L. Davis walks back Cohen knowledge of Trump Tower meeting / Russian collusion

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anatta

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what a DISGUSTING POS Lanny Davis has become!
He hogs the limelight with spurious accusations against Trump supposedly "confirmed" by Cohen.

Davis is a Hillary Shill -all he cares about is getting fake news to slime Trump for revenge.
The same MO as Brennan, Strzok, etc


http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...fidence-that-michael-cohen-has-info-on-trumps

The attorney for President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen is tempering the confidence with which he suggested Cohen had information on Trump's knowledge of Russian meddling efforts in the 2016 election.

Lanny Davis, who is representing Cohen, over the weekend told The Washington Post that he is unsure if Cohen knows whether Trump was aware of Russian meddling on his behalf during the presidential election.

Davis, who is a contributor to The Hill, this past week has claimed Cohen may have information that is of interest to special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into ties between Moscow and Trump's campaign.

He now says he "should have been more clear" that he doesn't know the extent of Cohen's knowledge, particularly when it comes to the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting attended by the president's son and a Russian lawyer with ties to the government.

Trump on Saturday tweeted about Davis's recanting, claiming it proves the allegation that Trump knew in advance about the meeting was "another phony story by the Fake News Media."

"Michaels Cohen’s attorney clarified the record, saying his client does not know if President Trump knew about the Trump Tower meeting (out of which came nothing!)," Trump tweeted. "The answer is that I did NOT know about the meeting. Just another phony story by the Fake News Media!"
Cohen pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges last week, increasing speculation over whether he will be asked to serve as a witness in Mueller's investigation.

The Post last month reported that Cohen had witnessed a conversation between Trump and his son about the meeting before it occurred. They attributed the story to an anonymous source at the time, but the newspaper revealed over the weekend that Davis was that source.

"I should have been more clear — including with you — that I could not independently confirm what happened,” Davis told the Post. "I regret my error."
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Davis in recent days has conducted interviews on multiple broadcast news networks, claiming he is "not sure" of what Cohen knows.

Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) last week in a joint statement said they want Cohen to testify again in front of the Senate Intelligence committee. They said Cohen testified he did not know about the Trump Tower meeting until reports emerged in the press.

Burr and Warner, who are overseeing an investigation into ties between Russia and Trump, said Cohen told the committee he does not want to amend his testimony, the Post reported.
 
Post last month reported that Cohen had witnessed a conversation between Trump and his son about the meeting before it occurred. They attributed the story to an anonymous source at the time, but the newspaper revealed over the weekend that Davis was that source.

"I should have been more clear — including with you — that I could not independently confirm what happened,” Davis told the Post. "I regret my error."
Davis in recent days has conducted interviews on multiple broadcast news networks, claiming he is "not sure" of what Cohen knows.
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typical slime technique.
make the unsupported charges, then say "well maybe i wasn't clear I didn't know wtf I was saying"
...damage done in the media
 
anatta said:
typical slime technique.
make the unsupported charges, then say "well maybe i wasn't clear I didn't know wtf I was saying"
...damage done in the media
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Speaking of slime, sounds much like Trump’s denials of payoffs, doesn’t it?

Or still laughable “would/wouldn’t” horseshit.
 
Another thread started by a blind, hating red shirt. So many of them. The trials are coming fast and furiously. You will find out soon enough that your beliefs are misplaced again. No Manafort and Cohen were not guilty in court, if you do not want to believe it, and you don't.
 
you idiots are incapable of following a thread topic.
Davis lied about Cohen's lies; both are smear merchants
 
Drip drip drip....Donnie Jr., and J-Rod Kushner are in deep doo doo. The POTUS not so much--well until he pardons his family.
 
Kacper said:
Drip drip drip....Donnie Jr., and J-Rod Kushner are in deep doo doo. The POTUS not so much--well until he pardons his family.
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i respect your posts. you are smart and not hysterical.
I personallythink no crime was committed - not Obstruction, not CFL, and most definately no collusion @ Trump Towers
 
anatta said:
i respect your posts. you are smart and not hysterical.
I personallythink no crime was committed - not Obstruction, not CFL, and most definately no collusion @ Trump Towers
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I have seen no clear evidence of a crime, but our justice department has a bit of a history inventing crimes that don't exist i connection with high profile investigations. It is what they did with the former Virginia Governor and his wife whose convictions were unanimously thrown out by the Supreme Court (though she clearly committed a couple crimes like lying to the investigators and forging documents to cover up her non-criminal but shady conduct). It is a trick they have learned from the Securities and Exchange Commission in turning non-violations into violations because someone sent an email or used a telephone in connection with a business deal that went south for investors.

That said, I cannot imagine that the Trump 2.0 crowd didn't commit at least some crime when they were rushing in crowning themselves the next biggest wheelers and dealers in the country, even if rather technical violations. They do not seem particularly brilliant or experienced and came across as doing this all on the fly, so it wouldn't be hard for them to have sloppily stumbled into some obscure violation. It seemed very odd to me that Donald Jr., was that concerned about Russian adoptions so quickly. It is an issue of interest to a relatively niche crowd, but I don't see anything in his history that makes me think this was of personal interest to him. Given the Justice Department's history of invention, it wouldn't surprise me to see them come after him for some obscure lobbying violation at the very least.
 
Kacper said:
Drip drip drip....Donnie Jr., and J-Rod Kushner are in deep doo doo. The POTUS not so much--well until he pardons his family.
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Doo-doo, maybe.

