Michael Cohen testified that he was instructed to lie by Trump lawyer
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cohen-told-lawmakers-trump-attorney-jay-sekulow-instructed-him-to-falsely-claim-moscow-project-ended-in-january-2016/2019/05/20/e98c6a5e-7b0f-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6392fcb4c0c9
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former longtime personal attorney, told a House panel during closed-door hearings earlier this year that he had been instructed by Trump lawyer Jay
Sekulow to falsely claim in a 2017 statement to Congress that negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow ended in January 2016, according to people familiar with his testimony.
In fact, Cohen later admitted, discussions on the Moscow tower continued into June of the presidential election year, after it was clear Trump would be the GOP nominee. Cohen is
serving three years in prison for lying to Congress, financial crimes and campaign finance violations.
In his public testimony before the House Oversight Committee in January, Cohen said that “Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers reviewed and edited my statement to Congress about the timing
of the Moscow Tower negotiations before I gave it.”
In subsequent closed-door appearances before the House Intelligence Committee in February and March, Cohen was more specific, saying Sekulow told him it would be important to use
Jan. 31, 2016, as the date when discussions about the Moscow project ended, according to the people familiar with his testimony, who spoke on the condition of anonymity
because of the panel’s ongoing investigation. Sekulow told Cohen the date was significant because it came before the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses, the opening contest of the White House race,
Cohen said to the committee.
goes to show that the red side of the committee was throwing temper tantrums for the camera
I know it's not what it's means, but that thread title really made me imagine that Cohen, as Trump's lawyer, was telling himself to lie.
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