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Trump's obstruction of justice #8

Open ellislau opened 5 years ago

ellislau commented 5 years ago

Michael Cohen's testimony seems to be the latest, most clear-cut case of obstruction so far: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/29/michael-cohen-plead-guilty-congress-lying-mueller-investigation

Cohen made his disclosure as he pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the Moscow project. He said he made false statements to hinder the Trump-Russia investigation and to protect Trump

https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/12/01/cohen-contact-trump-false-statement-congress-1037036

Michael Cohen said Friday he was in “close and regular contact” with Trump’s White House staff and legal team when he prepared a statement for Congress that he now says falsely downplayed Trump’s effort to land a Trump Tower Moscow deal during the 2016 presidential campaign.

ellislau commented 5 years ago

The latest: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/04/robert-mueller-sentencing-memo-for-former-trump-advisor-michael-flynn.html

Mueller says Michael Flynn gave 'first-hand' details of Trump transition team contacts with Russians

Mueller in a sentencing memo said Flynn's "substantial assistance" to his probe warrants a light criminal sentence.

Mueller's memo says that some of Flynn's benefits to the probe "may not be fully realized at this time because the investigations in which he has provided assistance are ongoing."

ellislau commented 5 years ago

Trump apparently had directed Cohen to lie to Congress about his business deals with Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/18/democrats-demand-investigation-after-report-that-trump-ordered-michael-cohen-lie-congress-about-russian-project/

ellislau commented 5 years ago

Trump apparently had directed Cohen to lie to Congress about his business deals with Russia.

Mueller's office actually says that report was inaccurate, so we're back to Cohen only lying to Congress out of loyalty.

darwinrlo commented 5 years ago

No particular comment at the moment, but thanks for keeping this issue going.

darwinrlo commented 5 years ago

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/27/us/politics/michael-cohen-testimony.html