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Michael Cohen Prepared Remarks
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:28 pm
quote:
Never in a million years did I imagine, when I accepted a job in 2007 to
work for Donald Trump, that he would one day run for President, launch a
campaign on a platform of hate and intolerance, and actually win. I regret
the day I said “yes” to Mr. Trump. I regret all the help and support I gave
him along the way.
I am ashamed of my own failings, and I publicly accepted responsibility for
them by pleading guilty in the Southern District of New York.
I am ashamed of my weakness and misplaced loyalty – of the things I did
for Mr. Trump in an effort to protect and promote him.
I am ashamed that I chose to take part in concealing Mr. Trump’s illicit acts
rather than listening to my own conscience.
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 Democratic National
Committee emails.
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Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:29 pm to Decatur
Holy shite, is otto Michael Cohen?
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:30 pm to Decatur
Did you rub one out reading that?
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:30 pm to Decatur
Cohen is a Trump! plant. There is just no other explanation.
#MAGA
#MAGA
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:31 pm to Decatur
quote:
The last time I appeared before Congress, I came to protect Mr. Trump.
Today, I’m here to tell the truth about Mr. Trump.
I lied to Congress about when Mr. Trump stopped negotiating the Moscow
Tower project in Russia. I stated that we stopped negotiating in January
2016. That was false – our negotiations continued for months later during
the campaign.
Mr. Trump did not directly tell me to lie to Congress. That’s not how he
operates.
In conversations we had during the campaign, at the same time I was
actively negotiating in Russia for him, he would look me in the eye and tell
me there’s no business in Russia and then go out and lie to the American
people by saying the same thing. In his way, he was telling me to lie.
There were at least a half-dozen times between the Iowa Caucus in
January 2016 and the end of June when he would ask me “How’s it going
in Russia?” – referring to the Moscow Tower project.
You need to know that Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers reviewed and edited
my statement to Congress about the timing of the Moscow Tower
negotiations before I gave it.
To be clear: Mr. Trump knew of and directed the Trump Moscow
negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it. He lied about it
because he never expected to win the election. He also lied about it
because he stood to make hundreds of millions of dollars on the Moscow
real estate project.
And so I lied about it, too – because Mr. Trump had made clear to me,
through his personal statements to me that we both knew were false and
through his lies to the country, that he wanted me to lie. And he made it
clear to me because his personal attorneys reviewed my statement before I
gave it to Congress.
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:34 pm to Decatur
quote:Only part that remotely matters:
Decatur
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:37 pm to Decatur
So all that to say “last time I lied but this time I’m telling the truth I swear” 
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:39 pm to Decatur
Meh this won't be much of anything
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:39 pm to Decatur
quote:
He was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails.
Is this supposed to be a crime?
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:40 pm to Decatur
quote:
Mr. Trump did not directly tell me to lie to Congress. That’s not how he operates.
Closed case.
quote:
And so I lied about it, too – because Mr. Trump had made clear to me, through his personal statements to me that we both knew were false and through his lies to the country, that he wanted me to lie.
Again, he didn’t tell you to lie, you just assumed that.
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:40 pm to John McClane
quote:
Is this supposed to be a crime?
I suppose that is a crime, but paying a foreign entity to create a fake dossier is not
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:41 pm to Decatur
Why is this out in public domain? What's the point of appearing before Congress if everything is pre-released?
Almost as if it's scripted...like a movie.
Almost as if it's scripted...like a movie.
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:41 pm to HempHead
quote:
Holy shite, is otto Michael Cohen?
Cohen's "prepared' remarks were written by the criminal slush fund Clinton's lawyer, Lanny Davis. All of the legal stuff is done this is a part of the democrats campaign 2020. A testimony from a man going to jail for lying to the very people he is giving testimony too again.
Only the Clinton's and the DNC are this desperately batshit insane to get Lanny to get someone else to spout off that Trump is a bad orange meanie peanie, racist. Lanny has done this and taken it all back what three times now?
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:41 pm to Lsujacket66
Some of this is pathetic
It reads like a high school apology
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:41 pm to Decatur
quote:
Mr. Trump did not directly tell me to lie to Congress. That’s not how he operates.
In conversations we had during the campaign, at the same time I was actively negotiating in Russia for him, he would look me in the eye and tell me there’s no business in Russia and then go out and lie to the American people by saying the same thing. In his way, he was telling me to lie.
So he didn’t tell me to lie or order me to lie but that’s what I thought he wanted me to do so I lied and that’s obstruction of justice?
Oh man, this is good stuff
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:42 pm to Decatur
This is pathetic, even moreso than most of the bullshite democrats push.
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:43 pm to Decatur
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:44 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Cohen is lying about stone and Assange
Stone did not talk with assange, and the shite he told the trump campaign was already public info that Assanfe told reports at a PC.
Stone did not talk with assange, and the shite he told the trump campaign was already public info that Assanfe told reports at a PC.
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:45 pm to Decatur
quote:
Mr. Trump is a conman.
He asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair, and
to lie to his wife about it, which I did. Lying to the First Lady is one of my
biggest regrets. She is a kind, good person. I respect her greatly – and she
did not deserve that.
I am giving the Committee today a copy of the $130,000 wire transfer from
me to Ms. Clifford’s attorney during the closing days of the presidential
campaign that was demanded by Ms. Clifford to maintain her silence about
her affair with Mr. Trump. This is Exhibit 4 to my testimony.
Mr. Trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a Home Equity
Line of Credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could
negatively impact his campaign. I did that, too – without bothering to
consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right
thing to do or how it would impact me, my family, or the public.
I am going to jail in part because of my decision to help Mr. Trump hide that
payment from the American people before they voted a few days later.
As Exhibit 5 to my testimony shows, I am providing a copy of a $35,000
check that President Trump personally signed from his personal bank
account on August 1, 2017 – when he was President of the United States –
pursuant to the cover-up, which was the basis of my guilty plea, to
reimburse me – the word used by Mr. Trump’s TV lawyer -- for the illegal
hush money I paid on his behalf. This $35,000 check was one of 11 check
installments that was paid throughout the year – while he was President.
The President of the United States thus wrote a personal check for the
payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaign
finance laws. You can find the details of that scheme, directed by Mr.
Trump, in the pleadings in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
New York.
Posted on 2/26/19 at 11:45 pm to Decatur
Why would we have these?
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