Michael Cohen just now tweeted this about Prague and Mueller--

[Mrs. Overall]

What exactly does it mean?

Link to tweet

Michael Cohen
?Verified account

I hear #Prague #CzechRepublic is beautiful in the summertime. I wouldn’t know as I have never been. #Mueller knows everything!


He just did a follow up tweet:

Link to tweet

[bearsfootball516]

2. Trying to deny the information that came out today.

Pretty stupid though, because cell phone records don't lie.

In case you missed it, it was discovered that a cell phone tower pinged Cohen's cell phone just outside Prague during the time the Trump Tower meeting.

[Eliot Rosewater]

32. That is right, he has never been to Prague. Just outside Prague where the secret

meeting with russian KGB, yes, but not IN Prague.

?? Maybe??

I dont know if to date there is info as to an exact location of the meeting?

I am asking, speculating.

[karynnj]

38. Interesting question - did he give his cell phone to someone else?

Sounds pretty unlikely, but otherwise it is very hard for his cell phone to ping a cell tower near Prague.

(Easier to believe - he was there.)

Or as many said - his denial was being in the city limits of Prague.

[California_Republic]

42. Supplied phone to team trump?

Maybe

[DURHAM D]

47. He probably gave a phone to Ivanka to use

when she traveled to E. Europe to meet up with Putin's girlfriend, Tony Blair's former girlfriend, and Murdoch's ex wife. Also known as Wendy Deng, possible Chinese spy.

Isn't it the same time frame?

[Me.]

53. Or Individual 1

[Pluvious]

60. To Don Jr. - who speaks the native language... ?

[Pachamama]

3. Very strange....

Wonder if its sarcasm to mess with the Donald....

[fierywoman]

46. +1

[manor321]

4. So odd

McClatchy are professionals. They say they have four sources.

[Shell_Seas]

5. I read that wrong...

So, he's saying that the reports of hi cell phone pinging in Prague are not true?

[herding cats]

16. The report is it pinged near Prague.

Not in Prague proper. So, we shall see what ends up being the case.

This is cryptic and seems like a threat in regards to Muller knowing everything.

I'm ready for some actual hard facts in this case. All this cryptic crap is wearing on my last nerve.

[enid602]

55. Intelligence

Also, according to msnbc.com an Eastern European country’s intelligence agency said that phone intercepts between Russians indicated that Cohen was in Prague at the time of the meetings.

[fleur-de-lisa]

6. Schindler responds . . .

John Schindler ✔ @20committee

What about an RIS dacha outside the city? That wouldn't be in Prague, technically -- would it, counselor? Asking for a friend. PS Mueller really does know everything.

Link to tweet

[Mrs. Overall]

7. Wow. What the hell is going on with this story?

[Shell_Seas]

9. I'm lost.

[Mrs. Overall]

14. Yes, me too. It's odd to deny the info and yet to say Mueller knows everything. I can't tell what

the exact point of the tweet is.

[fleur-de-lisa]

20. McClatchy report today stated "cell signal puts Cohen outside Prague around time of purported mtg".

The Steel Dossier stated that a high level Trump associate went to Prague in 2016 to pay the Russian hackers who helped Trump win. This is one of the few points in the Steel Dossier that has yet to be proven, yet it is a critical piece because it directly ties Russia to Trump's win.

Michael Cohen has repeatedly denied that ever went to Prague. He basically states the same in his tweet today.

But the McClatchy report states that 4 sources confirm that "cell signal puts Cohen outside Prague around time of purported Russian meeting." His cell phone signal was picked up by various allies of the US who were surveilling Russians.

Schindler is implying that Cohen was "near" Prague, not necessarily "in" Prague.

Cohen is playing with words.

[DesertRat]

26. +1

[pnwmom]

37. Exactly. There's no conflict here. He probably was in a place we would call a "suburb," just

outside of Prague. And it has always been acknowledged that some of the specific details in the dossier might not be totally accurate, while the overall scheme was.

Meanwhile, Cohen is relying on the technicality that he wasn't INSIDE Prague, he was just outside it.

[pnwmom]

36. I think Schindler's point is pretty simple. People often speak of cities very broadly.

I often refer to myself as living in Seattle, because that is an identifiable place to people in NY or LA. The exact truth is I live in a close-in suburb. But the division is just an arbitrary line on a map -- it feels no different in Seattle than where I live. And people in suburbs often do this -- it's a kind of shorthand since people who have never visited my city would never have heard of it -- but they have heard of Seattle.

[fleur-de-lisa]

11. Cohen is trying to be cute. The McClatchy report states "cell signal puts Cohen OUTSIDE PRAGUE"

Link to tweet

[uponit7771]

18. Like whoa!!! More confirmation of the Steele dossier

[DesertRat]

29. Another possible clue is "summertime"

[lanlady]

35. that's what I'm thinking too

The time of the TT meeting was early June, so not summertime. Cohen could have been in Prague in late spring so this weird statement of his would not be incorrect. Why is he yanking our chain over this?

[uponit7771]

17. +1, but why would Cohen still be playing games at this point?

[fleur-de-lisa]

21. Maybe he is messing with Twitler's head?

[uponit7771]

23. Hope so

[DesertRat]

30. Maybe he's playing games but can't say more without violating his plea agreement

[roamer65]

62. Schindler knows because NSA friends are telling him the truth.

NSA knows exactly where Cohen was in Czechia.

