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McClatchy Still Standing By Its Evidence-Free, Thinly Sourced Claim Michael Cohen Was In Prague

Ashe Schow

Last year, McClatchy published two articles claiming that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen went to Prague in 2016 to allegedly pay Russia-linked hackers for stolen Democrat emails. Neither article provided any solid evidence for this claim, outside of “two sources familiar with the matter.”

No other media outlet was able to independently confirm the report, and last Wednesday, Cohen testified under oath that he has never been to Prague or the Czech Republic.

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