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Though Michael Cohen once said that hed take a bullet for Donald Trump, the presidents former attorney and fixer might flip on his former employer following the FBIs April raid of his apartment, office and hotel room. For months, the mere possibility of Cohen turning on Trump remained hypothetical, but it now seems likely to happen. On Thursday night, CNN reported that Cohen plans to tell Special Counsel Robert Mueller that Trump knew that his son was planning to meet with a delegation of Russians and Russia-connected figures at Trump Tower in June 2016 to gather damaging information on Hillary Clinton. The report ruined the high the president was riding after opening a new steel plant in Illinois Thursday afternoon.
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Trump, Trump Jr., their lawyers and the White House have long denied that the president had any knowledge of the meeting, which is perhaps the most concrete indication to date that Trumps campaign may have attempted to collude with Russia prior to the 2016 election. Prior to the June 9th sit-down, Trump Jr. received an email from music publicist Rob Goldstone promising that Arad Agalarov, the father of one of his Russian clients, could offer some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and that would be very useful to your father. Goldstone noted that the gesture would be part of Russia and its governments support for Mr. Trump. This all sounded just fine to Trump Jr: If its what you say I love it especially later in the summer, he replied.
The meeting didnt yield any dirt on Clinton, but the intention was there. After the New York Times got wind of the sit-down in July 2017, Trump dictated an excuse about a need to discuss Russian adoptions for his son to provide to the press. Trump Jr. later admitted the meeting was indeed to gather damaging information on Clinton, which was confirmed hours later when the Times released the emails Trump Jr. exchanged with Goldstone.
Theres a wealth of circumstantial evidence suggesting Trump knew of the meeting before it happened. In May of this year, the Senate Judiciary Committee released testimony given by Trump Jr. related to the meeting. According to the testimony, after he was contacted by Goldstone, Trump Jr. received a call from Agalarov. After that call concluded, Trump Jr. placed a call to a blocked number, after which he immediately called Agalarov back. When asked to whom Trump Jr. placed this call, Trump Jr. said, I dont know. In separate testimony, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said that the Trump residence uses a blocked number. When Trump Jr. was asked if his father uses a blocked number, Trump Jr. said once again that he didnt know.
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donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)You "don't know" Don Jr.. Whatsamattah with Jeffy's "I don't recall" - too many words for ya ?