Issuing a report which Committee Democrats have yet to see. It is to say the least White Housefriendly on allegations of Trump Campaign collusion, even on the underlying question the u. S. Intelligence community answered more than a year ago. Did russians meld in the 2016 election . If so, on whose orders and to whose benefit . Again, keeping them honest, americas top intelligence professionals have had no doubt on this for more than a year. Just moments ago, reaffirmed it to cnns jim sciutto. Heres a passage from a report issued by the director of the office of National Intelligence back in january 2017. I want to read this word for word because it tends to get lost in all the claims and allegations and partisan politics. Quote, we assess russian president Vladimir Putin ordered an influenced campaign in 2016 aimed at the u. S. President ial election. Russias goals were to undermine public faith in the u. S. Democratic process, den i grate secretary clinton, and harm her electability
Discussions continue through june, 2016, well after candidate donald trump was the President Trumpive republican nominee. Whats known as criminal information referred to the president of the United States as individual one. Cohen said he lied to be loyal to the president and stay consistent with the president s political messaging. The Court Documents said he was deliberately lying to congress to give the false impression that the project ended before the Iowa Caucuses and the primary in hopes of limning the ongoing russia investigations. Cop hen was close to trump when he gave that testimony. His former boss said the new version is a lie. Hes a weak person and by being weak, unlike other people you watch, hes a weak person. What hes trying to do is get a reduced sentence. Hes lying about a project that everybody knew about. Tracking all of this outside the courthouse in new york, take us through the significance of what Michael Cohen is admitting and how it fits into the broader conte