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<\/a><\/p>\nLanny Davis – the attorney for Michael Cohen, has massively backpedaled on “confident assertions” that Cohen would share information with investigators that President Trump knew of Russian efforts to undermine Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton – a lifelong friend of Davis’.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0reported on Sunday that Davis said in an interview that he is “no longer certain about claims he made to reporters on background and on the record in recent weeks about what Cohen knows about Trump’s awareness of the Russian efforts.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n Davis told The Washington Post that he cannot confirm media reports that Cohen is prepared to tell special counsel Robert S. Mueller III that Trump had advance knowledge of the 2016 Trump Tower meeting –WaPo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n CNN reported in July that Cohen claimed to have witnessed Trump approving the meeting between Trump Jr. and Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya, arranged by an associate of opposition research firm Fusion GPS.<\/p>\n The day after CNN’s report, the\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0–\u00a0using an “anonymous source” they now admit was Davis<\/strong>, peddled\u00a0the same story that “Cohen had told associates that he witnessed an exchange in which Trump Jr. told his father about an upcoming gathering in which he expected to get information about Clinton,” however the\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0didn’t say Trump Jr. told Sr. it was the Russians.<\/p>\n \u201cI should have been more clear \u2014 including with you \u2014 that I could not independently confirm what happened,\u201d Davis said, adding perhaps the most difficult four words for an attorney to utter: “I regret my error<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n In the past week, when asked directly by CNN\u2019s Anderson Cooper whether there was information that Trump knew about his son\u2019s meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya beforehand, Davis said, \u201cNo, there\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n In a statement Saturday, a CNN spokeswoman said, \u201cWe stand by our story, and are confident in our reporting of it.\u201d –WaPo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n http:\/\/twitter.com\/Surabees\/status\/1033854370864091136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1033854370864091136&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2018-08-26%2Fstunning-reversal-michael-cohens-attorney-backpedals-trump-russia-claims<\/p>\n The\u00a0Post<\/i>\u00a0also notes that people familiar with Cohen’s Congressional testimony said that despite being “interviewed extensively,” Cohen never said anything to suggest that Trump had advanced knowledge of the meeting, while “Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), leaders of the Senate committee, said in recent days that Cohen had sent word to the committee that he had no desire to amend that testimony.”<\/p>\n On Saturday, President Trump tweeted about Davis’s stunning 180 on the Cohen claims, writing: “Michaels Cohen\u2019s attorney clarified the record, saying his client does not know if President Trump knew about the Trump Tower meeting (out of which came nothing!). The answer is that I did NOT know about the meeting. Just another phony story by the Fake News Media!”<\/p>\n Michaels Cohen\u2019s attorney clarified the record, saying his client does not know if President Trump knew about the Trump Tower meeting (out of which came nothing!). The answer is that I did NOT know about the meeting. Just another phony story by the Fake News Media!<\/p>\n — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n