Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

So I read about the Cohen-Prague thing a little more.

If it's proven that Cohen did go to Prague at the time Steele says he was there, it is indeed quite significant. Cohen has said repeatedly that he has never been to Prague. So if there is evidence of him being there in late August or early September then it's quite a bombshell.

Cohen has publicly shown his passport. But it's not that hard to get more than one passport. You just have to claim you lost the old one. The one Cohen showed publicly has only one stamp in it. I find that odd in itself. How many wealthy New Yorkers have only one stamp in their passport?

So how might Mueller know if Cohen went to Prague? I can think of a couple of things he might be able to easily find out:

1) Mueller could discover if he has been issued more than one passport in the last few years.

2) Since Cohen was likely under investigation during the time of the alleged meeting, the FBI might have his cell phone records, which could show his whereabouts.

More from the Washington Post.

“He [Cohen] brings his passport to my office,” the then president-elect {Trump} said in response to a question. “I say, ‘Hey, wait a minute.’ He didn’t leave the country. He wasn’t out of the country. They had Michael Cohen of the Trump Organization was in Prague. It turned out to be a different Michael Cohen. It’s a disgrace what took place. It’s a disgrace and I think they ought to apologize to start with Michael Cohen.”

That part about the “different Michael Cohen” doesn’t seem to be true. Nor does the part about Cohen not having left the country.

There is a lot that is odd about Cohen's claim to not be in Europe at the time the dossier states a meeting happened. But, Buzzfeed reviewed Cohen's passport, and before and after the alleged meeting Cohen was in Europe. A second passport, with different stamps, is a possibility, but Cohen denies having a #2. Cohen job for Trump —as a "fixer"— is to deny anything that makes Trump look bad. After all, Cohen has stated he would take a bullet for Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/04/14/michael-cohen-visiting-prague-would-be-a-huge-development-in-the-russia-investigation/?noredirect=on

The Cohen investigation is more likely to destroy Trump than the Mueller investigation. There is a lot that Cohen has hidden for Trump.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/us/politics/lawyers-for-trumps-personal-attorney-set-for-friday-court-appearance.html

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HelloHillaryLovers wrote:

Hello Hillary lovers. Still butt hurt?

How’s that Russian collusion working out for you?

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Mueller?

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Donald Trump is your president!!!!!

Suck on that, you democrat pieces of trash.

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Trump's Russia wrote:

And Trump has his staff tell Russia that the missiles were intentionally targeted to avoid Soviet forces.

Russian forces, that is. There haven't been any Soviet forces for about a quarter-century.

kibitzer wrote:

Trump's Russia wrote:

And Trump has his staff tell Russia that the missiles were intentionally targeted to avoid Soviet forces.

Russian forces, that is. There haven't been any Soviet forces for about a quarter-century.

But Putin wants to put that puzzle back together from different pieces. Syria is one of the pieces.

I see I don't need to give you more info. Right now, it appears that Cohen did indeed to to Prague in 2016 and met with Russians. This is super bad for Trump.

Trump can not escape punishment at this point unless he were to die or somehow disappear into the night never to be heard from again (I hope neither of those things happens).

Trump is super mad right now because he is afraid. He is in such big trouble it isn't even funny.

Mueller is coming full force.

The clown is done.

sloppy reporting wrote:

The Fokus wrote:

Where is the evidence that Tapper is relying on a fake report put out by Republicans? The article credits one source for the report. As with all of this type of info, it is only valuable if true and there's nothing which indicates the truth is stronger in either direction.

That link (mcclatchydc.com) is pretty detailed and through. Tapper is relies on what "people" have said to him. It appears that claims Cohen was in the US are based on the wrong dates. If you read the mcclatchydc.com report there is no need for a passport stamp entering Yugoslavia if entering from other countries.

Tapper is guilty of sloppy reporting.

That's good for Cohen since Prague is in the Czech Republic

However, since I get your point overall, his passport would be stamped somewhere in Europe during that time as far as I know and it is unclear as to whether that is the case.

This is one of those "I hope it's true but have my doubts" situations for em.

Fat hurts wrote:

I think one thing people need to keep in mind is that the Steele dossier will not be proved or disproved as a whole. It's just a collection of memos. It is discrete bits of raw intelligence. Each memo was produced at a different time and each includes different intelligence gathered on different topics. So if you disprove one part it doesn't mean that some other part is true or false.

So far, I don't know of any major portion that is definitely proven untrue. But some parts will undoubtedly turn out to be false and I'm sure that Mr. Steele would be the first to point that out.

I agree but this report regarding Cohen's whereabouts would be a major confirmation of this particular claim.

Cohen > Mueller wrote:

The Cohen investigation is more likely to destroy Trump than the Mueller investigation. There is a lot that Cohen has hidden for Trump.

