With Flynn's sentencing next week, it's time to reflect on another Cohen-Sater production, this one with a possible tie to the former National Security Adviser. (1/5)
In Jan 2017, Sater arranged for Cohen to meet in New York with a Ukrainian lawmaker who gave Cohen a secret peace proposal for Ukraine, which just happened to include a path for Russia to gain longterm control of Crimea (and get sanctions lifted). (2/5)
What happened to that plan, which Sater gave Cohen in an envelope? An interesting question. Cohen told @thamburger and me that he took the unopened envelope to his New York apartment and threw it in the trash. (3/5) washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-…
But the New York Times said Cohen told them he brought it to Washington and left it in the office of one Michael Flynn, just days before Flynn resigned. And Sater told us likewise that Cohen had told him that he planned to get the plan to Flynn. (4/5) nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/…
That conflict has always bugged me. Mueller certainly explored it. TheUkrainian lawmaker said earlier this year that he was questioned extensively about it in front of the Mueller grand jury in June. So maybe we'll learn more next week. washingtonpost.com/politics/press… (5/5)
