"The Trump Moscow proposal was simply one of many development opportunities that the Trump Organization considered and ultimately rejected," Cohen said in a written statement. Cohen's own attorney provided documents to the House intelligence committee that included a reference to the Moscow project. "Ultimately, in January 2016, Michael informed me that the Trump Organization decided not to move forward with the project." The Trump Organization would license the Trump name for the building. "As far as Putin is concerned, I think Putin has been a very strong leader for Russia," Trump said.

Source: CNN August 28, 2017 19:18 UTC