Trump's personal lawyer included in expanding congressional probe of Russian meddling

Wash Examiner ^ | May 30, 2017 | Melissa Quinn

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President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is now one of the people included in the widening congressional probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

Cohen told ABC News in an email House and Senate investigators asked him to "provide information and testimony" about any interactions he had with people tied to the Russian government, but Cohen declined their request.

"I declined the invitation to participate as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered," Cohen said in an email Tuesday.

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The bolded sentence says it all. Rest of the article is about others asked to testify.

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Hooray for the server update.

It’s a shame FR had to spend our donations on that.

[WMarshal]

What a sad, useless fishing expedition this is.

[Redwood71]

This is stupid. I guess they are banking on whether the readers of the new papers or listen to the 6 o’clock news never heard of attorney-client privileges. But they can’t develop an appearance of quilt without developing an appearance of BS.

rwood

[New Jersey Realist]

Those mother f*#kers will never quit. I hope they all die of crotch rot. Crude? Yes. Necessary? Yes.

[MeganC]

I once said some thngs about President Trump and Russia. Maybe I should be investigated to see how my recipe for lingonberry scones has been used to create some sort of nefarious secret back channel of communication between the Trump Transition Team and a Russian baker who makes some really tasty piroshkis!

[Socon-Econ]

Should have said up front, “Russia’s ALLEGED meddling ... .”

[Grampa Dave]

The Russia/Russia bs is just a rat and rino distraction from the real meddlers and real interfering evil scum of our elections. The Mexican Government, their illegals here, the rat politicians, and our Rino’s, who want them for their cheap labor and votes, are the real meddlers in our election, not Russia!

Mexico has been interfering in our elections since LBJ!

Illegals and their liberal supporters recently threatening Texas legislators for daring to uphold our laws re immigration in the Gallery @ the Texas Legislature Building.

How many millions of $’s/Pesos has Mexico donated to the democrats to keep their illegals in America, since LBJ?

How much money did Obama and Clinton receive personally and for their elections?

How many illegal Mexicans voted for Illiarily in the last election and for Obama's two terms?

How many illegal Mexicans voted for rats in our cities, counties, states and of course at our federal level?

How many Hispanic tv channels do we have on Comcast, Direct TV, Dish TV and other tv providers, that we pay for and don’t speak Spanish? Who owns those Spanish only channels? Why do we have to pay for Spanish TV channels/stations, when we don’t speak Spanish?

Who owns the NY Slimes and other election meddling companies?

It is past time for our Congress to stop the Mexican meddling/interference/hacking at every level in America.

How many millions of $’s has Mexico donated to the democrats to keep their illegals here, at every level, city, county, state and Federal level?

Again, the Russia/Russia bs is just a rat and rino distraction from the real meddlers and real interfering evil scum of our elections. The Mexican Government, their illegals here, the rat politicians, and our Rino’s, who want them for their cheap labor and votes, are the real meddlers in our election, not Russia!

Time to enforce our standing laws against illegal immigration and illegals voting!

[SoFloFreeper]

Heard this on the liberal FAKE NEWS radio in Miami today. Another fishing expedition. Glad to see Cohen told them to shove it.

Burr needs to end this CRAP.

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Most important sentence in the whole article. (I'm tempted to do this is bright red LARGE type but will behave myself :)

No evidence has been produced tying Trump's campaign to the Russian government.

Rush has been saying this for weeks.

The word needs to get out. When some of these wimpy politicians appear on CNN and are asked about Russian meddling, they should ask the questioner, "Oh, do you have proof positive there was meddling? And can I have a copy of your document?"

[rickomatic]

“Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?”

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

What a sad, useless fishing expedition this is.

Useless in a world where Truth matters. My suspicion (anf fear) is that as things go along quietly and Meuller plows ahead looking for non-existent 'evidence', there are those who will be manufacturing it very carefully and will be working on channels to get Meuler to 'find' it. I expect that bomb to explode within the next 6 months.

[snarkytart]

Yes, nobody wants to talk about Mexico’s direct interference with actual votes in this country and our elections.

[Grampa Dave]

Yes, nobody wants to talk about Mexico’s direct interference with actual votes in this country and our elections.”

Amazing isn’t it.

[samtheman]

Yes, nobody wants to talk about Mexico’s direct interference with actual votes in this country and our elections.

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This is a way we can turn all this Russian stuff against them, by saying yes, we must end ALL foreign influence in our elections.

[Eagles6]

Treasonous collusion is what soetoro did with Iran and what the Clinton’s, Gore and the DNC did with the Chicoms in 96.

[TLI]

Nice move on the investigators part, tick off the President’s personal lawyer with a cheap trick trap?

Yeah, he will fall for that, right?

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[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Is there further proof required that surveillance under 0bama included lawyer-client communications?

[DoughtyOne]

EVIDENCE EVIDENCE EVIDENCE EVIDENCE EVIDENCE

INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATION

SANITY SANITY SANITY SANITY SANITY

[Grampa Dave]

This is a way we can turn all this Russian stuff against them, by saying yes, we must end ALL foreign influence in our elections.

Beginning with no foreign influenc from Mexico, no money and no illegals voting here.