DEMS/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A pair of House Democratic committee chairmen vowed Friday [1-18-19] to investigate allegations in a published report that President Donald Trump personally ordered his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about a potential real-estate development in Moscow. Trump and his attorney said Cohen is untruthful..The report, published by BuzzFeed News, claims Trump directed Cohen to mislead Congress about when negotiations to launch a condo project in Russia’s capital ended, as well as the extent of Trump’s involvement in the deal. It later fell apart. Trump did not comment directly on the claim, but retweeted a Fox News story that mentioned Cohen has been convicted of perjury and fraud, and is reportedly under investigation over other matters.”
–Kim Hjelmgaard, Christal Hayes and David Jackson, “Democrats vow to probe BuzzFeed report Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress,” USA Today, January 18, 2019 12:39 pm