THOMSON REUTERS Jan 17th 2019
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Thursday he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data "at the direction of and for the sole benefit of" Trump.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Cohen had paid the data firm Redfinch Solutions to manipulate two public opinion polls in favor of Trump before the 2016 presidential campaign.
"As for the @WSJ article on poll rigging," Cohen said on Twitter on Thursday, "what I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of @realDonaldTrump @POTUS. I truly regret my blind loyalty to a man who doesn't deserve it."
The attempts to influence the polls ultimately proved largely unsuccessful but does shed a light on the tactics of the Trump campaign and Cohen's role within it. On the campaign trail, Trump frequently referred to his polling numbers to help fuel his candidacy.
Last month Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in making illegal hush-money payments to women to help Trump’s 2016 campaign and lying to Congress about a proposed Trump Tower project in Russia
The Journal said Cohen commissioned John Gauger, who runs RedFinch Solutions, to write a computer script to repeatedly vote for Trump in a February 2015 Drudge Report poll on potential Republican candidates. The move came as Trump was preparing to enter the 2016 presidential election race, the newspaper reported.
Trump ranked fifth in the Drudge Report poll, with about 24,000 votes or 5 percent of the total, according to the Journal .
Cohen also commissioned Gauger to do the same for a 2014 CNBC online poll identifying the country's top business leaders, although Trump was unable to break the top 100 candidates, the Journal reported.
"The president has no knowledge of the polls being rigged," Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said in an interview with Reuters. RedFinch Solutions did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reporting by Makini Brice and Tim Ahmann; Additional reporting by Karen Freifeld and Nathan Layne; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
Stay tune "As The Stomach Turns"
The FBI seized all of Cohen's records and are in possession of that hard evidence. Cohen was caught lying 'ON BEHALF' of trump. He has now agreed to cooperate and tell the truth which MUST be backed up by hard evidence. 'NO ONE' is just taking his "word" for anything. He stands to lose a lot if he is caught lying , that's why trump was very upset that the FBI broke into his attorney's office.
I hope he 'NEVER' stops tweeting. He's so ridiculous and he just keeps digging himself deeper. I honestly think he doesn't understand that every one of his tweets are official Presidential record. Please, don't take his phone away. It's hilarious. Trump is going down in flames along with his cult. Expect criminal indictments and treason charges against the orange tyrant. Putin is going to be very unhappy. Everybody knew that Trump rigged Primaries and General Election.
Nixon got away by resigning but most of the Trump family members are headed for prison . He's not man enough to admit when he's beaten. He's wrong on so many levels, but his ego can't accept the facts.
Trump will not survive 2019. The republicans are facing a daily onslaught of criminal and unethical behavior being exposed about Trump and his administration/election campaign.
Hey Rudy, how far you gonna ride the "he had no knowledge" defense. He either knew all (like I believe) or he is the most incompetent manager of a team I ever heard of. In either case, he shouldn't be President. I've pointed out all along, everything Trump accuses his opponents of doing is what he himself has been doing all along just to take attention away from himself. He cries "FAKE NEWS" when he is the one lying. He declares "rigged election" when his campaign was working with Russia to impact the results. He spouts "fake polls" when... you guessed it... he was the one rigging the polls. I could go on, but why bother?
Trump is a fraud and a disgrace.
Its going to take a lot of bleach to scrub the dirty, orange stain this "man" has left in the white house.
back soon with another istallment of As The Stomach Turns about the Orange Monkey im the White House .... HeHe
Hahahahaha! That was great Witchy. You were on a roll. I didn't want you to stop. That orange stain is going to take a ton of bleach. hahahaha!
ReplyDeleteCan you think of a more ridiculous lawyer to represent you. When does Rudy not have his foot in his mouth.
You know you are right, that anything Trump says is fake or rigged turns out to be faked or rigged by him.
Do you really think Treason will come into it?? Will his whole campaign crew and his family go down in flames while he stays lily white?? I wonder.
Great stuff
Love Shadow
It's said that a person that represents themselves in a court of law is a fool , I rather be a fool than to let Rudy represent me Hahahaha!!!I think Treason and everything else Mueller can throw at the Orange Monkey that's trying to pass himself off as human .
ReplyDeleteI think Mueller is after the whole damn bunch .
Thanks
Love Witchy
PS : Going to post another As the stomach turns Hahahahaha
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