Donny Deutsch: Cohen Told Me Trump Knew ‘Everything’ About Russia Meeting
MSNBC contributor confirms that Donald Trump knew “everything” about the infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russian agents.
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Donny Deutsch said on MSNBC Friday that Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen told him several months ago that Trump knew “everything” going on during his 2016 campaign, including about his son’s meeting with Russians inside Trump Tower.
The revelation by Deutsch came during a discussion Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” The panel was discussing the revelation that Cohen is willing to testify to the Special Counsel that Trump had prior knowledge of the June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr., other senior campaign officials and Russian agents who were offering dirt on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
“In my past conversation with Michael, what he’s made very clear to me is … nothing went on in this business without Don knowing about it, and he led me to believe that he could bring Trump back to Russia,” Deutsch said.
“What came out yesterday to me was not a surprise, based on conversations Michael and I had had,” he added. “I don’t want to use his exact words, but that everything that was going on, Trump knew about.”
“Did he reference this meeting in particular when you talked to him?” fellow “Morning Joe” contributor Willie Geist asked.
“Yes, he did,” Deutsch replied, adding that someone else was in the room when they discussed the meeting.
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