Mentioned only in footnotes, the report said that a Russian businessman texted Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, about “compromising tapes.” But the businessman didn’t mention he was told the tape
According to Mueller’s report, Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, received a text on Oct. 30, 2016, from Giorgi Rtskhiladze, a US-based Russian businessman who was involved in a deal with the Trump organization to build a Trump Tower in Batumi, Georgia.
Cohen told investigators that he spoke to Trump “about the issue” after receiving Rtskhiladze’s texts in 2016. Rtskhiladze is the US-based executive for the Silk Road Group, a large regional investment and development company in the South Caucasus. The Trump Organization entered into a licensing agreement with the group in March 2011 to build a Trump Tower in Batumi, Georgia.On Jan.
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