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Trial Balloon · Ep. 194: What Just Happened?

Russia Investigation Expands to Include Trump Lawyer

May 30, 2017 · 12:16 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“One of President Donald Trump’s closest confidants, his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, has now become a focus of the expanding Congressional investigation into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 campaign,” ABC News reports.

Cohen confirmed that House and Senate investigators have asked him “to provide information and testimony” about any contacts he had with people connected to the Russian government, but he said he has turned down the invitation.

Said Cohen: “I declined the invitation to participate as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered.”

2016 Campaign Michael Cohen, Russia

Bonus Quote of the Day

November 29, 2015 · 8:02 am ET · 20 Comments

“If they treat him fairly, he will honor the pledge because he’s an honorable guy. If they break that agreement with him, as they say, woe be on them.”

— Donald Trump adviser Michael Cohen, quoted by Bloomberg, on whether Trump will support the GOP nominee if he loses the race.

2016 Campaign Donald Trump, Michael Cohen

Trump Aide Apologizes for Rape Comment

July 28, 2015 · 2:16 pm ET · 13 Comments

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has taken a “no apologies” approach to inflammatory remarks and controversies, but one of his personal aides had some regrets, the New York Times reports.

“Michael Cohen, who is special counsel to Mr. Trump, said that it was a moment of ‘shock and anger’ that led him to suggest that rape could not occur between spouses. Mr. Cohen… was defending his boss after a Daily Beast report about the businessman’s relationship with his first wife, Ivana. The report described a previously reported episode between the two in 1989 that Mrs. Trump once described as rape.”

2016 Campaign Donald Trump, Michael Cohen

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