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Trump Tower Moscow
Posted on: December 3, 2019 at 08:43:39 CT
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The Department of Justice on Monday released a new collection of documents summarizing FBI interviews conducted as part of former special counsel Robert Mueller's sweeping investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice by President Trump.
The records, which were obtained by BuzzFeed News and CNN in response to Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, include revelations from Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and former White House communications director Hope Hicks, among others.
The second batch of documents includes 295 pages of heavily redacted witness memoranda and notes from FBI interviews, CNN reported. The Justice Department is expected to release a new tranche of memos at the beginning of each month for the next eight years.
A summary of Cohen's interview sheds new light on efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow amid the 2016 campaign and how much Trump knew about the negotiations.
"Cohen told Trump he spoke with a woman from the Kremlin who had asked specific and great questions about Trump Tower Moscow, and that he wished Trump Organization had assistants that were that good and competent," an FBI summary said, according to BuzzFeed News.
Cohen also alleged to the FBI that he told Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow that there was key information missing in a statement he was providing Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow negotiations.
Sekulow said it was "not necessary to elaborate or include those details because the transaction did not take place." Per a summary of the interview, Sekulow also said that "Cohen should not contradict Trump and that it was time to move on."
The records, which were obtained by BuzzFeed News and CNN in response to Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, include revelations from Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and former White House communications director Hope Hicks, among others.
The second batch of documents includes 295 pages of heavily redacted witness memoranda and notes from FBI interviews, CNN reported. The Justice Department is expected to release a new tranche of memos at the beginning of each month for the next eight years.
A summary of Cohen's interview sheds new light on efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow amid the 2016 campaign and how much Trump knew about the negotiations.
"Cohen told Trump he spoke with a woman from the Kremlin who had asked specific and great questions about Trump Tower Moscow, and that he wished Trump Organization had assistants that were that good and competent," an FBI summary said, according to BuzzFeed News.
Cohen also alleged to the FBI that he told Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow that there was key information missing in a statement he was providing Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow negotiations.
Sekulow said it was "not necessary to elaborate or include those details because the transaction did not take place." Per a summary of the interview, Sekulow also said that "Cohen should not contradict Trump and that it was time to move on."
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Trump Tower Moscow - Ace AU - 12/3 08:43:39