There is SIGINT that does indeed place him in the Czech Republic at the time Steele says he was there. Cohen denies the visit, but his cell phone signal bounced off Czech towers, and theres more.
Is there evidence of this beyond what was initially reported about five years ago? Or is this just the same claim originally reported by Gordon and Stone of the McClatchy group of newspapers?
When questioned about their reporting by Erik Wemple, Gordon and Stone stated:
We quoted a total of five sources. Our sources cited information that signals from a cell phone owned by Cohen were detected in the vicinity of Prague and that, during that time frame, electronic eavesdropping by an Eastern European intelligence agency picked up a Russian remarking that Cohen was in the Czech capital. Our stories, while sensational, provided only hints or breadcrumbs suggesting that Cohen may have taken such a trip in late summer 2016. Without Cohens acknowledgement that he made such a trip, that he attended a clandestine meeting and without his description of what was discussed, the Cohen allegations appear to hit a dead end. Theres been no indication that Czech intelligence monitored or was aware of such a meeting, so its difficult to see how Special Counsel Robert Mueller could have proved this allegation even with an admission by Mr. Cohen.
Erik Wemple asked Gordon if the reporting team ever knew what was the phone number attached to those alleged cellphone pings. He declined to comment.
Does Unredacted contain any new information other than what was originally reported?