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Michael Cohen: rigging polls 'was at the direction of' Trump
Reuters ^ | 1/17 | Reuters

Posted on 01/17/2019 9:48:17 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue

Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, said on Thursday he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data "at the direction of and for the sole benefit of" Trump.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Cohen had paid the data firm RedFinch Solutions to manipulate two public opinion polls in favor of Trump before the 2016 presidential campaign.

"As for the @WSJ article on poll rigging," Cohen wrote on Twitter on Thursday, "what I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of @realDonaldTrump @POTUS. I truly regret my blind loyalty to a man who doesn't deserve it."

The attempts to influence the polls ultimately proved largely unsuccessful but shed a light on the tactics of the Trump campaign and Cohen's role within it. On the campaign trail, Trump frequently referred to his polling numbers to help fuel his candidacy

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cohen; gettrump; internet; lying; michaelcohen; mylawyer; pollrigging; polls; primaries; primary; setup; sleazeball; tangledupinblue; trump; trumpers; trumpies; trumplawyer
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1 posted on 01/17/2019 9:48:17 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: TangledUpInBlue

yeah...


2 posted on 01/17/2019 9:48:43 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Not illegal...................


3 posted on 01/17/2019 9:49:37 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Trump has many lawyers

This was one low-level functionary that rarely spoke with Trump, suddenly he wants us to believe he was a trusted confidant.


4 posted on 01/17/2019 9:49:47 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

This should be pretty easy to prove and/or debunk. Call someone up at this RedFinch who talked to Cohen and see if they corroborate.


5 posted on 01/17/2019 9:49:56 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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LOL they were ONLINE POLLS..OMG, this Cohen guy, Im wondering how the heck this dumb ass was able to become an attorney..oh wait I just answered my own question..ONLINE POLLS where you can vote 50 times, yeah really reliable..ANYONE that relies on online polling which obviously are rigged are borderline mental patients..oh the left, they got Trump now, he rigged online polls in his favor my stomach hurts from laughing so damn hard


6 posted on 01/17/2019 9:50:00 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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We all know Democrats NEVER RIG POLLS...........................


7 posted on 01/17/2019 9:50:02 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Good thing nobody manipulated the polls for clintoon and she ran an honest and transparent campaign. Right?


8 posted on 01/17/2019 9:50:13 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Well facebook could manipulate their online polls couldn’t they. Do they even have them?


9 posted on 01/17/2019 9:51:22 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Whatevs, ya smarmy LIAR!


10 posted on 01/17/2019 9:52:02 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: Red Badger

You’re right. It’s just noise noise noise. The kind we can expect for the next 2-6 years.


11 posted on 01/17/2019 9:52:33 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Ron Paul was rigging polls before that.


12 posted on 01/17/2019 9:52:40 AM PST by conservative98
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Yeah, and on other headlines, “Climate change will clog your toilet.”


13 posted on 01/17/2019 9:52:55 AM PST by Da Coyote
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YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN!!!


14 posted on 01/17/2019 9:53:27 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: TangledUpInBlue

This man will say ANYTHING to cover his (Obama).

He has no credibility at all.


15 posted on 01/17/2019 9:53:38 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Tell Google and FB that it’s illegal......


16 posted on 01/17/2019 9:53:41 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Da Coyote

LOL! What the heck?


17 posted on 01/17/2019 9:54:08 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: TangledUpInBlue

When did Reuters become a satire site?


18 posted on 01/17/2019 9:54:14 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Bullllllllstalin

Every MSMpoll is fakenews


19 posted on 01/17/2019 9:54:30 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

He spent literally THOUSANDS of dollars. And here we’ve been FReeping polls for free!


20 posted on 01/17/2019 9:55:29 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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