Buzzfeed: President Trump Directed Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project

[Ricky LIbtardo]

The same libtard rag that published the fake dossier. That reporter never saw any evidence. Just make it up as you go.

Buzzfeed reports, libtardos are idiots. I believe them.

The story is being reported by MULTIPLE sources & I would wager most, if not all of these sources actually VET their information, unlike the jackass in The White House.

Ya, just like buzzfeed vet the steele dossier.

 

[Hellokitty]

What happened to the bombshell on Manafort visiting Assange media said they had pictures, and proof of Cohen having been in Prague media said they had phone records?

 

[BWK]

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word...d-his-lawyer-to-lie-to-congress-1428061251891

This is the beginning of the end for Trump. If true, 'obstruction of justice by anybody's standards'

This is a slam dunk for obstruction of justice and possible conspiracy.

 

[JimH52]

FOX had Newt on this morning calling the report all false....really reliable....

But if Mueller has solid corroborating evidence...the shoes will begin to start falling...either the Senate Repubs stick with and go down with trump...or they think about their career and say..."Have you no shame?"

 

[percysunshine]

Sure...if we can believe Cohen....hmmm...

 

[Denizen]

There is said to be documentary evidence including witness statements of Trump administration officials.

There are so many layers of dirt on Donald Trump scraping a dirt layer off exposes even more foul dirt, ad infinitum.

Trump's layers of dirt are like nests of Russian Matryoshka dolls.

Here's why Trump should worry about the latest report on his directing Cohen to lie to Congress

It's not merely Cohen accusing Trump of ordering him to lie

Trump's shady lawyer Michael Cohen is known to lie about important things — that's probably what he's most known for. That's why Trump's team responded with snark: “If you believe Cohen I can get you a great deal on the Brooklyn Bridge.”

But if BuzzFeed's sources are telling the truth, one doesn't have to believe Cohen in order to believe Trump told Cohen to lie.

Here's the key sentence: "The special counsel’s office learned about Trump’s directive for Cohen to lie to Congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization and internal company emails, text messages, and a cache of other documents. Cohen then acknowledged those instructions during his interviews with that office."

If this is accurate, it means more than one Trump Organization employee accused Trump of this, and that printed records may confirm it — all before Cohen confirmed it. That would be pretty solid evidence against the president.

Of course, I'd want to see the texts, emails, and other documents before assuming they show what these anonymous sources say they show.

Telling someone to lie to Congress is obstruction, according to Trump's attorney general nominee

I've been skeptical about the other legal arguments against Trump. The campaign finance argument regarding Trump's payoffs to a porn star seemed like a legal stretch. The idea that firing Comey was corrupt never seemed proven. The whole notion of "collusion" has been left fairly vague.

But instructing someone to lie to investigators looks a lot like obstruction of justice. That's at least the opinion of William Barr, Trump's nominee to be attorney general.

In a memo Barr wrote in June 2018, "obstruction laws prohibit a range of 'bad acts' — such as tampering with a witness...." He also wrote "if a President knowingly destroys or alters evidence, suborns perjury , or induces a witness to change testimony, or commits any act deliberately impairing the integrity or availability of evidence, then he, like anyone else, commits the crime of obstruction."

The relevant language, distilled: "if a President knowingly ... suborns perjury ... then he ... commits the crime of obstruction."

 

[Ricky LIbtardo]

The same libtard rag that published the fake dossier. That reporter never saw any evidence. Just make it up as you go.

Buzzfeed reports, libtardos are idiots. I believe them.

Dossier was commissioned by republicans, and has actually been partially verified.

Ya, and Hillaryous paid Russian spies for fake news. But you don't give a shit. We actually have evidence Hillaryous "colluded" with Russians, paid them, and got her lapdogs at FBI and DOJ to let her off the hook.

