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Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

March 2019, pp. 145–153

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Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

United States Department of Justice
March 2019, pp. 145–153

  • Written by Heather Whittemore, JD

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Michael Cohen was a personal lawyer for President Donald Trump (defendant). In 2017 Cohen made false statements to Congress about a project involving Trump Tower Moscow (the Moscow project). The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York opened an investigation into Cohen, and on April 9, 2018, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searched Cohen’s home, office, and hotel room. After the searches, President Trump called Cohen to check in, giving Cohen his support. Members of President Trump’s network also called Cohen to relay President Trump’s support for him. The Trump Organization was paying Cohen’s legal fees, and Cohen interpreted the messages from President Trump to mean that President Trump wanted him to stay on message with regard to the Moscow project. On November 29, 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to making false statements to Congress about the Moscow project. Later that day, President Trump made comments demeaning Cohen. Over the next weeks, President Trump made public comments implying that Cohen and his family were guilty of crimes and deserved long prison sentences. Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued a report analyzing whether President Trump had obstructed justice with regard to the investigation into Cohen.

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