Explosive memos claim Trump's lawyer met with Kremlin officials but he may have been mistaken for

[FarCenter]

Explosive memos claim Trump's lawyer met with Kremlin officials — but he may have been mistaken for a person with the same name


Cohen told The Atlantic that he was in New York for the better part of August and visited the University of Southern California with his son at the end of the month to check out its baseball team. Their visit on August 29 was corroborated by a person within USC baseball who talked with The Atlantic.

On Wednesday, a US government source told CNN's Jake Tapper that a different Michael Cohen, not Trump's lawyer, was in Prague in August and September 2016.

The memos from the British operative, who is apparently considered legitimate by US intelligence officials, were compiled in a dossier that has been circulating among journalists and government officials since last year.

http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-cohen-trump-2017-1

[angstlessk]

1. OR, maybe the 'other' Michael Cohen was in CA?????

[MattP]

2. Ivanka and her husband were with Putin's girlfriend in august

It was a strange time for her to go to eastern Europe

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[Tanuki]

5. A very strange time, considering she left her newborn infant and

her other kids at home in the US when she went there

[tanyev]

10. Strange time campaign-wise, but I also thought it was weird because

their new baby was only 4 1/2 months old. OK, maybe they'd been working hard on the campaign and they wanted a little time away from the kids, but Croatia? Why not The Hamptons? It's not like this was a once-in-a-lifetime trip they'd been saving up for and the tickets were already purchased and that was the only time they could go.

Also, I don't recall a lot of press on Ivanka's comings and goings in her earlier years like Paris Hilton. She's done a good job of flying under the radar with her personal life. All of a sudden there's this vacation in Croatia in which several pictures hit the press of her and Jared and Wendi doing standard tourist stuff. Although if I recall correctly all the pics I saw were snapped on the same day because she had the same outfit on. Bait and switch? What happened on the rest of the trip?

[KittyWampus]

3. Well that's a pretty big mistake.

[onecaliberal]

6. Yes, that's what I'm wondering. Did he just out a CIA officers name on live TV

[kelly1mm]

7. Whoopsies! (really though this makes the whole story discredited to many) nt

[Kingofalldems]

9. Howcome he won't answer whether his staff had contact with the Russians?

https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/819231836689887232

[kelly1mm]

12. What does that have to do with the factual error in the report? nt

[Kingofalldems]

13. And this:

https://twitter.com/TUSK81/status/819232573394038784

Trump's law firm.

[kelly1mm]

15. Simple question: Was Trump's attorney Michael Cohen in Prague as reported in the memo? nt

[Kingofalldems]

17. Maybe not. But that's minor stuff.

Did Trump deny he was in Moscow and stayed at the same hotel as Obama? I bet not.

[kelly1mm]

19. And you are not getting my point. So long as they can prove a minor detail is incorrect

that will be the story and all the talking heads will have to talk about the falsehood and now the 'story' is just more fake news ........ nothing to see here folks.

Have you not seen this happen over and over and over?

[annabanana]

16. Wow! . . n/t

[Kingofalldems]

18. That's a screen catch. Tweet was hastily deleted by someone.

I wonder who?

[KittyWampus]

20. Hmmm

[Kingofalldems]

11. And this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141661926

[jmg257]

8. That Cohen vs Cohen is a big fuck-up...just makes it look stupid. nt

[politicat]

14. Italy to Prague is a day trip, with no border control/passport control.

The lawyer Michael Cohen was in Italy in July. The dates could be off by a few days.

That he posted an image of his passport cover (which is worth exactly the same as any stock photo of a passport in terms of evidence) and claims to have no stamps -- when there haven't been intra-European passport stamps for years -- is not evidence of wrongdoing, but it looks like deflection for the rubes who don't know how EU travel works.

[pnwmom]

21. Exactly. AND he didn't say he'd never been to the Czech Republic.

Maybe he was in a suburb.

[politicat]

22. Yep. We have to remember to listen to what these assholes *don't* say, too. nt

[onecaliberal]

23. Yes, that's what I'm wondering. Did he just out a CIA officers name on live TV