Cohen lawyer backpedals on Trump-Russia claims, as bombshell reports called into question

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Michael Cohen’s lawyer is backpedaling on bombshell claims he made in recent weeks about his client's knowledge of President Trump's supposed awareness of Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election.





Lanny Davis, a longtime Clinton confidant who now represents the ex-Trump attorney, had been a source for reports saying his client had information that the president knew in advance about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting involving Donald Trump Jr. and Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya. Davis also suggested that Cohen had “direct knowledge” of Russia hacking into emails of Democratic power players.

But now, Davis is walking back his statements, telling The Washington Post that he “should have been more clear” that he “could not independently confirm what happened.”


He said in a separate statement Monday to Fox News: "I take the responsibility for not communicating more clearly my uncertainty. I regret the error."


Caught stretching the trueth until it breaks. They should learn to keep their mouths shut and let the facts speak for themselves
SOURCE URL: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/27/cohen-lawyer-backpedals-on-trump-russia-claims-as-bombshell-reports-called-into-question.html


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  • Posted by Dobrien 5 years, 7 months ago
    Thanks for posting. Follow the money and the stench of Lanny Davis.
    https://www.salon.com/2015/06/08/excl...
    He is an evil man.
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    • Posted by $ allosaur 5 years, 7 months ago
      The end of that linked article asks, "Who do the Clintons work for?"
      Me dino sez, "For thems$lve$."
      And for having read that article, me dino realizes that, beyond ripping off Haiti, $hillary is all the more (at least for her Caribbean capers) Cackles The Evil Hag than I thought she was.
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      • Posted by $ Suzanne43 5 years, 7 months ago
        Absolutely! You've got that right. It's a given that the Clintons would sell out the country and friends for money, but I think that they would sell out each other, too.
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        • Posted by Dobrien 5 years, 7 months ago
          Hi Suzanne,
          Yes but replace would with did.
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          • Posted by $ Suzanne43 5 years, 7 months ago
            You are right. I stand corrected.
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            • Posted by Dobrien 5 years, 7 months ago
              ▶Anonymous 08/29/18 (Wed) 17:30:33 fe21dc (2) No.2788727>>2788781
              File (hide): 9e50b2e4a92ff51⋯.png (1008.38 KB, 1242x1590, 207:265, Screen Shot 2018-08-29 at ….png) (h) (u)

              Adding to my prior post in Notables 2787559,
              Q asks:
              Who discovered the Chinese link to HRC's server(s)?
              Who reported the discovery?
              Who inserted the discovery into the PDB?
              Paper-trail.
              Who reported the discovery?:
              Who discovered the Chinese link to HRC's server(s)?
              "A former intelligence officer with expertise in cybersecurity who spoke to TheDCNF on condition of anonymity said two members of the ICIG, investigator Frank Rucker and attorney Janette McMillan, met repeatedly with FBI officials to warn them of the Chinese intrusion."
              The intelligence community was aware of the problem, met with the FBI. Did anyone else hear about this?
              "The source said the Chinese state-owned firm linked to the hacking served was a “front group” for the Chinese government based in a Washington, D.C. suburb in Northern Virginia."
              However, in July 2015, the FBI issued a criminal referral to the Justice Department warning that classified information for Clinton’s server may have been disclosed to a foreign power or to one of its agents.
              Then-FBI Deputy Director Mark F. Giuliano sent a follow-up memo on July 21, 2015, to President Barack Obama’s deputy attorney general, Sally Yates, about two conversations he had with her about the referral.
              Former FBI Director James Comey acknowledged in his recent book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” that the FBI’s well known probe of Clinton’s server was a criminal investigation.
              And Comey acknowledged to Congress that despite Clinton’s claims to the contrary, she transmitted classified information on the unauthorized and unsecured serve"
              Who inserted the discovery into the PDB?:
              According to her bio, "Ms. Ugoretz oversaw intelligence products and briefings for the FBI Director and the Attorney General, as well as FBI analysts’ contributions to the President’s Daily

              Bottom line, everyone was aware of the Chinese "hack" yet nothing was done because it would go against the narrative of framing @POTUS, making claims he was in cahoots with the Commies. Everything is for sale when it comes to the Clintons
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  • Posted by mshupe 5 years, 7 months ago
    Like he ever had any credibility?
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    • Posted by 5 years, 7 months ago
      He has credibility up the wa-zu with the left. Why do you think he was selected to pass the phony info (aka lies) to the MSM and in particular to CNN?What they didn't count on was him having to retract his statements because somebody in high places new the truth and would not let the lies stand.
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      • Posted by exceller 5 years, 7 months ago
        It is not credibility that counts for the left. It is who is willing to put up a façade of lies, innuendos and most of all "resistance" against the president and whatever he does. That is what counts. In that department Lanny is a dependable and useful idiot.
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  • Posted by term2 5 years, 7 months ago
    The liberals just want trump out , however it can be done. I get it. It’s disgusting . I will vote OUT any and all establishment politicians for the foreseeable future. I f trump gets impeached , I will lose all interest in the USA and let it crash under the liveral rule as quickly as possible. It will be time to go GALT
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