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Former Trump fixer 'made claims in 12-page memo to senior House Democrats' •'Cohen's attorneys say Trump asked him to lie "various times" in coded language' •Trump allegedly said to be happy with the lies and had his attorney thank Cohen •Comes as disgraced lawyer looks to have three-year prison sentence reduced
Michael Cohen has accused President Trump of instructing him to lie to Congress about when negotiations ended to build a Trump Tower in Russia, it's been claimed.
In documents filed late Thursday night, Cohen's legal team reportedly claim Trump used 'coded' language to encourage the disgraced lawyer to lie under oath and say the Moscow tower project had ended by January 31, 2016.
Cohen's attorneys, Lanny Davis and Michael Monico, said the president urged their client 'during various conversations' to say there was 'no collusion, no Russian contacts, nothing about Russia' after the start of the campaign, according to BuzzFeed.
The revelations come in a 12-page memo sent to senior House Democrats in a bid to have his three-year prison sentence reduced.
'Cohen explained that he was, in effect, instructed to lie about the January 31, 2016 date through the use of Trump code words that could only be interpreted as an instruction or "directive",' the memo states, 'to cover-up the fact that Cohen had been in contact with Russians during most of the presidential campaign, from the day of the Iowa caucuses, February 1, through all the primaries and caucuses and until June 2016, after Trump had become the putative Republican nominee by assembling a majority of delegates.'
The memo also claims Trump's attorney called Cohen and congratulated him for lying to the House and Senate Intelligence committees, and said the then-Republican frontrunner was 'happy with Cohen's testimony', according to the news outlet.
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