Source: www.mediaite.com - Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Arguably the most stunning claim in Michael Cohen opening statement concerns President Donald Trump ‘s knowledge about WikiLeaks. Cohen is going to say the following this morning: Mr. Trump knew from Roger Stone in advance about the WikiLeaks drop of emails. In July 2016, days before the Democratic convention, I was in Mr. Trump’s office when his secretary announced that Roger Stone was on the phone. Mr. Trump put Mr. Stone on the speakerphone. Mr. Stone told Mr. Trump that he had just gotten off the phone with Julian Assange and that Mr. Assange told Mr. Stone that, within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Mr. Trump responded by stating to the effect of “wouldn’t that be great.” Cohen will no doubt be asked about this during today’s hearing, but before it began this morning Roger Stone issued a statement denying it: “Mr. Cohen’s statement is untrue,” Stone tells me by phone. Won’t say more. Stone had been asked about an alleged conversation months ago by me and others, said it was untrue then. — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 27, 2019 “Mr. Cohen statement is untrue,” Roger Stone tells ABC News this morning. — Ali Dukakis (@ajdukakis) February 27, 2019 [ image via screengrab ]
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Arguably the most stunning claim in Michael Cohen opening statement concerns President Donald Trump ‘s knowledge about WikiLeaks. Cohen is going to say the following this morning: Mr. Trump knew from Roger Stone in advance about the WikiLeaks drop of emails. In July 2016, days before the Democratic convention, I was in Mr. Trump’s office when his secretary announced that Roger Stone was on the phone. Mr. Trump put Mr. Stone on the speakerphone. Mr. Stone told Mr. Trump that he had just gotten off the phone with Julian Assange and that Mr. Assange told Mr. Stone that, within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Mr. Trump responded by stating to the effect of “wouldn’t that be great.” Cohen will no doubt be asked about this during today’s hearing, but before it began this morning Roger Stone issued a statement denying it: “Mr. Cohen’s statement is untrue,” Stone tells me by phone. Won’t say more. Stone had been asked about an alleged conversation months ago by me and others, said it was untrue then. — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 27, 2019 “Mr. Cohen statement is untrue,” Roger Stone tells ABC News this morning. — Ali Dukakis (@ajdukakis) February 27, 2019 [ image via screengrab ]
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