Shortly after midnight, both the New York Times and Politico published copies of the statement Cohen would offer at the outset of his testimony. Mr. Trump put Mr. Stone on the speakerphone. This, the email said, was “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.” Trump Jr.'s famous response? “I remember being in the room with Mr. Trump, probably in early June 2016, when something peculiar happened. “Cohen’s public testimony directly implicates Trump in serious campaign finance violations,” said former FEC general counsel Lawrence Noble over email.

Source: Washington Post February 27, 2019 11:30 UTC