Analysis from AriMelber: This part of Michael Cohen’s testimony could spell trouble for President Trump.
Cohen testified he was in the room when Republican strategist Roger Stone called President Donald Trump and told him about an impending WikiLeaks release of stolen Democratic National Committee emails. Stone and Trump haveThe consequences here are simple.If Cohen told the truth, then Trump is in trouble.
Here is why. Cohen testified he “was in Mr. Trump's office” in July 2016, when Stone called Trump to warn about an impending “WikiLeaks drop of emails.” . Stone was asked, “Did you discuss your conversations with the [WikiLeaks] intermediary with anyone involved in the Trump campaign?”That is part of what got Stone indicted. Mueller supports the charge with language in the indictment that, in light of Cohen’s new testimony, is even more interesting: “Stone spoke to multiple individuals involved in the Trump Campaign about what he claimed to have learned.”could be Trump.
Even after his indictment, Stone made a point of proclaiming that his story matches Trump’s secret written answers to Mueller. This was important, and suspicious, even before Cohen told his WikiLeaks story to Congress. “When the president answered the written interrogatories, he correctly and honestly said ‘Roger Stone and I never discussed this’ — and we never did,” Stone said.
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