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spanone

(135,627 posts)
Mon May 20, 2019, 07:10 PM May 2019

Cohen told lawmakers that Trump lawyer Sekulow instructed him to lie about Moscow tower project

Told Cohen to say that the Moscow Tower Project ended in January 2016

What a day for don.

Cohen told lawmakers that Trump lawyer Sekulow instructed him to lie about Moscow tower project: report

The president's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen told lawmakers during a closed-door hearing earlier this year that Trump attorney Jay Sekulow instructed him to lie about when negotiations for a Trump Tower in Moscow ended, the Washington Post reported Monday.

Cohen falsely claimed in 2017 testimony that talks on the Moscow project ended in January 2016 before later admitting that discussions continued into June of the presidential election year.

Democrats in the House are currently investigating whether attorneys representing both Trump and his family obstructed the panel’s investigation into Russian interference by shaping or editing false testimony.

“We’re trying to find out whether anyone participated in the false testimony that Cohen gave to this committee,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) told the Post in an interview.


https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/444646-michael-cohen-told-lawmakers-that-trump-lawyer-jay-sekulow-instructed
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Cohen told lawmakers that Trump lawyer Sekulow instructed him to lie about Moscow tower project (Original Post) spanone May 2019 OP
What did he base his statement on? Nevilledog May 2019 #1
Newly released transcripts of Cohen's behind-doors congressional testimony StarfishSaver May 2019 #8
Thanks! Nevilledog May 2019 #9
Thanks spanone May 2019 #13
Recommended. H2O Man May 2019 #2
to quote Mellencamp "when the walls come tumbling down" spanone May 2019 #4
Heck of a day!!!! H2O Man May 2019 #5
Has the first Domino fallen over? We can only hope. Chin music May 2019 #3
So was Buzzfeed correct? Dennis Donovan May 2019 #6
Did they report this? spanone May 2019 #7
Remember that? StarfishSaver May 2019 #10
How do you know?? I no longer trust Mueller. triron May 2019 #18
Found this from February. spanone May 2019 #11
I can't believe the numbers of these stupid fucks Turbineguy May 2019 #12
Chris Hayes is discussing this now malaise May 2019 #14
👍🏼 spanone May 2019 #15
Disbarr Him Me. May 2019 #16
👍🏼😎 spanone May 2019 #17
 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
10. Remember that?
Mon May 20, 2019, 07:32 PM
May 2019

People thought he told this to Mueller and Mueller denied he has said this to on investigators.

Turns out he DID say it, but not to Mueller.

spanone

(135,627 posts)
11. Found this from February.
Mon May 20, 2019, 07:34 PM
May 2019

....says trump told him to lie.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/cohen-trump-congress-testimony


Edited to ad...from same article.

Cohen also alleged that Trump’s personal lawyers “reviewed and edited” his false statement to Congress “before [he] gave it.”

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