[BlueJac]

8. The beat goes on!

[boston bean]

10. Maybe someone borrowed his phone.

[Me.]

54. As I Said UpThread

How do we know that Individual 1 didn't slip away to an area near Prague on his private jet, with a falsified manifesto, for an overnight or day?

[Sanity Claws]

12. Did someone have/borrow/confiscate his phone?

[OliverQ]

22. Maybe trump was in Prague and used Cohen's phone to cover his tracks.

[FreeState]

33. Edit: But they have them talking about Cohen being in Prague then

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/investigations/article219016820.html

"During the same period of late August or early September, electronic eavesdropping by an Eastern European intelligence agency picked up a conversation among Russians, one of whom remarked that Cohen was in Prague, two people familiar with the incident said."

UNLESS somehow Cohen is code word for someone else being there /ConspiracySoundingThoughts

[octoberlib]

40. I bet it was Finland.

[Mrs. Overall]

25. That's what I'm wondering. Did someone else connected with collusion use this phone whose account

was in Cohen's name?

Who might have "assisted" the cause in Prague?

Giuliani? Page? Hannity? Stone?

[getagrip_already]

13. carefully chosen words.....

He said he wasn't in prague, not that he wasn't in the vicinity. That's like sitting in Bethesda and saying you aren't in dc. Technically true, but misleading as hell.

[DesertRat]

31. Yup. And maybe "summertime"

[mitch96]

15. His phone was pinged but was HE there??? Who had the phone? nt

[Shell_Seas]

19. If Michael Cohen wasn't actually there...wouldn't he just say

"My phone wasn't pinged outside of Prague"

Is it a hint? A denial? I don't get it. Why play around after everything?

[Blue Owl]

24. Don't know, but it is a cold day for pontooning...

n/t

[Mme. Defarge]

27. Sounds to me

like he’s taunting Trump.

[maxsolomon]

28. It means he wasn't there, and Mueller knows it. Cohen isn't Manaforting this.

He seems to be cooperating fully once he realized Trump's loyalty goes 1 way.

It also means we don't know the details of this story, whether its a red herring, or who planted it, or what it proves or doesn't prove.

We have to wait for Mueller.

[Yavin4]

34. Or he lied to Mueller about being there

Which would not be a good thing.

[pnwmom]

39. It means he wasn't INSIDE the city boundaries. So what? The Maclatchy story

put the cell phone signals just OUTSIDE the city.

So I think the likelihood is Cohen is being technically correct -- possibly in an effort to say he never lied about the matter. Technically, if he met with them outside of the city boundaries, then he wasn't INSIDE Prague.

[maxsolomon]

41. maybe

or we just have no way of knowing what this means. yet.

it might be the smocking gun, it might not. cohen might be honest here, he might be splitting hairs. I don't think he's outright lying as Mueller has him by the short hairs.

news report hermeneutics aren't going to clear it up.

on edit: Mueller should get him off Twitter. Twitter is a cancer on this planet.

[octoberlib]

45. Cohen says he's never been to the Czech Republic but he told the WSJ he went in 2001-2

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[maxsolomon]

49. As I said in my previous comment

Why is Mueller allowing Cohen on Twitter?

[pnwmom]

50. And yet David Corn reported that Cohen had said he'd spent an afternoon in Prague

14 years ago. That's not consistent with what he's saying today.

[Azathoth]

43. Sounds like someone with Cohen's phone was there, and Cohen knows who it was nt

[Raven123]

44. He'll have 3 years out of the spotlight to remember accurately

[Mrs. Overall]

48. FOLLOW UP TWEET BY COHEN: He says he has never been to the Czech Republic

Link to tweet

[GreydeeThos]

51. It looks like Cohen is name dropping

He is one of those people who is just a born loser and has spent his entire existence hanging on to some one, any one, who looks important. Cohen is the slimiest of slimy lawyers who makes money in the New York cab market and records his client's phone conversations for later blackmail purposes. He is a proven liar, sell out, and fraud using his 'new' good buddy Mueller to protect his sorry rear end.

Other than that, Cohen is probably a pretty nice guy (if you don't mind drinking with a guy who never buys a round).

I am no cell phone expert, and I have never traveled to Europe. I would think for a person's cell phone to work overseas, it would require a new SIM card to access the networks. Did McClatchy somehow link a SIM card purchased on the continent with Cohen?

[Adsos Letter]

58. We were in Europe in October.

Our phones worked fine, but we did notify our carrier (Verizon) that we would be there. They gave us a temporary rate for limited usage, but I'm not aware of any other changes.

[MaryMagdaline]

52. We were in El Paso and someone we were traveling with got a cell phone bill indicating a call from

Mexico. He never crossed the border. The tower must have been close.

[chowder66]

56. The Russians may have said Cohen was in Prague (generally speaking) and Steele

may be using their words. So it sounds like it could be basically true based on how the Russians described where he was.

[UniteFightBack]

57. Perhaps he is sending a message and a clear one at that #Mueller knows Everything is pretty fucking

DAMNING.

[UniteFightBack]

59. Ivana Marie Trump is a Czech former model and businesswoman, DOTARD JR IS IN TROUBLE !!!

[sarcasmo]

61. Junior in Prague using one of the many Cohen cell phones obtained by Mr. Mueller.