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Mon May 20, 2019, 08:55 PM May 2019

House panel releases Michael Cohen transcripts

The House Intelligence Committee has released transcripts of its private interviews with Michael Cohen, revealing that he told lawmakers that President Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow knew his 2017 testimony before Congress would be false.

The committee interviewed Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and "fixer," behind closed doors on February 28 and March 6 — before he reported to prison to serve a three-year sentence for bank fraud, campaign finance violations and other charges — as part of an investigation into the president’s business dealings in Russia and other foreign countries.

The interview focused heavily on Cohen’s previous false statement to Congress on discussions within the Trump Organization about building a Trump Tower in Moscow, in addition to other topics.

According to the transcript, Cohen told lawmakers in February that he discussed his false statement to Congress with Sekulow in 2017 before he delivered it, and that Sekulow encouraged him to say the Trump Tower Moscow discussions ended in January 2016. Cohen also said he believed Sekulow knew the discussions extended beyond the Iowa caucus into June 2016.

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/444651-house-panel-releases-michael-cohen-transcripts?userid=229233

Sounds like someone could be diasbarred.

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