Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on a Trump real estate deal in Russia.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 29 November 2018
- Modified Date: 05:48 | 29 November 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about Trump real estate project in Russia.
Cohen made a surprise appearance Thursday in a New York courtroom at around 9 p.m. and began entering the plea.
He admitted to making false statements in 2017 to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about a plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
In August, Cohen pleaded guilty to other federal charges involving his taxi businesses, bank fraud and his campaign work for Trump.
Cohen also pleaded guilty to a series of other crimes and has said under oath that Trump ordered him to make hush-money payments to cover up an affair.