Cohen told the House Oversight Committee that Trump directed him last year to lie about hush payments made to a porn actress to silence her claims of an affair with Trump. "Today, I am here to tell the truth about Mr Trump," Cohen told the nationally-televised hearing. RUSSIAN COLLUSIONStill, on the key issue of whether Trump worked with the Russians to get elected — Cohen delivered no knock-out blow. "Questions have been raised about whether I know of direct evidence that Mr Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia," he said. All are running in parallel with the Russia meddling investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is focused on whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow and whether Trump has illegally obstructed the investigation.

Source: Daily Nation February 28, 2019 05:48 UTC