The Democratic opposition said Friday it will open an investigation into serious charges against Donald Trump who, according to the BuzzFeed website, has expressly asked his former lawyer to lie in Congress, a new episode in the Russian file that is poisoning the US presidency.
Michael Cohen has already admitted to lying. On Thursday evening, the news site revealed, relying on two anonymous federal police sources, that Donald Trump would have asked his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie at his congressional hearing in 2017 about project discussions. real estate in Russia. Michael Cohen, who has now fallen out of favor with the president, of whom he was one of the closest collaborators, has already admitted to having lied in Congress about it. It remains to be determined whether he did it on his own or not.
Investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, including that of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, include a search for possible business ties between Donald Trump and Russia and their influence on the campaign. "This information that the President of the United States could have perjured one of our committees (...) is one of the most serious to date.We will do what is necessary to determine the truth," responded Adam Schiff, Democratic Chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the House of Representatives.
Sentenced to three years in prison. In December Michael Cohen, former lawyer and confidant of the Republican billionaire, has already been sentenced to 3 years in prison. The court found that the man who had been a member of the real estate mogul's circle for 10 years before turning against him had violated the campaign finance law and acted "under the direction" of Donald Trump. Charges swept aside by the president, who says he never asked his former lawyer to break the law. Michael Cohen has to testify again on February 7 in Congress, before a committee of the House of Representatives, now in the hands of Democrats.