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Citing unidentified sources, McClatchy said on Friday that
investigators for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is also
probing possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump
campaign, had proof Cohen entered the Czech Republic through
Germany.
McClatchy said in its report that confirmation of the trip would
lend credence to a dossier compiled by a former British
intelligence agent that alleged Cohen met in Prague with a
prominent ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia has denied interfering in the election and Trump has said
there was no collusion. Cohen has denied ever visiting the Czech
capital.
"Bad reporting, bad information and bad story," Cohen wrote on
Twitter, with a link to the news agency's report. "No matter how
many times or ways they write it, I have never been to Prague. I
was in LA with my son. Proven!"
Cohen is due to appear in federal court on Monday in connection
with a raid this week on his New York office and home by agents
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation that was based in part
on a referral from Mueller.
They were seeking information on a $130,000 payment made by
Cohen just before the 2016 election to porn star Stormy Daniels,
who has said she had sex with Trump in 2006, a person familiar
with the matter said. Trump has said he did not know about the
payment.
(Reporting by Letitia Stein; Editing by Daniel Wallis and
Alistair Bell)
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