstruction? https://t.co/NqZRKqqcBN
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 3, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 12:55pm

Rick doesn't wanna stop, is on a tear:

Dear Media:

Roger is cosplaying.

That is all.

Proceed accordingly.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 3, 2018

How do you think Whitey Bulger got away with so much for so long? https://t.co/hFU1X08vlG
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 3, 2018

Oh, hey, #Individual1, are you *trying* to look guilty af? Becuse you look guilty af. https://t.co/LNlarEOeb6
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 3, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 1:43pm

I'm not sure what message Maggie received but Roger Stone is not alone among the people caught up in Muller's inquisition who are now exposing his terror tactics and joining the counteroffensive. Mike,Take A Bullet,Cohen, is the only one showing his weakness and willingness to help Mueller create the false narrative he needs to smear Trump.

The staged and timed Cohen/Mueller dog and pony show a few days ago may have exposed more than was obvious. We already knew he was a liar but why would he create the stupid lie about the Moscow tower deal and why was he pursuing that deal long after it had collapsed? These questions bring up more questions about his actions before and treatment after the election. Why was he secretly recording his conversations with Trump and why was his the only plea deal that didn't require a written cooperation agreement? We already know there were paid FBI informants/stooges trying to entrap members of Trump's campaign before the election. It's possible that Cohen was flipped long before he was charged for his crimes and he was the mole trying to earn his get out of jail free card by undermining the Trump organization, for you know who..

by Peter (not verified) on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 1:32pm

It's possible that Cohen was flipped long before he was charged for his crimes and he was the mole trying to earn his get out of jail free card by undermining the Trump organization, for you know who..

It's possible the Trilateral Commission is running this whole thing, down to even getting the Brzezinski babe to bewitch Morning Joe and turn him into a Never Trumper.

You sound like you're on a frenzied quest for alternative narratives. Maybe try the Illuminati?

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 1:39pm

P.S. Maggie splains for Peter:

Highest elected official in the country appears to be trying to interfere in the sentencing of former lawyer who has implicated the president in guilty pleas. https://t.co/5RJWg07M1l
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 3, 2018

You could of course, argue that, as part of the plot, an impostor has stolen his Twitter account.

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 1:47pm

You're apparently woefully unobservant. Rick Gates who worked with Manafort and much longer for Trump than Manafort pled guilty, what, a year ago? Mike Flynn pled 1 1/2 years ago? You think Hope Hicks is risking jail to not talk? Reince Priebus? Felix Sater? A lot of canaries in that gold mine. Prolly even Bannon. Oh, and Jeff Sessions, you remember Jeff? bet he's carving Don a new sphincter as I type, 2 years of abuse to atone for... paybacks are hell.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 1:54pm

Here's the real plot, Peter and fans like you need to get used to it, as it's been true since the 80's: Everything Trump touches dies. If you happen to agree with many of the things he promotes with his agitprop, you need to find someone else, it's just that simple.

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 1:55pm

Jonah Goldberg reporting from Never Trump Central:

“Meanwhile, over at the White House, everyone is sweating like they ate gas-station sushi an hour ago and don’t have any change left for the coin-operated bathroom stall.” If you don’t read @JonahNRO , then you just must hate words. https://t.co/DZ1YEQ5afu
— Tim Windsor (@timwindsor) December 2, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 1:19pm

Jonah's more articulate when he's bitching about Republicans.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 1:56pm

The best answer I’ve received so far is that it’s not obstruction because it’s witness tampering. Cool cool cool. https://t.co/RfpKh7gmNF
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 3, 2018

Edit to add:

The husband of a top Trump White House adviser just essentially accused Trump of breaking the law with witness tampering. File under "This is a Big Deal." https://t.co/6n3AzQ1zrh
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 3, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 2:11pm

Again, criminal tweets:

18 USC §1512(b) makes it a federal crime to try to corruptly persuade someone into refusing to testify in an official proceeding.
— JPete (@JforDemocracy) December 3, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 2:19pm

Former director of Office of Gov. Ethics Walter Shaub:

It’s happening in plain sight, folks. pic.twitter.com/AvXNM1Xj6q
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 3, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 2:35pm

“A Flynn sentencing memo is due Tuesday and memos about Manafort and Cohen are slated for Friday.” https://t.co/Qg7hKhUgw0
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 3, 2018

The president is right.

Court documents show Michael Cohen didn’t plead guilty to things related to Trump, only to things related to Individual 1.

https://t.co/skSPw631YB https://t.co/JhCnXDLlFx
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 3, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 7:31pm

Smart @realDonaldTrump.
Why don’t you just lay out Mueller’s case against you for witness tampering and obstruction of justice right here on Twitter.
Anything else you want to say?
The sooner we get this over with the easier it will be. https://t.co/zwMeKhFBoZ
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) December 4, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 8:03pm

@ Lawfare: Is Donald Trump's Tweet About Roger Stone Witness Tampering?

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by artappraiser on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 9:35pm

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