Cohen lawyer backpedals on Trump-Russia claims, as bombshell reports called into question
Michael Cohen’s lawyer is backpedaling on bombshell claims he made in recent weeks about his client's knowledge of President Trump's supposed awareness of Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Lanny Davis, a longtime Clinton confidant who now represents the ex-Trump attorney, had been a source for reports saying his client had information that the president knew in advance about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting involving Donald Trump Jr. and Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya. Davis also suggested that Cohen had “direct knowledge” of Russia hacking into emails of Democratic power players.
But now, Davis is walking back his statements, telling The Washington Post that he “should have been more clear” that he “could not independently confirm what happened.”
He said in a separate statement Monday to Fox News: "I take the responsibility for not communicating more clearly my uncertainty. I regret the error."
Caught stretching the trueth until it breaks. They should learn to keep their mouths shut and let the facts speak for themselves
Lanny Davis, a longtime Clinton confidant who now represents the ex-Trump attorney, had been a source for reports saying his client had information that the president knew in advance about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting involving Donald Trump Jr. and Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya. Davis also suggested that Cohen had “direct knowledge” of Russia hacking into emails of Democratic power players.
But now, Davis is walking back his statements, telling The Washington Post that he “should have been more clear” that he “could not independently confirm what happened.”
He said in a separate statement Monday to Fox News: "I take the responsibility for not communicating more clearly my uncertainty. I regret the error."
Caught stretching the trueth until it breaks. They should learn to keep their mouths shut and let the facts speak for themselves
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Adding to my prior post in Notables 2787559,
Q asks:
Who discovered the Chinese link to HRC's server(s)?
Who reported the discovery?
Who inserted the discovery into the PDB?
Paper-trail.
Who reported the discovery?:
Who discovered the Chinese link to HRC's server(s)?
"A former intelligence officer with expertise in cybersecurity who spoke to TheDCNF on condition of anonymity said two members of the ICIG, investigator Frank Rucker and attorney Janette McMillan, met repeatedly with FBI officials to warn them of the Chinese intrusion."
The intelligence community was aware of the problem, met with the FBI. Did anyone else hear about this?
"The source said the Chinese state-owned firm linked to the hacking served was a “front group” for the Chinese government based in a Washington, D.C. suburb in Northern Virginia."
However, in July 2015, the FBI issued a criminal referral to the Justice Department warning that classified information for Clinton’s server may have been disclosed to a foreign power or to one of its agents.
Then-FBI Deputy Director Mark F. Giuliano sent a follow-up memo on July 21, 2015, to President Barack Obama’s deputy attorney general, Sally Yates, about two conversations he had with her about the referral.
Former FBI Director James Comey acknowledged in his recent book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” that the FBI’s well known probe of Clinton’s server was a criminal investigation.
And Comey acknowledged to Congress that despite Clinton’s claims to the contrary, she transmitted classified information on the unauthorized and unsecured serve"
Who inserted the discovery into the PDB?:
According to her bio, "Ms. Ugoretz oversaw intelligence products and briefings for the FBI Director and the Attorney General, as well as FBI analysts’ contributions to the President’s Daily
Bottom line, everyone was aware of the Chinese "hack" yet nothing was done because it would go against the narrative of framing @POTUS, making claims he was in cahoots with the Commies. Everything is for sale when it comes to the Clintons
Yes but replace would with did.
Me dino sez, "For thems$lve$."
And for having read that article, me dino realizes that, beyond ripping off Haiti, $hillary is all the more (at least for her Caribbean capers) Cackles The Evil Hag than I thought she was.
https://www.salon.com/2015/06/08/excl...
He is an evil man.