Mueller’s investigators learned Trump told his former fixer to lie to Congress about Trump Tower Moscow project, BuzzFeed reportsDemocrats have vowed to investigate a report that Donald Trump personally directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about an effort to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, which could leave the president open to accusations of suborning perjury and obstruction of justice. It is the first known allegation that Trump told a subordinate to lie about his dealings with Russia. “Make it happen,” Trump reportedly told Cohen. But the two law enforcement sources told BuzzFeed that Trump met Cohen face to face at least 10 times during the campaign to talk about the Moscow tower project. “This stunning Trump Tower Moscow story establishes a clear case of Obstruction of Justice, a felony.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2019 14:49 UTC