Michael Cohen: rigging polls 'was at the direction of' Trump

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[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

[NormsRevenge]

How does one ‘rig’ already rigged polls?

[SMARTY]

Right-and that outstanding ‘turnout’ everywhere he appeared.... how’d that get rigged?

[Nifster]

So what? Dems do it all the time

[shelterguy]

All polls are rigged to get the results they want.

[Mr. K]

I guess that must be why all those polls showed Trump winning by a landslide.

[CaptainK]

Who knew Michael Cohen and the novice Trump campaign was so knowledgeable and powerful regarding rigging campaigns?

The Clintons must be astonished and humbled that they were in the dark about running for President.

[yldstrk]

Cohen is a worm. Hope he loses his license.

[SkyDancer]

Oh you mean those polls that showed Hillary ahead of Trump?

[Yo-Yo]

We were FReeping polls before rigging polls was cool...

[KevinB]

I am a lawyer. Cohen's law school degree is from Thomas Cooley. In the legal field, Thomas Cooley is the law school attended by people who were too stupid to get in anywhere else. Even Politico agrees. With much great legal talent at his disposal, I'm surprised Trump associated himself with someone of such low legal pedigree.

Politico

[Kickass Conservative]

I wasn’t ware that POTUS Trump owned Google.

[TangledUpInBlue]

I think that’s pretty much a given. He confessed to crimes. That pretty much does it.

[TheBattman]

Question #1 - Do you consider yourself Democrat or Republican

Question #2 - Do you plan to vote in the upcoming presidential election?

Question #3 - Will you be voting for Donald Trump or will you continue to live in utter ignorance while simultaneously rotting your brain on meth and beating your wife?

Sounds not much different than Democrat polls... LOL And not illegal.

[TangledUpInBlue]

Trump seems to do that a lot. I’m not sure why that is, though I can clearly speculate

[TheBattman]

I think Michael Cohen had a man crush on Donald Trump and was rebuffed (because Trump likes woman) so has turned and is now throwing mud like a jilted wanna-be lover.

[TheBattman]

In fact - what an amazing Twitter troll that could be turned in to!

[ssaftler]

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ..

Not in this universe.

[pfflier]

to manipulate two public opinion polls in favor of Trump before the 2016 presidential campaign.

You mean pollsters don't do that anyway??

Also the key word is "before". Private citizens can pretty much do what they want when it comes to PR can't they?

[Zathras]

All the polls said Hillary was going to win.
What kind of idiot would believe this?

[Mariner]

This is done routinely by Democrats and their allies.

And it’s NOT illegal.