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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump did learn about the raid before it was reported, but not before it happened.
According to CNN sources, President Donald Trump was, as usual, watching cable news as the story broke that his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen was raided by the FBI and as White House correspondent Jeff Zeleny noted, his mood may have been affected by the news.
Im told this afternoon the president was watching news coverage of this happening in the residence of the White House and now in the West Wing, the correspondent told Situation Room host Wolf Blitzer.
Zeleny noted that Trump did learn about the raid before it was reported but not before it happened. It remains unclear how the president learned of the raid, but given that Cohen is essentially a family member, the correspondent noted, they were likely in touch soon after it happened. During the presidents televised comments responding to the raid, however, Trump suggested he learned of the raids from news reports.
This is captivating the presidents time and attention and also likely to spark anger from him, Zeleny said. This is signed off by the Department of Justice and [Deputy Attorney General] Rod Rosenstein.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/trump-captivated-cable-news-reports-cohen-raids-set-off-anti-fbi-tirade/
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Trump did learn about the raid before it was reported, but not before it happened. (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
OP
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)1. Then he soiled himself.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)2. So he was watching tv
Instead of attending his own staff meeting?
BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)3. On Ari Melber
one of the writers of the WaPo article said that "the White House" was notified once it started and it was speculated that the communication came from Cohen's lawyer and obviously that was passed along to him.