The documents allege that Cohen stepped into the role of primary liaison with Russia in August 2016 after Paul Manafort resigned from the campaign following new reports about his relationship with a pro-Russian politician in Ukraine. Cohen, a report from October reads, “was heavily engaged in a cover up and damage limitation operation in the attempt to prevent the full details of [Trump’s] relationship with Russia being exposed.”
Per “a Kremlin insider” who spoke with Steele, Cohen met with “Kremlin representatives” in August or September of that year in Prague. That alleged meeting may have taken place at Rossotrudnichestvo, a Russian center for science and culture in the city. Attendees may have included Konstantin Kosachev, a member of the upper chamber of Russia’s legislature, and Oleg Solodukhin, who works for Rossotrudnichestvo. Steele’s reports indicate that the meeting was originally supposed to be in Moscow, but that was judged too risky.
August 2016 emphasized. Also, August 2016, PeopleMag:
Pals Ivanka Trump and Wendi Deng Murdoch Go Sightseeing in Croatia - By Stephanie Petit - August 14, 2016 01:15 PM
Ivanka Trump is taking a break from the campaign trail to vacation with friends.
The daughter of GOP nominee Donald Trump shared a scenic snap with Wendi Deng Murdoch, the ex-wife of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, from Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Trump, 34, was spotted with husband Jared Kushner in the city’s old town, seemingly taking a couple’s vacation without their three children – Arabella, 5, Joseph, 2, and Theodore, 4 months.
Images, here and here. Mistaken identity? Mistaken location? How far is Dubrovnik from Prague; how easy the travel?
Entry requirements, short business/tourist stay, Prague, Dubrovnik.
Trump tower June 2016 meeting with Russians timeline/particpants. A theory is only a theory, but what footprints would be showing were the Prague meeting with Kushner, not Cohen? August, 2016, coincidence or more, OR, Cohen a red herring, deliberately posted elsewhere with an alibi, Jarad in Prague for a meeting, diverting briefly from the reported Jarad-Ivanka "holiday?" Cohen reached a plea. Manafort reached a plea. Jarad, no plea. Donald Jr., no plea. So far.
UPDATE: How to get to Dubrovnik? What if by yacht?
Last item, this image, captioned, "Geffen is close friends with supermodel Karlie Kloss (above on his yacht in June) who dates Jared's brother Joshua."
Fun in the sun with the rich and famous. Prague side-trip? Who's to say?
FURTHER: It did not even have to cost that much, round trip, although the big fish, big pond dimension makes cost no object. Not like a migrant boat from Africa. But just the sun glasses, mix with the ordinary folks in coach, nothing extraordinary to draw attention, a business trip on the side and back to the yacht.