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You choose, psycho-drama at the border, or tit-for-tat politicos in the Swamp. Persona Non Grata is following this news string: the latest bombshell from Michael Cohen. BuzzFeed.news cites two federal investigators as sources for the story that Michael Cohen told the Special Counsel he was directed to lie to Congress by the President about the Moscow tower project. Cohen alleged that he gave the Trump family regular detail reports about his efforts to "make it happen" in Moscow as directed by Individual I. He was told to lie that the negotiations ending months earlier then they actually did. What is important about this allegation is that it was discovered by the Special Counsel through independent sources, and only subsequently corroborated by Cohen himself. Please add suborning perjury to the mounting list of Individual I's high crimes and misdemeanors. Cohen was sentenced in December on federal felony charges that included lying to Congress.
In another development, House investigators have requested interviews with the Russian translator Marina Gross employed by Trump during his meetings with President Putin in Helsinki. Another translator was employed at a meeting with Putin in Germany, but Individual I demanded his notes and presumably scrubbed them of incriminating material. "I don’t know whether or not the commander in chief is a Russian asset, but it’s frightening that we even have to ask that question,” US Representative Seth Moulton told the Boston Globe editorial board on Monday. “We have a fundamental responsibility to our national security to investigate and get to the bottom of exactly what is going on.” Individual I's behavior towards the Russian President appears increasing odd, especially during a period when a counter-intelligence investigation was being conducted by the FBI. Mueller's office issued a Watergate-style "non-denial denial" of the report, saying only aspects of the report were inaccurate. BuzzFeed is standing behind its reporting, asking the Special Counsel to clarify what is inaccurate about the story.
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