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8/4/2018 12:15 AM PDT

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Al Sharpton is very skeptical of EA's statement on why it removed Colin Kaepernick's name from the Madden 19 soundtrack ... telling TMZ Sports, "I'm questioning their intentions."

The creators of football's top-selling game issued an apology after it was discovered they scrubbed the Kaep reference from YG's song "Big Bank" ... and blamed the whole ordeal on a licensing issue.

Sharpton ain't ready to buy any of that ... explaining to us their actions sound more like evidence of NFL collusion than an honest mistake.

"It clearly looks like it is an agreement among the owners," Al says.

"They keep [Kaepernick] isolated -- they keep him off the field. And I think that is something that is un-American."

Sharpton is calling for a more in-depth explanation from EA on the debacle ... and even makes his case for why the some EA employees should be "penalized" for it all.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton's meeting with President TrumpDonald John Trump2 women win Georgia Dem runoffs, extending streak for female candidates Giuliani on Trump-Cohen audio: 'I've dealt with much worse tapes than this' Roseanne to sit down with Hannity in first television interview since ABC canceled show MORE's longtime former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was not happenstance but rather a planned conversation meant to send a message to Trump, the MSNBC host said.

Sharpton told MSNBC's Ali Velshi that he has a long-standing relationship with Cohen dating back to Trump's time as a real estate mogul in New York, adding that Cohen used to "arrange" meetings between the two men to discuss their differences on social justice issues.

"He was the one to try to get all sides together, usually unsuccessfully," Sharpton said.

The MSNBC host added that Cohen, who ended his years-long relationship as Trump's attorney earlier this year, was "troubled" during his conversation with Sharpton about his business with the president and the resulting media attention.

I received a text from him saying he wanted to meet, Sharpton said. We met at a public restaurant and we spoke for over an hour. He was very troubled and felt in many ways cast wrongly.

And I feel he was saying that he had been abandoned by Mr. Trump," Sharpton continued, adding:He was adamant that he was opposed to things that Mr. Trump was doing.

Sharpton told Velshi that Cohen's decision to sit down with the MSNBC host known for his work in the civil rights movement was a "signal" to Trump and Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE's special counsel investigation that he was not in lock-step with his former boss.

Out of all the people he could reach out to, reaching out to me is sending a signal to Mr. Trump and I think, probably, to prosecutors that he was not one who would not deal with someone who has been fighting Donald Trump for decades on social justice issues," he said.

Sharpton originally tweeted Friday about his meeting with Cohen.

Just spent an hour w/ Michael Cohen, Trumps former attorney, Sharpton wrote. I bet youre wondering what we could be talking about! Stay tuned.

I have known Rev for almost 20 years, Cohen responded. No one better to talk to!

Just spent an hour w/ Michael Cohen, Trumps former attorney. I bet youre wondering what we could be talking about! Stay tuned

I have known Rev for almost 20 years. No one better to talk to! https://t.co/3XEoHqhQyU

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Al Sharpton: Cohen meeting me sends a signal to Trump | TheHill

Michael Cohen. Brendan McDermid/Reuters

President Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen chatted with the Reverend Al Sharpton for an hour, Sharpton announced on Twitter on Friday morning.

Cohen responded to Sharpton's tweet minutes later, saying there wasn't anyone "better to talk to!"

"Just spent an hour w/ Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney," Sharpton, the host of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation," tweeted Friday morning. "I bet you're wondering what we could be talking about! Stay tuned."

"I have known Rev for almost 20 years," Cohen responded. "No one better to talk to!"

Cohen is the focus of a criminal investigation in the Southern District of New York into whether he violated campaign-finance laws, committed bank fraud and/or wire fraud, engaged in illegal lobbying, or participated in other crimes. The FBI raided Cohen's home, hotel room, and office in April, seizing more than 4 million documents.

At the center of Cohen's troubles is a $130,000 hush-money payment he facilitated weeks before the 2016 presidential election to porn star Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, to keep her from talking about her allegation of a 2006 affair with Trump. The FBI sought documents related to that payment and other similar agreements with women.

Trump, Cohen, and the White House denied that an affair took place. Originally, Cohen said Trump did not reimburse him for the payment. In May, Trump admitted to paying back his lawyer for the cost.

Cohen has split with Trump dramatically in recent weeks. During an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos that was published earlier this month, Cohen said his family "and this country" have his "first loyalty."

