Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying about Russia hotel project
WASHINGTON - Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, admitted Thursday to concealing the extent of Trump's efforts to develop a luxury hotel and condominium complex in Moscow during the 2016 campaign, the first criminal charge from the special counsel investigation to focus on the president's personal financial interests.
In a surprise appearance in federal court in New York, Cohen pleaded guilty to making false statements to Congress in an attempt to limit the investigation led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, which has targeted members of Trump's inner circle and has now moved closer to the president himself.
Standing in court, Cohen, 52, said he had lied out of "loyalty" to help Trump's "political messaging." Cohen, who previously implicated the president in a felony
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