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Planespotting: Michael Cohens Amazing Journey (Re:Steele dossier) Louise Mensch (Original Post) riverwalker Feb 2017 OP
I've been reading her work for a month now. Really MUST READ material. blm Feb 2017 #1
YEP!! She's had Cohen clutched in her fangs for weeks now, relentlessly enquiring as to his Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #2
I hope more DUers start paying attention to her work. blm Feb 2017 #3
I do think she is being noticed more and more - some here do not trust her, or take her with a Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #4
I was thinking a couple weeks ago that we need a BCCI/Mark Lombardi effort. blm Feb 2017 #7
Her series is astonishing. More needs to be out on Cohen re Russia AND on his past wiggs Feb 2017 #5
RT took time to smear her and John Schindler the other day. roamer65 Feb 2017 #6
Aye, indeed Achilleaze Feb 2017 #8
Good lord...no wonder she goes weeks between posts, TONS of detailed info. wiggs Feb 2017 #9
Article bottom line: Michael Cohen has NOT shown he wasn't meeting with Russians (bad on CNN). It wiggs Feb 2017 #10
krnt. wiggs Feb 2017 #13
Hacking and Russia ties are of national security import. Attack by a foreign govt. I would think wiggs Feb 2017 #11
If only we had a committee of Senators that we could send this too. grantcart Feb 2017 #12
I hope these people are being careful sarah FAILIN Feb 2017 #14
fascinating read bigtree Feb 2017 #15
krnt. wiggs Feb 2017 #16
I like her writing style. The way she describes what she's doing. randome Feb 2017 #17
TPM has dug up more on Cohen DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #18
I sent this to Rachel yesterday. triron Feb 2017 #19
kick. It's that important. This thread shouldn't sink at DU...hard to keep the Russia election hack wiggs Feb 2017 #20
A little more detail from TPM DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #21

blm

(112,919 posts)
1. I've been reading her work for a month now. Really MUST READ material.
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 03:27 PM
Feb 2017

She relies on logic and facts and that made me an instant fan.

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
2. YEP!! She's had Cohen clutched in her fangs for weeks now, relentlessly enquiring as to his
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 03:44 PM
Feb 2017

whereabouts Aug. 16-22 (SOMEthing like that), and she's been tracking planes and the numbers on the planes and tracking down where his tweets emanted from on certain days and - she's totally cray! Unstoppable!

According to her, Cohen has now produced like, four different stories vis-a-vis his trip to Prague, as cited in the Steele Dossier...okay, I'll go read her latest epic tale on him now! (she intimated yesterday she was putting together a new article on this Cohen fustercluck) -

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
4. I do think she is being noticed more and more - some here do not trust her, or take her with a
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 04:16 PM
Feb 2017

big grain of salt, and hey, we all get to decide what makes sense to us, eh? There was a thread on here yesterday suggesting that Louise and other "citizen investigators" need to be careful...ie, should they get body guards? They are digging deep DEEP, and hopefully...will remain safe.

Now blm, here is something I came upon a couple days ago that maps out all the American and Russian players...it's excruciatingly dense for a simple brain like mine, but - well, you may want to give it a look:


The Matryoshka

"This is merely a consolidation of other’s investigative work.  All credit to @Khanoisseur, @20committee, @Funder, @LouiseMensch, @pwnallthethings, the infamous Jester, and James S Henry. 

snip

When attempting to navigate the web of Donald Trump’s business dealings and relationships with the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian mafia, however, a cast of questionable players is never more than 2 degrees of separation away from him or the Trump Organization. As we’ve covered extensively in previous posts, there is no doubt that Trump is financially beholden to Russian influence, which makes allegations surrounding his potential treason against the United States even more worrisome. Considering all link analysis here has been done using news media sources, one might question just how deep the rabbit hole goes using classified sources the US Intelligence Community is investigating currently."


