Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Not much there

Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer turned political foe, also directly alleges that President Trump knew ahead of time that Roger Stone, the politically connected Republican operative who worked as an informal adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, coordinated with WikiLeaks to dump a tranche of Democratic emails during the 2016 election.  "I am ashamed because I know what Mr. Trump is. He is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat. He was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of DNC emails," Cohen says in the prepared remarks."A lot of people have asked me about whether Mr. Trump knew about the release of the hacked Democratic National Committee emails ahead of time. The answer is yes," they continue. Cohen claims that Stone called and that Trump spoke to him on the speakerphone, in which he overheard Stone saying that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is planning to dump emails in a couple days that "would damage Hillary Clinton's campaign." "Mr. Trump responded by stating to the effect of 'wouldn't that be great,'" Cohen's prepared remarks say. Cohen also confronted Republican criticism about his credibility head on, stating that he plans to offer documentation to back up his claims about the president. 
 A lot of build up about an old issue.  Stoner knew about the leaks almost at the same time as everyone else. a week in advance? Maybe, if he were friends with Assange.  Where was Ruskie? Nothing new here, really. What were the dates of the call, let us pin that time down relative to when it was public knowledge.

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