
Marshall Cohen
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CNN Senior Reporter. I've covered major legal cases and Congressional probes, often with a focus on democracy, elections and disinformation. Go Eagles.
Joined June 2009
NEW: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to answer questions and turn over evidence about USPS policy changes within 10 days as part of a lawsuit brought by Democratic state AGs over recent mail slowdowns and the impact on the 2020 election. (h/t @kpolantz).
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The widely respected @MayoClinic has a policy requiring all visitors to wear a mask. (Smart!) They told Pence about this before his visit. He ignored it. They let him in anyway. Then they tweeted about telling Pence ahead of time. Then they deleted the tweet. This is not normal.
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JUST IN: The Justice Department has sent a letter to Elon Musk's super PAC, warning that his daily $1m giveaway to registered voters in swing states might violate federal laws, sources tell CNN. It's illegal to incentivize registration with cash/prizes. @evanperez @HBRabinowitz.
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BREAKING: The FBI and federal prosecutors in NYC are scrutinizing Rudy Giuliani’s financial dealings with the two men charged today. The men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, are charged with pumping Russian money into US political campaigns. (reporting from @evanperez @ShimonPro).
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Update: At least eight Mueller prosecutors worked today.
Today is a federal holiday, but at least five of Robert Mueller's prosecutors are working today at their office in downtown DC. (h/t @emsteck).
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1. Not a break-in. federal judge approved the FBI search warrant. 2. Probably not illegal because NY is one-party consent state for taping. 3. Trump’s own lawyers waived privilege on this recording, allowing the government to access the tape.
Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer’s office (early in the morning) - almost unheard of. Even more inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client - totally unheard of & perhaps illegal. The good news is that your favorite President did nothing wrong!.
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HUGE ruling: Federal judge says Dominion's defamation lawsuits CAN PROCEED against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani & Mike Lindell. These Trump diehards falsely said Dominion rigged the 2020 election. Dominion wants billions in damages. The Judge is a Trump appointee. (h/t @kpolantz).
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NEW TODAY: Sadly, a third police officer who responded to the US Capitol on January 6 has died by suicide. DC's Metropolitan Police Department confirmed the death of Officer Gunther Hashida. (h/t @WhitneyWReports).
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Today is a federal holiday, but at least five of Robert Mueller's prosecutors are working today at their office in downtown DC. (h/t @emsteck).
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This is false. No independent arbiter “determined” this about Mueller. The DOJ IG said the Russia probe was opened properly. Senate Intel confirms there were grave counterintel concerns about the Trump campaign. Is Trump trying to pressure Durham?? (“A big price must be paid”).
. It has now been determined that the Mueller Scam should never have been set up in the first place, there were no grounds. It was all an illegitimate Witch Hunt, & a big price must be paid. How different my life would have been if this fraud on America was never committed!!!.
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In a letter to Mueller, Trump's lawyers said he "dictated a short but accurate response to the New York Times" about the infamous Trump Tower meeting with Russians. But here are FIVE TIMES @JaySekulow and @PressSec previously denied Trump's role in the misleading statement.
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This is why Trump could never testify in-person to Mueller. He is denying that he ordered McGahn to fire Mueller, even though he did it. Trump can lie on Twitter without consequences, but it would’ve been a crime to lie to investigators.
As has been incorrectly reported by the Fake News Media, I never told then White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire Robert Mueller, even though I had the legal right to do so. If I wanted to fire Mueller, I didn’t need McGahn to do it, I could have done it myself. Nevertheless,. .
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You can add Graham (R) to this list now too. He says: “I have seen no indication that a confidential informant was placed inside the Trump campaign that acted as a spy.”
Ryan (R), Burr (R), Gowdy (R) and Schiff (D) have publicly knocked down the "spygate" conspiracy that Trump and others have pushed for weeks. (The unproven claim is that the FBI put a spy in Trump's campaign.) So far, no one who has seen the docs say they support Trump's claims.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ken Chesebro, who helped devise the 2020 electors plot, concealed a secret Twitter from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut what he told investigators about his role in the scheme. w/ @KFILE @emsteck @alligordon_
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THREAD: This is the true human cost of #COVID that you don't see on TV very often. CNN obtained photos from ER staff at a Detroit hospital, showing bodies pilled up in vacant spaces because the morgue was full. Nearly 1,500 people have died in Michigan, and 23,000 nationwide.
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BIG MUELLER NEWS: The federal grand jury in DC that Mueller has been using was just extended for another six months, per my colleague @kpolantz. The original 18-month term was set to expire but the chief judge of the DC District Court has extended the grand jury's mandate.
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Trump is trying to make something NORMAL sound SUSPICIOUS to serve his political narrative. Election night results are NEVER final. The numbers ALWAYS shift as final ballots get counted. With more mail-in ballots than ever before, the shifts this year will he larger than usual.
Trump: "I could be leading and then they'll just keep getting ballots and ballots and ballots and ballots." Yes, correct, that is called counting the votes.
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Here's the context that Collins is ignoring: DOJ seized Parnas' phones and other materials when he was arrested in October, before he got the House subpoena. Parnas only recently got his devices back from the DOJ and secured permission from a judge to give this stuff to Congress.
Susan Collins throws cold water on new Lev Parnas evidence. “I wonder why the House did not put that into the record and it’s only now being revealed.” Told it was just turned over, she says: “well doesn’t that suggest that the House did an incomplete job then?” @Phil_Mattingly.
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"What we just saw and heard from the President of the United States was propaganda. There's really no other way to say it. It was propaganda, plain and simple. He wants things to be a certain way for his own political agenda, and he is saying, science be damned." --@DanaBashCNN.
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During the attack, McCarthy told Trump the rioters were his supporters. Trump replied, "Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are." McCarthy replied, "who the f*** do you think you are talking to?" (h/t @jamiegangel)
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It's the morning after the election. and special counsel Robert Mueller arrived at his downtown DC office around 7:20 a.m., like he always does, bright and early. Remember him? (h/t @FossumSamuel).
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NEW: CNN has identified at least 12 distinct lies that Trump is using to baselessly raise doubts about the 2024 election. He has ramped up this rhetoric lately, potentially setting the stage to dispute the results, if Harris wins in November. w/ @ddale8
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After 10+ women accused Trump of sexual misconduct last year, Conway told @DanaBashCNN, "it's not for me to judge what these women believe."
It took Hillary abt 5 minutes to blame NRA for madman's rampage, but 5 days to sorta-kinda blame Harvey Weinstein 4 his sexually assaults.
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FULL STORY on the new video that, why it came out today, the months-long court fight by CNN and other news outlets to unearth these important videos for the American people to see. This effort has been led by my friend and colleague @kpolantz
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Manafort was not sentenced. The judge revoked Manafort's bail, sending him to jail before trial, because he allegedly committed more crimes while on house arrest. BUT while we're talking about sentencing, if Manafort is convicted on all counts in DC/VA, he faces 300+ years.
Wow, what a tough sentence for Paul Manafort, who has represented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other top political people and campaigns. Didn’t know Manafort was the head of the Mob. What about Comey and Crooked Hillary and all of the others? Very unfair!.
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OANN is trying to cover up its past relationship with Andrii Derkach, an active Russian agent involved in Moscow's anti-Biden meddling. OANN gave him tons of free airtime and promoted his wacko conspiracy theories.
Heh. Just noticed @OANN deleted all Derkach tagged stories from its site, including a Reuters story on the Ukrainian MP and US-labeled "active Russian agent" being sanctioned for election interference. But — oops! — it didn't delete one misspelled with "Derkash," which remains.
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