Chris Wallace: Cohen's testimony indicates 'criminal exposure' for Trump
Chris Wallace and Martha MacCallum share their analysis on Michael Cohen's testimony.
“It may not get the most attention, but I thought the most explosive piece of information was the fact that there is an on going criminal investigation by the Southern District of New York — those are the local prosecutors in Manhattan, not the special counsel — about possible crimes involving President Trump,” Wallace said. “And that Michael Cohen is participating under that investigation, and in fact, has been told by prosecutors there are certain things he can’t discuss. So that raises the real possibility of criminal exposure — not to say that he’s been indicted or charged with anything — but the potential of criminal exposure for President Trump in the Southern District of New York.”
Wallace added, “The real news here today is what was learned about Donald Trump. And while lot of it doesn’t have proof or corroboration, there was definitely some smoke here.”
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See Also: Michael Cohen says his conversations with Trump are being investigated by SDNY
Cohen dropped a piece of news during the hearing today, suggesting that his conversations with Trump after the raid of his home and businesses are under investigation by the SDNY – and that he was asked not to discuss it:
THE HILL – Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney who is set for a three-year jail term on charges related to financial crimes, estimated that he last spoke with Trump or someone acting on his behalf last fall, though he could not recall a specific date.“I would suspect it was within two months post-the raid,” he said, referring to the April 2018 FBI raid of his home, hotel room and office.Asked what they discussed, Cohen said, “Unfortunately this topic is actually something that’s being investigated right now by the Southern District of New York, and I’ve been asked by them not to discuss and not to talk about these issues.”
On Wednesday, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) asked if there was “any other wrongdoing or illegal act” that Cohen is aware of regarding Trump that had not yet been discussed.“Yes and that’s part of the investigation being looked at by the Southern District of New York,” Cohen said.
I take some of this with a grain of salt, especially what Cohen calls ‘wrongdoing’ or ‘illegal’ activity on Trump’s part. We don’t know what he’s referring to or what the SDNY is investigating. And I certainly wouldn’t take Cohen’s word for it in this hearing.
But it is newsworthy that, assuming he isn’t lying, the SDNY is investigating these conversations and instructed Cohen not to talk about it during the hearing.
We’ll keep an eye on this going forward…
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