Giuliani dismisses Trump lying allegations: 'if you believe Cohen I can get you a great deal on the Brooklyn Bridge'
By Brendan Cole On 1/18/19 at 4:30 AM
Rudy Giuliani has dismissed a report that President Donald Trump directed his former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the construction of Trump Tower in Russia.
The former New York mayor was responding to a BuzzFeed report that Trump’s former attorney was instructed to downplay the president’s involvement in negotiations for the Moscow building by claiming they ended earlier than they actually did.
Despite Trump’s denials of having business ties with Russia, two federal law enforcement officials told the news outlet that Trump intended to visit Moscow during the 2016 campaign and had asked Cohen to set up a meeting with President Vladimir Putin to discuss the tower.
Read more at: https://www.newsweek.com/giuliani-trump-mueller-trump-tower-russia-brooklyn-bridge-lying-allegations-1296745
FWIW, they are getting ahead of the Buzzfeed story that apparently came out last night.
