Mueller Reportedly Has Evidence Cohen Made Secret Prague Trip During 2016 Campaign
There’s a new report tonight putting Trump lawyer Michael Cohen under even more scrutiny than he already is.
You may remember last year that one of the allegations in the now-infamous dossier was that Cohen went to Prague and met with Russian officials. At the time Cohen vehemently denied it and even tweeted a photo of his passport:
I have never been to Prague in my life. #fakenews pic.twitter.com/CMil9Rha3D
— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) January 11, 2017
And now, over a year later, McClatchy is reporting that Robert Mueller has evidence Cohen “secretly made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign”:
It’s unclear whether Mueller’s investigators also have evidence that Cohen actually met with a prominent Russian – purportedly Konstantin Kosachev, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin — in the Czech capital…
But investigators have traced evidence that Cohen entered the Czech Republic through Germany, apparently during August or early September of 2016 as the ex-spy reported, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is confidential. He wouldn’t have needed a passport for such a trip, because both countries are in the so-called Schengen Area in which 26 nations operate with open borders. The disclosure still left a puzzle: The sources did not say whether Cohen took a commercial flight or private jet to Europe, and gave no explanation as to why no record of such a trip has surfaced.
The dossier came up in George Stephanopoulos‘ interview with James Comey, in which the former FBI director said it’s “possible” the infamous “pee tape” is real.
[photo via Mark Wilson / Getty Images]
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