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President Trump Directed Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress: Report

President Donald Trump directed his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project, and gave the order while being a sitting president. In a Thursday night bombshell report, Buzzfeed News reports “Trump received 10 personal updates from Michael Cohen and encouraged a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin.”
During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Trump also ordered Cohen to travel to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin to “jump-start” the Moscow project, the report states.
“Make it happen,” Trump reportedly told Cohen.
And in a possibly first-ever direct implication of the President’s children, Buzzfeed reports Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. “received regular, detailed updates about the real estate development from Cohen, whom they put in charge of the project.”
MSNBC’s Jill Wine-Banks weighed in, saying, “I think we’re in new territory tonight.” She adds, “This is obstruction and collusion.”
Here’s MSNBC’s first report:
BREAKING: BuzzFeed News report: President Trump directed longtime attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, according to two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter. pic.twitter.com/0wtcij1da9
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 18, 2019
More:
“It is a consciousness of guilt,” Rep. Swalwell says in reaction to Buzzfeed News report. pic.twitter.com/JuvcZuhMZN
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 18, 2019
The ACLU’s Brian Tashman just posted video of Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday asking Trump’s Attorney General nominee, William Barr during his confirmation hearing this key question:
William Barr said the president coaching a witness to give false testimony or to conceal evidence would be obstruction of justice.
According to @BuzzFeedNews, Trump directed Cohen to give false testimony to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project: https://t.co/BQcHjYyasM pic.twitter.com/iF7anKgREd
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) January 18, 2019
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