Cohen plans to testify that he previously lied to Congress about when Trump abandoned a business project in Moscow, although he will deny that Trump personally told him to lie. Mr. Trump put Mr. Stone on the speakerphone. In the testimony, Cohen paints Trump as a virulent racist in private. The president’s former lawyer says that Trump continued negotiating for a luxury condo tower project in Russia throughout the 2016 campaign. “I regret the day I said ‘yes’ to Mr. Trump.

Source: Washington Post February 27, 2019 05:24 UTC