Deep, most likely not lol. Mullet might be able to wring a charge out of the Tower meeting but a charge is not a conviction. And we’ve already seen Mullet go 8 out of 18 against Manafort.

I think it’s pretty apparent Mullet is getting desperate.
 
Kacper said:
I have seen no clear evidence of a crime, but our justice department has a bit of a history inventing crimes that don't exist i connection with high profile investigations. It is what they did with the former Virginia Governor and his wife whose convictions were unanimously thrown out by the Supreme Court (though she clearly committed a couple crimes like lying to the investigators and forging documents to cover up her non-criminal but shady conduct). It is a trick they have learned from the Securities and Exchange Commission in turning non-violations into violations because someone sent an email or used a telephone in connection with a business deal that went south for investors.

That said, I cannot imagine that the Trump 2.0 crowd didn't commit at least some crime when they were rushing in crowning themselves the next biggest wheelers and dealers in the country, even if rather technical violations. They do not seem particularly brilliant or experienced and came across as doing this all on the fly, so it wouldn't be hard for them to have sloppily stumbled into some obscure violation. It seemed very odd to me that Donald Jr., was that concerned about Russian adoptions so quickly. It is an issue of interest to a relatively niche crowd, but I don't see anything in his history that makes me think this was of personal interest to him. Given the Justice Department's history of invention, it wouldn't surprise me to see them come after him for some obscure lobbying violation at the very least.
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IIRC, Don Jr. was lured into the meeting by a promise of dirt on the Hillbag. But the Russian operative quickly turned the meeting into a discussion on adoption.
 
Bigdog said:
IIRC, Don Jr. was lured into the meeting by a promise of dirt on the Hillbag. But the Russian operative quickly turned the meeting into a discussion on adoption.
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There’s more evidence that the meeting was a set up than evidence of collusion.

And since no dirt was gotten, whatever Mullet can wring out of it would be, yet another, process crime.
 
Darth Omar said:
There’s more evidence that the meeting was a set up than evidence of collusion.

And since no dirt was gotten, whatever Mullet can wring out of it would be, yet another, process crime.
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IMO, even he had gotten dirt, it would be legal ... like the Hillbag's purchasing of the Russian pee pee "intel" documents from a foreign spy.
 
Bigdog said:
IMO, even he had gotten dirt, it would be legal ... like the Hillbag's purchasing of the Russian pee pee "intel" documents from a foreign spy.
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But whatsboutism lol!

You’re preaching to the choir. The Resistance expects us to choke on that gnat, but it’s not going to happen.

The Tower Meeting is a huge Nothing Burger compared to the DNC/Hillary campaign *actual* collusion with Russians.
 
Darth Omar said:
There’s more evidence that the meeting was a set up than evidence of collusion.

And since no dirt was gotten, whatever Mullet can wring out of it would be, yet another, process crime.
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Ifgetting dirt would have been a crime then he wouldn't have had to get it to be charged under a conspiracy to get the thing--another one of those wonderful tricks in the DOJ's toolbox. "You didn't do anything wrong , but you clearly were okay with doing something wrong, so you are guilty of doing the thing you never did by being ok with doing it."
 
Kacper said:
Ifgetting dirt would have been a crime then he wouldn't have had to get it to be charged under a conspiracy to get the thing--another one of those wonderful tricks in the DOJ's toolbox. "You didn't do anything wrong , but you clearly were okay with doing something wrong, so you are guilty of doing the thing you never did by being ok with doing it."
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Ok, lol.

Getting campaign dirt from foreigners is either a crime or it isn’t. If it’s a crime for Junior, then it’s a crime for everyone else.

If Mullet goes that route it will further illegitimize the investigation because Hillary and the DNC did the same thing and got away with it.
 
Darth Omar said:
Ok, lol.

Getting campaign dirt from foreigners is either a crime or it isn’t. If it’s a crime for Junior, then it’s a crime for everyone else.

If Mullet goes that route it will further illegitimize the investigation because Hillary and the DNC did the same thing and got away with it.
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I don't disagree with your position in a broader context, but the DOJ doesn't exonerate people. Everybody is a criminal. They just selectively decide which ones they want to prosecute.
 
Kacper said:
I don't disagree with your position in a broader context, but the DOJ doesn't exonerate people. Everybody is a criminal. They just selectively decide which ones they want to prosecute.
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Everyone is presumed innocent until they are convicted by a jury.

Just to show how screwed up this whole deal is, consider this: there’s nothing in Mullet’s mandate that would prevent him from investigating the Dossier, since it originated from Russians as opposition research.

Which is precisely what Junior conspired to do.

How does Mullet approach THAT investigation without undermining the basis for his own investigation? The Russian investigation, which Mullet subsumed, originated at least in part, with the very document he would be investigating.

He can’t. It’s just another point where Mullet is conflicted.
 
Darth Omar said:
Doo-doo, maybe.

Deep, most likely not lol. Mullet might be able to wring a charge out of the Tower meeting but a charge is not a conviction. And we’ve already seen Mullet go 8 out of 18 against Manafort.

I think it’s pretty apparent Mullet is getting desperate.
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lol

The 11-1 on those non-convictions says a lot. Your desperation is clear. How many years does Manafort face on those 8 convictions? Enough, pally boy.

Let’s see how the next trial goes for the corrupt motherfucker, shall we? Then, I’ll bring up that “desperate” claim of yours.
 
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