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“In His Way, He Was Telling Me To Lie”: Michael Cohen Will Testify On Trump Moscow Cover-Up buzzfeednews.com/article/emmalo… via @LoopEmma
Make sure to follow @LoopEmma, who will be in the room for Michael Cohen's testimony this morning before House Oversight. On Cohen's bombshell prepared opening remarks: buzzfeednews.com/article/emmalo…
"Mr. Cohen's statement is not true." Roger Stone responds via text to Michael Cohen's prepared remarks, which claim Stone told Trump in July 2016 that he had spoken with Julian Assange and there would be a "massive dump" of emails harmful to Clinton's campaign
Roger Stone, who is currently under a gag order, says Michael Cohen is lying — of Cohen's testimony today that Stone told Trump in July '16 that he had spoken to Julian Assange about an upcoming dump of hacked DNC emails, Stone texted us it was "not true" buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Stone did not elaborate. His gag order bars him from talking about his case, Mueller's probe, and any participants in his case or the investigation. Mueller's office declined to comment when asked if they believed Stone's statement complied with that order buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Cohen said he believed he learned about the forthcoming release of hacked DNC emails by WikiLeaks on July 18 or 19 (in 2016) — they came out on July 22. Updated story: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Cohen says he's working with SDNY on "several other issues of investigation"
Roger Stone texted us today that Michael Cohen's testimony that Stone told Trump in July 2016 that he'd spoken to Julian Assange about a doc dump is "not true." Stone is under a gag order not to talk about his case, Mueller's probe, or any participants buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Cohen repeats testimony about Trump and Stone discussing the upcoming document dump by WikiLeaks in July 2016, but he says he doesn't know if Trump and Stone knew where the emails had come from (they were hacked from the DNC by Russians, per charging docs) buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Re: Cohen saying just now that he plans to pursue a book deal in the future — Paul Manafort's plea deal with Mueller's office includes a prohibition on profiting from his case (i.e. no book deals) — see the text below. Michael Cohen's plea deal includes no such requirement 
WikiLeaks tweets a response to Michael Cohen's testimony, saying Julian Assange "never" had a call with Roger Stone. Previously: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
More on the timeline of July 2016: Per the indictment in the DNC hacking case, WikiLeaks confirmed 7/18 that it had the hacked DNC docs and planned to release them "this week." Cohen says Stone called Trump on the 18th or 19th. The docs were released 7/22 buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Speaking of Roger Stone: The judge just set some new deadlines. In advance of the 3/14 status hearing, she wants the following by 3/7:
- From the govt, how long they expect to need for trial
- From Stone: whether they plan to file motions challenging the indictment or evidence
- From the govt, how long they expect to need for trial
- From Stone: whether they plan to file motions challenging the indictment or evidence
More Roger Stone updates: Former Stone associate Jerome Corsi is asking the judge to probe whether Stone is violating the order to stay away from witnesses, saying he's felt threatened by cars outside his home and his stepson's home assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5753…
