Michael Cohen again denies visit to Prague, says '#Mueller knows everything!'

Michael Cohen denies every having been in Prague
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On Thursday, McClatchy reported that a cellphone linked to Michael Cohen, former lawyer and fixer for President Trump, had briefly connected with cell towers in the Prague area in late summer 2016, about the time an unverified dossier placed Cohen in the Czech capital for a covert meeting with Russians. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is aware of the intercepts, McClatchy said, and its reporters were told about the cellphone evidence from four sources who learned of it independently from foreign intelligence connections. Cohen, who has been cooperating with Mueller's Trump-Russia collusion investigation, reiterated Thursday that he has never been to Prague, ever, adding cryptically that "#Mueller knows everything!"

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.