Trump: I’m A ‘Little Impressed’ That Cohen Said He Had No Evidence Of Collusion

HANOI, VIETNAM - FEBRUARY 28: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference following his second summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on February 28, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. U.S President Don... HANOI, VIETNAM - FEBRUARY 28: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference following his second summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on February 28, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. U.S President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un abruptly cut short their two-day summit in Vietnam as talks broke down and both leaders failed to reach an agreement on nuclear disarmament. Trump said in a press conference on Thursday that the United States was unwilling to lift all sanctions and no plans had been made for a third summit. (Photo by Tuan Mark/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump says he was a “little impressed” that his former personal attorney told Congress there was “no collusion” between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia.

Michael Cohen told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that he had no “direct evidence” that Trump or his aides had colluded with Russia to get him elected. That’s the primary question of a nearly two-year investigation being led by special counsel Robert Mueller. Cohen has turned on Trump and pleaded guilty to lying to Congress earlier to protect Trump.

Trump was in Vietnam on Thursday for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Trump says he tried to watch as much of Cohen’s marathon congressional hearing as he could. He slammed the hearing as “fake” and said it was a “terrible thing” for Democrats to hold it during his summit.

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  1. Key words: “No direct evidence.”

    Coordinating with Russia wasn’t his responsibility, and I wonder if he’s provided “indirect evidence” to Mueller.

  2. " … but, everything else was lies."

    BTW, Cohen also said he had his suspicions, which I’m sure are well-founded as are all of ours.

  3. Because, don’t you know, it was a “Fake Hearing”…

  4. Right. “Apart from all that, how was play, Mrs. Lincoln?”

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