Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, has made a surprise appearance before a federal judge to plead guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia. Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, has made a surprise appearance before a federal judge to plead guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia. Cohen told the judge in New York he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Mr Trump’s “political message”. Cohen and prosecutors referred to Mr Trump as “individual one” throughout the proceedings and said he lied “to be loyal to individual one”. Rudy Giuliani, Mr Trump’s lawyer-spokesman, called Cohen a “proven liar” who is trying to get out of a lengthy prison sentence.

Source: Irish Independent November 29, 2018 14:50 UTC