Democratic leaders reacted with fury and demanded an investigation late Jan. 17 following a new report that President Trump personally directed his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about the president’s push for a lucrative condo project in Moscow in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
Trump’s Russia ties
Washington Post: Democrats demand investigation after report that Trump ordered Cohen to lie to Congress
(FILES) This combination of file photos created on Dec. 13, 2018 shows US President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen(L) leaving US Federal Court in New York on Dec. 12, 2018 after his sentencing after pleading guilty to tax evasion, making false statements to a financial institution, illegal campaign contributions, and making false statements to Congress, and a file photo taken on Feb. 1, 2017 of US President Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC.
