Trump’s Lawyer Reached Out To Putin For Help With Deal During Campaign
There are emails!
According to emails being handed over to Congressional investigators Monday, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen reached out to a Putin aide asking for help with a business deal during the campaign.
Cohen, The Washington Post reports, sent an email in 2016 requesting help from Putin to get a stalled Moscow development deal moving again.
“Michael Cohen, a Trump attorney and executive vice president for the Trump Organization, sent the email in January 2016 to Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s top press aide,” The Washington Post notes.
In his email to the Kremlin, Cohen wrote: “Over the past few months I have been working with a company based in Russia regarding the development of a Trump Tower – Moscow project in Moscow City.”
“Without getting into lengthy specifics. the communication between our two sides has stalled,” the email continued.
“As this project is too important, I am hereby requesting your assistance. I respectfully request someone, preferably you, contact me so that I might discuss the specifics as well as arranging meetings with the appropriate individuals. I thank you in advance for your assistance and look forward to hearing from you soon,” Cohen wrote.
Cohen’s email to Moscow represents direct business dealings between the Trump Organization and Russia.
“The email shows the Trump business official directly seeking Kremlin assistance in advancing Trump’s business interests, in the same months when Trump was distinguishing himself on the campaign trail with his warm rhetoric about Putin,” The Post went on to report.
Michael Cohen is one of Donald Trump’s closest advisers and has represented him as his personal lawyer for years.
Read the full Washington Post report here.
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