Cohen also split with his legal team and hired a pair of new attorneys. Cohen's defense will now be guided by Guy Petrillo, a partner at Petrillo Klein & Boxer who has extensive experience in the Southern District of New York and is the kind of lawyer a person would choose if they were seeking to cut a deal with prosecutors, experts told Business Insider. In addition, Cohen brought on Lanny Davis, notable for his work as a lawyer and representative for President Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

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3:53 PM 07/21/2018

Chuck Ross | Reporter

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohens meeting on Friday with Al Sharpton was intended to send a signal to the president, the civil rights activist says.

Out of all the people he could reach out to, reaching out to me is sending a signal to Mr. Trump and I think, probably, to prosecutors that he was not one who would not deal with someone who has been fighting Donald Trump for decades on social justice issues, Sharpton said in an interview on MSNBC on Friday.

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Sharpton and Cohen met at a restaurant for over an hour on Friday morning, shortly before news broke that months before the 2016 election, Cohen secretly recorded a two-minute conversation with Trump regarding Karen McDougal, a Playboy playmate who allegedly had an affair with Trump in 2006.

The Washington Post reported that Cohen suggested purchasing the rights to McDougals story from AMI, the parent company of the National Enquirer. AMI paid McDougal $150,000 in August 2016 for her story.

According to The Post, Trump is mostly silent in the recording. At one point he asked Cohen how the payment would be made.

I received a text from him saying he wanted to meet, Sharpton said on Saturday. We met at a public restaurant and we spoke for over an hour. He was very troubled and felt in many ways cast wrongly.

And I feel he was saying that he had been abandoned by Mr. Trump, Sharpton continued, adding: He was adamant that he was opposed to things that Mr. Trump was doing.

Sharpton tweeted about his meeting with Cohen shortly after it ended.

Just spent an hour w/ Michael Cohen, Trumps former attorney, Sharpton wrote. I bet youre wondering what we could be talking about! Stay tuned.

Cohen confirmed the meeting, writing that I have known Rev for almost 20 years. No one better to talk to!

Trump blasted his former attorney in an early-morning tweet on Saturday.

Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyers office (early in the morning) almost unheard of. Even more inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client totally unheard of & perhaps illegal, he wrote. (RELATED: Perhaps Illegal: Trump Rails Against Cohen For Taping His Private Conversations)

The U.S. Attorneys Office in Manhattan is reportedly investigating Cohen over his business dealings and possible campaign finance violations. Cohens payments to women are reportedly a part of the investigation. Just before the 2016 election, Cohen paid $130,000 to Stormy Daniels, an adult film star who also allegedly had an affair with Trump in 2006.

The FBI raided Cohens home, office and hotel room on April 9.

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As the Russia-Washington situation grows more convoluted and scandalous by the day comes word that one of the NYC activist communitys most well-known advocates, the former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen met with Rev. Al Sharpton, on Friday and had breakfast.

TheGrio does not know what was served at the meal, but the FBI has a recording of President Donald Trump and in which the two men prior to the 2016 election discussed a payment to a former Playboy model who had an alleged affair with Trump, Rudy Giuliani told CNN.

Sharpton appeared to downplay the meeting, tweeting that he has known Cohen for two decades and Cohen often offered himself up as an intermediary when Sharpton and Trump had a beef.

Ive known @MichaelCohen212 for 20 years, Sharpton tweetedFridaymorning. He was a Democrat. He used to broker meetings between Trump andIwhen we were fighting.

Sharpton discussed theFridaybreakfast meeting on MSNBCFridaynight.

I received a text from him saying he wanted to meet, Sharpton said. We met at a public restaurant and we spoke for over an hour. He was very troubled and felt in many ways cast wrongly. And I feel that he was saying that he had been abandoned by Mr. Trump.

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Cohen gave the impression he was going to divulge secrets related to Trump, Sharpton told MSNBCs Ali Velshi.

He kept saying to me over and over again, Rev., I am going to do what is right for the country and what is right for my family, Sharpton said. He was adamant that he was opposed to things that Mr. Trump was doing.

Sharpton said he felt that Cohens outreach to him was meant to send a signal to the president that Cohen was not on the side of the White House.

Out of all the people he could reach out to, reaching out to me is sending a signal to Mr. Trump and I think, probably, to prosecutors that he was not one who would not deal with someone who has been fighting Donald Trump for decades on social justice issues, Sharpton said.

The developments are tearing the country apart, Sharpton said Cohen told him.

He said the country is divided, Sharpton said. He said, This is awful and I want to stand up.

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