Michael Cohen’s appearance before the House oversight committee on Wednesday marked the beginning of Democrats’ investigation into President Donald Trump’s potential high crimes and misdemeanors. BuzzFeed reported that Trump ordered Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow deal in January. Jay Sekulow, Trump’s lawyer, and Abbe Lowell, son-in-law Jared Kushner’s lawyer, reviewed and edited Cohen’s August 2017 testimony, in which he lied to Congress, according to Cohen. This would make Trump Jr. “Executive 2” in the document of Cohen’s guilty plea. Trump Jr. has testified that he was only “peripherally aware.” Trump’s tax returns aren’t under audit, and AOC gave a good reason to get them.

Source: Huffington Post February 28, 2019 00:22 UTC