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36. Michael Cohen (Trump Attorney)

36. Michael Cohen (Trump Attorney)

36.1 General

  • 3/29/2017 - Cohen describes himself as Trump’s “fix-it guy,” a loyal lieutenant who has handled his international business deals, defamation lawsuits, and everything in between. Cohen resigned from the Trump Organization earlier this year and is now on the the president’s personal payroll. Source
  • 5/30/2017 - Michael Cohen, has received an “invitation to provide information and testimony” that pertains to the Russia investigation to House and Senate intelligence committees, Cohen has confirmed."I declined the invitation to participate, as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered. Source
  • 6/16/2017 - President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has hired his own attorney as the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference progresses. Source

36.2. Relationship with Russia

  • 2/26/2017 – A look into Cohen’s ties to Ukraine, including a family ethanol business Source

36.3. Dossier Response

  • 1/10/2017 – “I have never been to Prague in my life.” Source
  • 1/11/2017 - In an interview conducted a week before the Dossier became public Cohen told the WSJ that he traveled to Prague in 2001. Source
  • 1/11/2017 – On Wednesday, a US government source told CNN’s Jake Tapper that a different Michael Cohen, not Trump’s lawyer, was in Prague in August and September 2016. Source

36.4. Involvement in the Flynn Scandal

  • 2/19/2017 – Trump lawyer hand-delivered plan to Michael Flynn to lift sanctions on Russia. Source
  • 2/21/2017 – Cohen has now given 4 different accounts on his involvement with the plan that Flynn was pushing. Source
  • 2/24/2017 - Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Artemenko said he discussed his left-field proposal for Ukraine in January with US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who offered to deliver the plan to the Trump administration. Source
  • 2/26/2017 – Artemenko states he got confirmation that the offer made it to the White House. He also claims he began working on this deal last year at the time of the primaries Source