Trump’s former fixer’s deal with prosecutors confirms that the president lied about his Russian business interests
It can be easy, given the steady drip-drip of news and intrigue related to the Mueller Inquiry, to lose sight of the bigger picture. By pleading guilty to lying to Congress, Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen, confirmed the extraordinary (though long suspected) information that the president lied to the public about the extent of his business interests in Russia.
According to Cohen’s plea agreement, Trump’s former lawyer lied to the Senate Intelligence Committee in January 2017 when he told them that a project …read more
Source: New Statesman
