Form of premeditated collaboration or attempted collaboration with a hostile foreign power in the middle of its attack on american democracy. Youll remember the meeting was in june of 2016, but we didnt learn about it until the following summer. The Campaign Never spoke of it nor the participants nor the Transition Team nor later the white house or the president. No one said anything until the New York Times broke the story last july. And when people did talk, the First Response was to be misleading about what was discussed and to loudly make the claim thats being disputed tonight that the president knew nothing about it before, after, and even a year after the fact. Did you tell your father anything about this . It was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. Look, here is what happened. Donald trump jr. Put it all out today. Its all out. Did you know at the time they had the meeting . No i didnt know anything about the meeting. Lets focus on what the president was aware of. Nothing
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. This from cohen. He has been lying all week. He has been lying for years. Reporter lying for years, he says, which is strange because that means Michael Cohen must have been no less a liar when Rudy Giuliani was praising him for not being liar. So was mr. Giuliani lying in that clip you just heard, or lying in this one from just a couple of months ago . The man is an honest, honorable lawyer. It all becomes clear right now. Its confusing, to say the least. The honest honorable lawyer has also been deeply dishonest for years, or at least this week. Maybe its like truthful hyperbole or something. Or maybe like so much else these days is yet another thing that would be funny if it werent so serious. After all, the assertion by Michael Cohen if true casts serious down on the president s longtime claims of no collusion with russia. If true, what else would this be expect the candidate having knowle
this from cohen. he has been lying all week. he has been lying for years. reporter: lying for years, he says, which is strange because that means michael cohen must have been no less a liar when rudy giuliani was praising him for not being liar. so was mr. giuliani lying in that clip you just heard, or lying in this one from just a couple of months ago? the man is an honest, honorable lawyer. it all becomes clear right now. it s confusing, to say the least. the honest honorable lawyer has also been deeply dishonest for years, or at least this week. maybe it s like truthful hyperbole or something. or maybe like so much else these days is yet another thing that would be funny if it weren t so serious. after all, the assertion by michael cohen if true casts serious down on the president s long-time claims of no collusion with russia. if true, what else would this be expect the candidate having knowledge or complicity in a form of premeditated collaboration or attempted collaborati
time he said no collusion, is a lie. so it s not just sort of a random lie about the size of the inauguration crowd. it s lying about his involvement with the russian government in the campaign. and carl, if a meeting was squeaky clean with nothing improper, why have there been so many iterations to, you know, to who is there, who knew about it, what exactly took place, what the whole purpose was? let s be clear about this meeting. this meeting was convened for the purposes of colluding. that was the invitation that was extended to donald trump jr. by mr. goldstone on behalf of russian representatives to bring dirt to a meeting about hillary clinton at the behest of the russian government. it said in the letter of introduction, as it were. so this meeting is unique. it is hugely important, and thus far, from the moment we have learned about it, absolutely
it is hugely important, and thus far, from the moment we have learned about it, absolutely every aspect of it has been attempted to be covered up by donald trump and those around him. he has been truthful about nothing having to do with this meeting. why? because, indeed, it s indicative of collusion. now, is this the one time perhaps now that mr. cohen has said this that donald trump is telling the truth about this meeting and that he did not know of it in advance where he has lied about every other aspect of it almost? it s possible, i suppose. but you and others have run through the chronology of what occurred and what he said three days after the invitation was extended and his son knew about it. yeah. it s very strange, all these coincidences. and it s going to get sorted out. and i think that s one of the reasons we re seeing donald