Following a week of increasingly frenzied attacks against Mueller, Trump falsely stated on Friday evening that the latest development “totally clears” him. Mueller said in a court filing that Cohen had provided him “useful information” on matters at the core of the Trump-Russia investigation. Cohen and Trump paid the women to suppress their damaging stories and “to influence the 2016 presidential election”, the filing said. Cohen previously pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about Trump’s plans to develop a building in Russia. Cohen previously pleaded guilty in August to violating election campaign finance laws by arranging the payments to the two women.

Source: The Guardian December 07, 2018 22:01 UTC