CONGRESS/DONALD JR/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee is reviewing Donald Trump Jr.’s interviews with the panel last September, in light of a guilty plea from President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer. On Thursday [11-29-18], Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the timeline related to plans for a Trump Tower in Moscow. He told lawmakers on the House and Senate Intelligence committees the plans ended in January 2016, when they actually lasted well into Trump’s presidential campaign. The plea, which is part of Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, has triggered new scrutiny of other Trump allies who have spoken to Congress, including Trump’s son, who is executive vice president of the Trump Organization…A transcript of the September 2017 interview with the Judiciary Committee appears to show that Trump Jr. was asked about two separate attempts to build a Trump Tower in Russia. The first appears to be the deal that Cohen pleaded guilty about Thursday.”
–Eliza Collins, “Senate panel reviews Donald Trump Jr.’s testimony after Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress,” USA Today, November 30, 2018 3:55 pm