Much much more at:
https://wearethisamericancarnage.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/the-matryoshka/

wiggs

(7,788 posts)
5. Her series is astonishing. More needs to be out on Cohen re Russia AND on his past
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 04:19 PM
Feb 2017

work for Trump. Let's not forget that he said it's not possible for a husband to be accused of raping his wife. It's not rape, he said. And when a reporter was going to write about Ivana's rape accusation against Trump, Cohen left a recording:

From there, Cohen threatened the reporters with legal action:

"I will make sure that you and I meet one day while we're in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still don't have. And I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know," Cohen said. "So I'm warning you, tread very fucking lightly, because what I'm going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting. You understand me?"

"You write a story that has Mr. Trump's name in it, with the word rape, and I'm going to mess your life up … for as long as you're on this frickin' planet … you're going to have judgments against you, so much money, you'll never know how to get out from underneath it," he added.

...

"Though there's many literal senses to the word, if you distort it, and you put Mr. Trump's name there onto it, rest assured, you will suffer the consequences. So you do whatever you want. You want to ruin your life at the age of 20? You do that, and I'll be happy to serve it right up to you," he added.


Man...what a den of snakes this appears to be.

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-wife-ivana-2015-7

wiggs

(7,788 posts)
9. Good lord...no wonder she goes weeks between posts, TONS of detailed info.
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 04:41 PM
Feb 2017

If SHE knows this much, just from analyzing tweets and FAA records...imagine how much the FBI and CIA know.

wiggs

(7,788 posts)
10. Article bottom line: Michael Cohen has NOT shown he wasn't meeting with Russians (bad on CNN). It
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 04:53 PM
Feb 2017

should be easy for him to produce a photo or receipts or ANYTHING showing definitively that he could not have been in locations the Steele Dossier suggests he was to pay off hackers. HE HASN'T DONE THAT.

Wonder if he's been interviewed by the FBI and wonder what story he told them? Are his activities as Trump's lawyer protected by client/attorney privilege?

wiggs

(7,788 posts)
11. Hacking and Russia ties are of national security import. Attack by a foreign govt. I would think
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 05:01 PM
Feb 2017

that the Patriot Act and DHS would confer the power to start raiding homes and businesses for information and witnesses. No one would be able to say they had been contacted...but for all the abuse of power that may have come from the Act, this is what it was built for...to get to the bottom of potential threats.

they already have FISA warrants...what other kinds of widespread info gathering has gone on? I bet they have 90% of what they need to blow it all up, but given the seriousness of the allegations and associated consequences I should think they would wait on announcing conclusions until their conclusions were airtight.

If they get to that point, unbelievable scandal.

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)
14. I hope these people are being careful
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 08:47 PM
Feb 2017

Not just her, all those keeping up this fight. Obviously she is getting close to something.

bigtree

(85,915 posts)
15. fascinating read
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 08:52 AM
Feb 2017

...great cliffhanger.

Looking forward to the next episode. She's on to something big, I think.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
17. I like her writing style. The way she describes what she's doing.
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 11:21 AM
Feb 2017

She doesn't come across as insistent about anything, only factual.
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wiggs

(7,788 posts)
20. kick. It's that important. This thread shouldn't sink at DU...hard to keep the Russia election hack
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 01:35 PM
Feb 2017

in the MSM spotlight constantly, but it should keep going here, every day.

The article talks about Trump's lawyer's flimsy alibi and apparent lies meant to convince everyone that he couldn't have left the country to pay off the Russian hacker alleged to have ALTERED THE ELECTION. This article (one of four in this series re Russia)l shows that he COULD have...and that, astonishingly, he hasn't presented any convincing evidence that he couldn't have in order to dispel suspicions. It is still an open question.

This is more important than Flynn's call (though related), more important than lies about rallies and margins of victory, more important about mere financial conflicts of interest...because it calls into question not only Trump's allegiances/vulnerabilities but also his election in the first place. There is no bigger, more complicated, messier, smokier issue out there that has the potential to change everything if it catches fire.

If it stays ugly and smokey and contained, a few people like Flynn and Trump's attorney get thrown under the bus. if the bus catches fire...everyone goes.

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