You know it too.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Another beginning of the end thread

 

[edward37]

Yesterday was a helluva day. On the back of the news that the intelligence services are no investigating Trump not just for collusion to get into the White House but as an ongoing Russian asset, we had three things happens.
1) Mitch McConnell, speaker of the Senate, ushered the majority of Republican senators into the chamber to lift Russian sanctions!!! They can't pass the bill they already passed a month ago that Trump refused to sign that would reopen govt, but they can help the Russians instead.
2) The Trump's pick for top lawman in the land, AG pick William Barr told Congress that he will jail journalists for "putting out stuff that hurt the country. " This is the man who also told Congress he will ignore any committee that tells him what to do, ethics or otherwise. He knows best.
3) Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, says that Donald Trump told him to lie to Congress. It has since been backed up by several others. Suborning perjury is one of the articles used to impeach Nixon and Clinton. Russia collusion or not, we are at impeachment's door. McConnell won't allow it.

Ladies and Gentleman, there is a coup going on, slow and open.McConnell has already said he will not impeach regardless of what Congress votes, he is keeping the government shut, yet he lifts the Russian sanctions and the AG nominee has openly threatened to jail journalists for reporting against Trump.

Democracy under attack.

 

[Indeependent]

MULTIPLE Sources!!!
It MUST be TROO!

 

[JimH52]

What happened to the bombshell on Manafort visiting Assange media said they had pictures, and proof of Cohen having been in Prague media said they had phone records?

Wait for the report....you think Mueller is going to leak like Starr did? Nope...

The Federal investigators in the Buzzfeed report are not with Mueller. They were investigating even before Mueller.

 

[kyzr]

Got corroboration? Or is Cohen lying to get a reduced sentence?

You obviously do not pay attention; Cohen has ALREADY been sentenced.

Congress has NO AUTHORITY to reduce the sentence that has ALREADY been imposed.

Go back to fourth grade civics class.

I know Congress can't "pardon" Cohen, I thought that Mueller was going for more charges against Cohen. But it looks like you're correct. Cohen got 3-years plus 2-months for both crimes, paying the bimbos and lying to Congress. Trump's position, backed up by Dershowitz, is that paying the bimbos is not a crime. Lying to Congress, if corroborated, could be serious.

 

[BWK]

Sure...if we can believe Cohen....hmmm...

It was backed up by two law enforcement witnesses, not just Cohen.

 

[bodecea]

The question is...if true...would conservative republicans think suborn to commit perjury is an impeachable offense.....or.....more of a reason to worship trump.

 

[BWK]

Another beginning of the end thread

And an end to your rebuttals as always.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Another beginning of the end thread

And an end to your rebuttals as always.

You should change your name to BWAAACK!!!


See a mod regarding that

 

[cnm]

However, according to the reports it's based solely on testimony from Cohen who has less credibility than Lucifer at this point so it's a "he said, he said" situation UNLESS corroborating evidence surfaces at which point things start to get very dicey for Donny.

To what reports do you refer?

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about Moscow project, Buzzfeed's sources say - CNNPolitics


President Donald Trump personally directed his longtime former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Moscow Trump Tower project, two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter told BuzzFeed.

The law enforcement officials told BuzzFeed that Trump directed Cohen to claim negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow ended months earlier than they actually did. The law enforcement sources told BuzzFeed that Cohen confirmed to special counsel Robert Mueller's team that Trump issued the order to lie to Congress.

Mueller's office learned Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization, internal company emails, text messages and other documents, Buzzfeed reports.

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Just when you thought the POTUS was a criminal the shit just keeps getting deeper.

Lying is not a crime.....especially if you get other people to do it for you...

Brilliant business strategy by Trump -- he continues to own the libs

 

[Oddball]

Since when is lying to congress a big deal?...Hillary, Susan Rice, Eric Holder, Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Zuckerburg, and Sundar Pichai have all lied out their asses before congress, and nothing happened to them.

 

[Oddball]

Already at least two other threads on this topic....JFC!