TRUMP ORDERED MICHAEL COHEN TO LIE TO CONGRESS
President Donald Trump directed his attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about his ultimately scrapped negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, two federal law enforcement officials close to the investigation have claimed.
Buzzfeed reported Thursday night that the president and his oldest children Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. received regular updates about the development, even as Trump repeatedly claimed he had no business in Russia.
The report claims Trump also wanted to visit Russia during his presidential campaign to personally meet with Vladimir Putin and launch talks about building the tower, which he hoped could make him $300 million in profits.
‘Make it happen,’ the unnamed sources claim Trump told Cohen about the meeting. Cohen, who sources said was put in charge of the project, also acknowledged he considered travelling to Moscow to discuss the project.
According to Buzzfeed, Mueller first discovered that Trump told Cohen to lie to Congress via evidence from internal company emails, text messages, and witnesses from the Trump Organization.
US (DAILY MAIL), 18 JANUARY 2019