Section: TPM (USA)
New Development on the Michael Cohen ‘Peace Plan’ Meeting
There is a startling new development in the ongoing Trump/Russia story. Last week I wrote about Michael Cohen and his extensive network of personal and business relationships in the Ukrainian-American emigre community. One of those was a man named Alex Oronov, who runs a major agribusiness concern in Ukraine. Oronov was a partner in the ethanol...
The Platform Switcheroo
Allegra Kirkland talks to GOP platform committee delegates about the Ukraine military aid switcheroo. …read more Source:...
RNC Delegate Knocks Trump Ally Who Confirmed He Altered Platform On Ukraine
Until Thursday, the Trump campaign team’s official line was that it played no role in softening language regarding Ukraine in the GOP platform during the Republican National Convention last summer in Cleveland. But then J.D. Gordon, the Trump campaign’s national security policy representative at the RNC, told CNN that he had...
The March Meeting
In the previous post I explained that the Trump national security advisor, J.D. Gordon, who monitored platform deliberations for President Trump at the 2016 convention now admits he did push to soften language on arming Ukraine and he says he did so at the direction of President Trump. We know this from a Thursday report from CNN’s Jim...
This Is Important
This is important if you care about the Trump Russia story. One of the first bits of news that attracted attention to this possible link was a Trump campaign effort to soften the GOP platform’s plank on Russia and Ukraine at the GOP convention. The Trump foreign policy advisor who was monitoring the platform committee for the campaign...
Trump Ally Drastically Changes Story About Altering GOP Platform On Ukraine
In a significant reversal, a Trump campaign official on Thursday told CNN that he personally advocated for softening the language on Ukraine in the GOP platform at the Republican National Convention, and that he did so on behalf of the President. Read More → …read more Source:...
Sessions: I Discussed ‘The Ukraine’ With Russian Ambassador During Meeting
Attorney General Jeff Sessions described one of two meetings he had during the presidential campaign with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak as being about “just normal things,” like “the Ukraine.” Read More → …read more Source:...
Michael Cohen Ukraine Bigly
As I try to pull all this stuff together, I wanted to mention a few more fascinating details. Yesterday we noted that renegade Ukrainian MP Andrii Artemenko says he’s known Cohen for years. They first met when Cohen was setting up that ethanol business with family in Ukraine. Artemenko also says he started talking to Cohen about his...
It’s All So Confusing (The Michael Cohen File)
I noted yesterday that President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, appears to have a longer-standing relationship than he’d let on with that renegade member of the Ukrainian parliament, Andrii V. Artemenko. Artemenko is the guy who met with Cohen and erstwhile Trump business associate Felix Sater to discuss Artemenko’s...
There’s More to the Michael Cohen Story
I was intrigued to learn a few days ago that President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, once founded an ethanol business in Ukraine. It’s referred to as a family business. So presumably he set it up with relatives of his wife, who is Ukrainian. This isn’t any big scoop I uncovered with my masterly reporting skills....
