Michael Cohen: Trump did not ‘directly’ tell me to lie to Congress about Moscow project by hunterw
Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, sits at the witness table waiting to testify before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 27, 2019. MoreWASHINGTON — he took office, said Trump did not explicitly tell him to lie to Congress about the scope of their efforts to build a skyscraper in Moscow.“I lied to Congress [about] when Mr. Trump stopped negotiating the Moscow tower project in Russia.
”“I made these misstatements to be consistent with Individual 1's political messaging and out of loyalty to Individual 1,” Cohen said of his false statements to Congress.During his testimony on Wednesday, Cohen confirmed that “Individual 1” was Trump.Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, is seated prior to testifying before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 27, 2019.
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