CEO of American investment firm believed Michael Cohen could bring in GOP donors for deals: report
Source: The Hill
The head of an American firm that made payments to President Trumps personal attorney, Michael Cohen, believed that Cohen could bring major Republican donors to the company for possible investment deals, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
Andrew Intrater, the CEO of Columbus Nova, reportedly first met Cohen at a Manhattan bar weeks ahead of the 2016 presidential election where the two discussed investments in the taxi industry.
Cohen and Intrater continued to correspond in the months afterward, leading the two men to sit together at one of President Trump's inauguration dinners, along with Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. Columbus Nova is the U.S. affiliate of Vekselberg's company.
Intrater was reportedly impressed after he saw major GOP donors speak with Cohen at Trumps inauguration, and hoped that Cohen could connect the wealthy donors to Columbus Nova for possible deals and investments.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/389128-columbus-nova-head-believed-cohen-could-bring-in-gop-donors-for-deals
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Dont fall for The Hills spin. (The Hill is owned by a huge Trump supporting Republican and he uses the Hill as a weapon.)
Columbus Nova manages money for one big investor. A Russian oligarch. Wherever the company is registered - its a Russian firm.
brooklynite
(94,571 posts)They provide a direct link to the NYT story which goes into detail about the Russian connection.
And do you imagine linking Cohen's influence peddling to an American firm is less of a concern?
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)They said instead American firm. Come on Politico. Dont lose the honesty forest in pursuit of the technically true trees.
MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Because many people only read headlines. This headline is wrong. Journalists need to do better headlines.
Initech
(100,076 posts)Remember Fox News and all their whining and barking about "pay to play" scandals? This is it!!!!