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ABC News: Russia investigation expands to include Donald Trump's personal attorney

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Shard

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russ...ld-trumps-personal-attorney/story?id=47646601

One of President Donald Trump’s closest confidants, his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, has now become a focus of the expanding Congressional investigation into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 campaign.

Cohen confirmed to ABC News that House and Senate investigators have asked him “to provide information and testimony” about any contacts he had with people connected to the Russian government, but he said he has turned down the invitation.

“I declined the invitation to participate as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered,” Cohen told ABC News in an email Tuesday.

After Cohen rejected the Congressional requests for cooperation, the Senate Select Intelligence Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to grant the chairman, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, and ranking Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, blanket authority to issue subpoenas as they deem necessary.

While much of the media focus in recent days has fallen on Russian contacts made by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, there are few people closer to the president than his longtime lawyer. Insiders consider Cohen to be Trump’s “pitbull” or “consigliere” for his role in threatening legal action against Trump critics, gaining notoriety for threatening and browbeating reporters investigating Trump’s background.
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Muffin1611

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theechrisfox

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That's the legal equivalent of "nuh-uh". Not surprising that the total bichbabby persona rubs off on everyone around presidump.
 
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cameron

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This pleases me.


Insiders consider Cohen to be Trump's ”pitbull" or ”consigliere" for his role in threatening legal action against Trump critics, gaining notoriety for threatening and browbeating reporters investigating Trump's background.
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Cohen is a douche.
 
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Mii

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He is a figure in the dossier right?

Cohen turned down the request and both democrat and republican heads of the committee can now issue blanket subpoenas seems like the big headlines here.
 
RPGCrazied

RPGCrazied

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Mii said:
He is a figure in the dossier right?

Cohen turned down the request and both democrat and republican heads of the committee can now issue blanket subpoenas seems like the big headlines here.
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I think the senate is done playing games with this. Either come when summoned or face contempt charges. Its like 5 years in prison.
 
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BronsonLee

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After Cohen rejected the Congressional requests for cooperation, the Senate Select Intelligence Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to grant the chairman, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, and ranking Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, blanket authority to issue subpoenas as they deem necessary.
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Ok so when do you think he realized he fucked up bad
 
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Netherscourge

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Trump has the sleaziest pieces of shit in the world working for him.

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...and he always seems to be in the shadows with the Russia stuff.
 
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Iksenpets

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Mii said:
He is a figure in the dossier right?

Cohen turned down the request and both democrat and republican heads of the committee can now issue blanket subpoenas seems like the big headlines here.
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The dossier had alleged that Cohen traveled to I think Prague to meet with Russian contacts. Last I recall he said anyone could check his passport to see he wasn't in the Czech Republic, but I'm not sure if he's handed it over to anyone to actually check, and if he had traveled to any EU country in that time period he could have then traveled to Prague without getting his passport stamped again.
 
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theWB27

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But people stated a lawyer getting help from other lawyers on their own shit was par for the course.

There was nothing to seee!

Blanket authority to issue subpoenas is a big deal, no?
 
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theclosetfan

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BoogieWoogie said:
Was this in the dossier?? Holy shit.
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The dossier suggested that Cohen met with Russian officials somewhere in Europe during the summer of 2016. Sources suggested with low confidence that it was in Prague, but that ended up being a different Michael Cohen.

Cohen then tweeted a picture of the cover of his passport to dispute this, because these people are all unfathomably stupid.
 
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BoogieWoogie

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Iksenpets said:
The dossier had alleged that Cohen traveled to I think Prague to meet with Russian contacts. Last I recall he said anyone could check his passport to see he wasn't in the Czech Republic, but I'm not sure if he's handed it over to anyone to actually check, and if he had traveled to any EU country in that time period he could have then traveled to Prague without getting his passport stamped again.
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Cohen had only posted a picture of his passport and didn't even show what was inside. It was absurd but par for the course with this shitshow. Feels like decades ago.
 
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Lord Frieza

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If I read correctly it was debunked that Cohen had been in Prague, but there had been an individual with the same name in that location? Maybe, I can't recall now.
 
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