{"id":3004,"date":"2018-07-26T21:43:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T01:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/susanwright\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2018-07-26T21:43:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T01:43:18","slug":"that-trump-tower-meeting-with-russians-donald-trump-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/susanwright\/2018\/07\/that-trump-tower-meeting-with-russians-donald-trump-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"That Trump Tower Meeting With Russians – Donald Trump KNEW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Well, it would appear Donald Trump\u2019s former lawyer and \u201cfixer,\u201d Michael Cohen has decided to go straight for the throat.<\/p>\n

There really must have been something to those stories about Trump\u2019s shabby treatment of him for all those years, because it now appears that he\u2019s on a vendetta, from the release of the secret audio, to what we have this evening.<\/p>\n

CNN is reporting that Cohen is prepared to wheel and deal with special counsel Robert Mueller. What he is ready to attest to is that the infamous June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Donald Trump Jr, various Trump campaign officials, and the Russian attorney, Natalia Veselnitskaya, happened with then-candidate Trump\u2019s full knowledge and approval.<\/p>\n

The meeting was set up, ostensibly, to gather dirt on Trump\u2019s opponent, Hillary Clinton.<\/a><\/p>\n

The June 2016 meeting was arranged after a publicist who knew Trump Jr. told him in emails \u2014\u00a0in no uncertain terms<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 that a senior Russian official \u201coffered to provide the Trump campaign\u201d with damaging information about Clinton, and that the outreach was \u201cpart of Russia and its government\u2019s support for Mr. Trump.\u201d At the time, the Russian operation to covertly boost Trump\u2019s candidacy wasn\u2019t publicly known. Trump. Jr. responded, \u201cif it\u2019s what you say, I love it,\u201d and started to arrange the meeting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trump Jr set up the meeting, and he, along with Trump\u2019s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort met with Veselnitskaya, an interpreter, and several Russia officials in what they later said turned out to be a talk about getting an adoption program for Americans looking to adopt Russian children reinstated.<\/p>\n

As for the senior Trump, the claim was always that he was never informed of the meeting and knew nothing about it, until he was approached by the New York Times with the story in July 2017.<\/p>\n

Cohen is calling shenanigans on that.<\/p>\n

Cohen alleges that he was present, along with several others, when Trump was informed of the Russians\u2019 offer by Trump Jr. By Cohen\u2019s account, Trump approved going ahead with the meeting with the Russians, according to sources.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This, apparently, was one of those meetings where Cohen did not have his secret recorder on, so he has nothing but his word on this. Still, he\u2019s ready to go in and testify about what he knows.<\/p>\n

After news of the meeting broke in July 2017, the Trump team offered misleading explanations and changed their story several times. But one claim stayed consistent: that Trump had no knowledge of the meeting beforehand, wasn\u2019t told about it afterward and first learned about it one year later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trump Jr was adamant that his dad knew nothing about it, and even testified to that before the Senate Judiciary Committee last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wasn\u2019t aware of it,\u201d Trump Jr. told lawmakers, referring to his father\u2019s knowledge of the meeting. \u201cAnd, frankly, by the time anyone was aware of it, which was summer of this year, as I stated earlier, I wouldn\u2019t have wanted to get him involved in it because it had nothing to do with him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It would appear Donald Trump Jr has more in common with his dad than just his adulteries.<\/p>\n

Of course, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has his usual 2-cents worth to add.<\/p>\n

Rudy Giuliani, the President\u2019s attorney, said of Cohen, \u201cHe\u2019s certainly a source that is not credible.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really?<\/p>\n

Something about no honor among thieves comes to mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cDonald Trump Jr. has been professional and responsible throughout the Mueller and Congressional investigations,\u201d said Alan Futerfas, an attorney for Donald Trump Jr. \u201cWe are very confident of the accuracy and reliability of the information that has been provided by Mr. Trump, Jr., and on his behalf.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ok. Sure.<\/p>\n

Sources say Cohen is hoping giving this up and reaching out to Mueller will buy him the goodwill needed to get a break on the potential charges for wire and bank fraud, as well as campaign finance law violations.<\/p>\n

To date, Cohen has only been investigated. He has yet to be officially charged.<\/p>\n

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