When did Trump-Russia probe begin? Investigators focus on mystery months

[Darth Omar]

Oops - Michael Cohen's Business Partner pleads guilty to tax evasion & agrees to cooperate as a witness



A significant business partner of Michael Cohen, Evgeny A. Freidman (a Russian immigrant known as the Taxi King), has quietly agreed to cooperate with the government as a potential witness, NYT reports.


A significant business partner of Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, has quietly agreed to cooperate with the government as a potential witness, a development that could be used as leverage to pressure Mr. Cohen to work with the special counsel examining Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Under the agreement, the partner, Evgeny A. Freidman, a Russian immigrant who is known as the Taxi King, will avoid jail time, and will assist government prosecutors in state or federal investigations, according to a person briefed on the matter.

Mr. Cohen’s conduct was initially examined by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating the 2016 election that led to Mr. Trump’s victory, and then referred to the United States attorney’s office in Manhattan. Last month, federal agents carried out search warrants at Mr. Cohen’s home, his office and a hotel room where he was staying, seeking documents related to his business associates and accountants.

Mr. Trump’s lawyers have been resigned to the strong possibility that the investigation of Mr. Cohen’s businesses could lead him

@ThePlumLineGS
"Trump’s lawyers have been resigned to the strong possibility that the investigation of Cohen’s businesses could lead him to cooperate with federal prosecutors. That likelihood could become greater with a business partner of Cohen’s cooperating with law enforcement."

A business partner of President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

The partner, the large New York City taxi fleet operator Evgeny Friedman, pleaded guilty Tuesday to evading taxes in court in Albany Court.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/mich...-deal-nyt.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-t...se-fall-2017-8


****UPDATE****
When TPM interviewed Friedman last year he told @allegrakirkland that he and Michael Cohen "talk daily sometimes."


https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckra...rnment-witness

Question: why did we need an SC to do sniff out low level and mundane crimes that have nothing at all to do with election?

Our federal investigative agencies chopped liver lol? Not up to the task? I don’t get it.

[Bourbon]

Pleaded guilty to what? Details matter. Guilty of unpaid parking tickets?

Guilty of COLLUSION with the Trump administration? Has Mueller gotten anyone to plead guilty to anything related to his original mandate? Allow me to help you. The answer is NO


Have a nice day................

Yea Dumb Shit, you find that out after the Judge sets a Trial Date ... try reading a Fucking Book you idiot.

[Truth Detector]

Yea Dumb Shit, you find that out after the Judge sets a Trial Date ... try reading a Fucking Book you idiot.

Thar she blows!!! Leftist dumbfuck on TDS triggered! Moron thinks Trump will be going to trial.

[Bourbon]

Question: why did we need an SC to do sniff out low level and mundane crimes that have nothing at all to do with election?

Our federal investigative agencies chopped liver lol? Not up to the task? I don’t get it.

You guys are Fucking Moron ... no wonder you're Trump Supporters ...

The Special Counsel didn't nap him, the FUNKING STATE did ...

The DEAL is with The State for Cooperation with the Special Counsel ... you guys are a bunch of Fucking Idiots

[katzgar]

that was summer of 2016 -after the official start of the investigation.

again:

If the investigation started in July,yet the informant was in contact and meeting Papa in March...?
informants are not sent in unless there is already an investigation

actually the meeting was in May

[dukkha]

GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said. This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information, they added.

Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...m-links-russia

your link:

According to one account, GCHQ’s then head, Robert Hannigan, passed material in summer 2016 to the CIA chief, John Brennan. The matter was deemed so sensitive it was handled at “director level”. After an initially slow start, Brennan used GCHQ information and intelligence from other partners to launch a major inter-agency investigation.

The FBI claims the investigation started in July 2016-which blows this timetable/

also the

The Washington Post reported that, "The professor's interactions with Trump advisers began a few weeks before the opening of the investigation, when Page met the professor at the British symposium."

A few weeks before the opening of the investigation — those are the words that have raised eyebrows among Hill investigators. If it was before the investigation, then what was an FBI informant doing gathering undercover information when there was not yet an investigation?

again..when did the investigation really start if informants were meeting Papa before it supposedly started?

[Bourbon]

Thar she blows!!! Leftist dumbfuck on TDS triggered! Moron thinks Trump will be going to trial.

Two things ... Dispute the Facts or STFU ...

Let see which path you take.

[canceled.2021.3]

Thar she blows!!! Leftist dumbfuck on TDS triggered! Moron thinks Trump will be going to trial.

I think the pressure of their bogus investigation coming unraveled is getting to Bourbon. He should have a drink

[Gotcha68]

Oh they are interested. They are very scared.

I think Trump is playing this perfectly. Trump knows EXACTLY what the Obama administration did and when they did it. Trump knows how to play reality TV like no other. He is waiting to spring the trap for massive effect leading into the midterms. No sense blowing his wad right now to give the public time to forget about it.


Nope. He is biding his time. The left doesn't know it (but they will) but time is on Trump's side.

Hilarious that you think Trump can wait for anything. The man has the attention span of a 2 year old and doesn't waste a moment thinking before he speaks.

[dukkha]

actually the meeting was in May

Ok whatever.. thanks..
the question however stands as to why informants were used before the investigation supposedly started in July?

[Bourbon]

I think the pressure of their bogus investigation coming unraveled is getting to Bourbon. He should have a drink

Paul Manafort has TWO (2) of these BOGUS Ankle Bracelets

[archives]

he's peripheral. Papa never did amything but sit in one that 1 meeting.

But the point, why is an informant dealing with Papa, unless there was already an investigation?
In which case the July date when the FBI says it started was false?

In a nationwide election, "peripheral" people don't sit down at meetings with the upper level campaign staff nor are pointed out directly by the candidate

Because there already existed an interest in individuals with Russian ties who happened to also have connections to the Trump campaign. It wasn't an investigation into the Trump campaign but interest in suspicious behavior, in a simple sense, old fashion police work

[archives]

He was an Australian diplomat who guided 25 million from the Australian government to the Clinton Foundation. That was before he ‘happened to run into’ Papadopoulos.

https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.c...clintons%3famp

The Swamp is an incestuous thing.

Wow, really, the individual who is served point on Austria's charity contribution, as even the article says he also did on numerous other Austrian donations, is now part of the right wing conspiracy because he met Georgie in a bar in London where he was assigned and reported Georgie's conversation.

Now have you checked yet to see if the mailman who delievered the mail to the Trump campaign headquarters might have also attended a Bill Clinton rally back in the day? You better call a Gowdy or Jordan and get them on it

[Darth Omar]

Wow, really, the individual who is served point on Austria's charity contribution, as even the article says he also did on numerous other Austrian donations, is now part of the right wing conspiracy because he met Georgie in a bar in London where he was assigned and reported Georgie's conversation.

Now have you checked yet to see if the mailman who delievered the mail to the Trump campaign headquarters might have also attended a Bill Clinton rally back in the day? You better call a Gowdy or Jordan and get them on it

I’m sure they just happened to meet lol.

[dukkha]

In a nationwide election, "peripheral" people don't sit down at meetings with the upper level campaign staff nor are pointed out directly by the candidate

Papa had no real role. 1 time meeting -part time advisor..but this sin't that important

Because there already existed an interest in individuals with Russian ties who happened to also have connections to the Trump campaign. It wasn't an investigation into the Trump campaign but interest in suspicious behavior, in a simple sense, old fashion police work

the professor was tasked as an informant.
Informants are part of an investigation...the question is when did the Trump investigation start?
was he part of another investigation that overlapped? is that your claim?

Or did the Trump investigation start much earlier?