An attorney friend of mind agrees in terms of potential problems for Trump if the Cohen/Trump relationship is as it seems. As the friend put it...Trump is about as far removed from a detail guy as one can get. He likely left a lot up to Cohen and may not be aware of a whole lot of it to the point he may not even realize the difficulties he could potentially face legally assuming there is some truth to all of this. He likely just orders Cohen to "take care of it" and Cohen also seems to be able to "take care of it" on his own without filling Trump in.

This, again, if any or all of this is true which we don't know at this point.

sloppy reporting wrote:

That link (mcclatchydc.com) is pretty detailed and through.

Excusing all the spelling mistakes, Mclatchy has a history of being right along with very good reporting. I don't think it's a very well recognized name, but, should be.

Things are not looking good for Trump and Cohen. Interesting times ahead!

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

Excusing all the spelling mistakes, Mclatchy has a history of being right along with very good reporting. I don't think it's a very well recognized name, but, should be.

Things are not looking good for Trump and Cohen. Interesting times ahead!

Their rep is fairly balanced and clean reporting. I just wonder about the source at this point.

The Fokus wrote:

sloppy reporting wrote:

That link (mcclatchydc.com) is pretty detailed and through. Tapper is relies on what "people" have said to him. It appears that claims Cohen was in the US are based on the wrong dates. If you read the mcclatchydc.com report there is no need for a passport stamp entering Yugoslavia if entering from other countries.

Tapper is guilty of sloppy reporting.

That's good for Cohen since Prague is in the Czech Republic

However, since I get your point overall, his passport would be stamped somewhere in Europe during that time as far as I know and it is unclear as to whether that is the case.

This is one of those "I hope it's true but have my doubts" situations for em.

It is legal to have a 2nd passport. That information is not released by the US. A "fixer" would make good use of one. It makes it easy to claim you were not somewhere, when you actually were. Cohen is more than likely to have a 2nd passport and lie about it.

There are a couple of circumstances in which a second passport is authorized by the United States Bureau of Consular Affairs. 1. You need a second passport if you plan to visit a country that will deny a visa due to the fact that your passport contains markings or visas showing you traveled to certain other countries.

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

sloppy reporting wrote:

That link (mcclatchydc.com) is pretty detailed and through.

Excusing all the spelling mistakes, Mclatchy has a history of being right along with very good reporting. I don't think it's a very well recognized name, but, should be.

Things are not looking good for Trump and Cohen. Interesting times ahead!

Cohen was a bit too quick to offer a cover story for himself. It seems that he planned exactly what to say, and how to back it up. His job was to fix legal things for Trump. A person who fixes legal things would certainly have an alibi ready.

What are the odds that a different Michael Cohen, same name, same birth year, but different birthdate, would travel to Prague to meet with people trying to manipulate an election in favor of Trump? Zero, it seems to me.

I should add that a F2F (face-to-face) would not be necessary. A secure phone/internet line would be enough to "attend" a meeting to figure out "the plan." Trump did have a super secret server communicating with a Russia bank (Alfa Bank) in July-September of 2016; with peak activity at the end of September--check the graph in the link below.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/10/was_a_server_registered_to_the_trump_organization_communicating_with_russia.html

Quick Cover wrote:

I should add that a F2F (face-to-face) would not be necessary. A secure phone/internet line would be enough to "attend" a meeting to figure out "the plan." Trump did have a super secret server communicating with a Russia bank (Alfa Bank) in July-September of 2016; with peak activity at the end of September--check the graph in the link below.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/10/was_a_server_registered_to_the_trump_organization_communicating_with_russia.html

All of which is great but doesn't jive with the story on McClatchy

The Fokus wrote:

Quick Cover wrote:

I should add that a F2F (face-to-face) would not be necessary. A secure phone/internet line would be enough to "attend" a meeting to figure out "the plan." Trump did have a super secret server communicating with a Russia bank (Alfa Bank) in July-September of 2016; with peak activity at the end of September--check the graph in the link below.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/10/was_a_server_registered_to_the_trump_organization_communicating_with_russia.html

All of which is great but doesn't jive with the story on McClatchy

What I think the poster meant was that the meeting in Prague was in late September, and the peak Trump Secret server activity with a Russian bank was also in late September. McClatchydc.com states there was a discussion about money to pay for hacking. Those jive pretty well.

McClatchydc.com thinks a physical meeting occurred. But with today's tech that really isn't necessary, especially if you are going out of your way to hide it.

The Fokus wrote:

Jack Tapper wrote:

Jake Tapper???? He is relying on a fake report put out by Republicans.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article208870264.html

Where is the evidence that Tapper is relying on a fake report put out by Republicans? The article credits one source for the report. As with all of this type of info, it is only valuable if true and there's nothing which indicates the truth is stronger in either direction.

Where is the evidence that Tapper relied on a real news source? The source you are referring to is a link to the Steele dossier.