suddenly, shipments of camping gear began arriving at the weinberger clinic. one of his treatment rooms in one wing of the building was full of camping equipment. i really didn t see him as being much of a camper. he s more four seasons hotel type. right. but he was almost frantically packing it up. what kinds of equipment did he have? there were several backpacks. there were just bags that were stuffed with things that you couldn t see. and then there were the strange men with thick european accents that some employees reported seeing coming into the offices with briefcases to meet privately with weinberger. michelle later learned those men were diamond dealers from new york. i think he bought about maybe $500,000 worth of diamonds before he left. 500,000. uh-huh. and where did the diamonds go? with him, i suppose. i didn t find out anything about diamonds until after he had left. diamonds, light, untraceable.
plus all of the file folders and the briefcases full of documents. among the materials that michael cohen is said to have handed over to the intelligence committee today were additional documents about the preparation of his previous testimony to congress for which he has now pled guilty to lying about certain aspects of the trump organization secret efforts during the campaign to build a big, rich, moscow real estate project with help from the russian government and at least one sanctioned russian bank. think about those lies. why did cohen lie that way to congress, the first time he testified before them. there is no reason those lies about the trump tower moscow project would benefit michael cohen in any way. the lies that he told in that testimony, which again he s pled yilt guilty for, they appear to be designed not to help himself but to offer political cover to president trump. according to reports from emily jane fox at vanity fair and cnn
plus all the file folders and the briefcases all full of documents. among materials that michael cohen is said to have handed over to the intelligence committee today were additional documents about the preparation of his previous testimony to congress, for which he has now pled guilty to lying about certain aspects of trump organization s secret efforts during the campaign to build a big, rich moscow real estate project with help from the russian government and at least one sanctioned russian bank. think about those lies, why did cohen lie that way to congress the first time he testified before them? there s no reason those lies about the trump tower moscow project would have benefitted michael cohen in any way himself. the lies that he told in that testimony, which, again, he s pled guilty for. those lies appear to have been designed not to help himself at all, but instead to offer political cover to president trump. according to reports from emily jane fox at vanity fair and cnn a
of his aides for watergate conspiracy. march 1st, 1974, was also a friday. and michael included a photo of the saturday morning new york times. things moved a little bit slower before the 24-hours news cycle. the times headline, federal grand jury indicts nixon aides. here s how the coverage of that news played out in the homes of millions of americans 45 years ago tonight. the indictments were handed up in the washington courtroom of judge john sarika, 20 months after the grand jury began its investigation. gordon graham of our staff was in the courtroom. carrying heavy sealed briefcases filled with evidence, the assistant special prosecutors entered the courthouse. that evidence was in support of a sealed grand jury report which
the times headline, federal grand jury indicts seven nixon aides. here s how the coverage of that news played out in the homes of millions of americans 45 years ago tonight. the indictments were handed up in the washington courtroom of judge john sarika, 20 months after the grand jury began its investigation. gordon graham of our staff was in the courtroom. carrying heavy sealed briefcases filled with evidence, the assistant special prosecutors entered the courthouse. that was in support of a sealed grand jury report which may concern others not named in the indictments. the foreman of the grand jury who works for the library of congress arrived. the grand jurors have been hearing evidence about the watergate affair for 20 months. the courtroom was packed with reporters and spectators, many of whom had waited hours to