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trueblue2007

(17,138 posts)
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 04:25 PM Jan 2019

MICHAEL COHEN ... Ex-Trump lawyer: Rigging polls 'was at the direction of' Trump

Ex-Trump lawyer: Rigging polls 'was at the direction of' Trump

Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Thursday he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data "at the direction of and for the sole benefit of" Trump.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Cohen had paid the data firm Redfinch Solutions to manipulate two public opinion polls in favor of Trump before the 2016 presidential campaign.

"As for the @WSJ article on poll rigging," Cohen said on Twitter on Thursday, "what I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of @realDonaldTrump @POTUS. I truly regret my blind loyalty to a man who doesn't deserve it."

The attempts to influence the polls ultimately proved largely unsuccessful but does shed a light on the tactics of the Trump campaign and Cohen's role within it. On the campaign trail, Trump frequently referred to his polling numbers to help fuel his candidacy.

The Journal said Cohen commissioned John Gauger, who runs RedFinch Solutions, to write a computer script to repeatedly vote for Trump in a February 2015 Drudge Report poll on potential Republican candidates. The move came as Trump was preparing to enter the 2016 presidential election race, the newspaper reported.










https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/01/17/ex-trump-lawyer-rigging-polls-was-at-the-direction-of-trump/23645324/

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MICHAEL COHEN ... Ex-Trump lawyer: Rigging polls 'was at the direction of' Trump (Original Post) trueblue2007 Jan 2019 OP
This is under LLatest Breaking News too. BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #1
I really hope he has it on video or tape someplace!! bluestarone Jan 2019 #2
How Many Times Have We Heard From The Trump People That They..... global1 Jan 2019 #3
If it's provable, that's it, he's gone. nt Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #4
Some info on Gauger... backtoblue Jan 2019 #5
So he was actively instructing things that were against the law?? Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #6

global1

(25,170 posts)
3. How Many Times Have We Heard From The Trump People That They.....
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 05:20 PM
Jan 2019

didn't expect to win? Yet - everything they did was to make sure the election was rigged for him to win.

backtoblue

(11,324 posts)
5. Some info on Gauger...
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 05:39 PM
Jan 2019
http://redfinchsolutions.com/?p=20


Gauger is Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Analytics, at Liberty University of Lynchburg, Virginia, the largest evangelical Christian university in the world and the largest private non-profit university in the United States. He heads the school's Information Services department. Gauger is a Liberty...

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Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
6. So he was actively instructing things that were against the law??
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 05:48 PM
Jan 2019

How far did that go? And how far will America let don erdogan go? Jan is a bad month to protest, but, Im ready.

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