2016 ELECTION/MICHAEL COHEN/ RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani on Monday [1-21-19] walked back statements he made this weekend concerning potential conversations between then-candidate Donald Trump and Michael Cohen about plans to construct a Trump Tower in Moscow ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and current attorney for the president, said during an interview Sunday on NBC that discussions between Trump and his ex-fixer regarding the project may have lasted up until Election Day. ‘It’s our understanding that they went on throughout 2016,’ Giuliani said, adding that ‘there weren’t a lot of them, but there were conversations. Can’t be sure of the exact dates, but the president can remember having conversations with him about it.’ Giuliani sought to retract those remarks in a statement to reporters Monday.”
–Quint Forgey, “Giuliani walks back statements on Trump Tower Moscow talks,” Politico, January 21, 2019 5:49 pm