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Wednesday, August 30, 2017
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Lawyer says Trump Tower in Moscow considered during campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Donald Trump’s personal
lawyer confi rmed Monday
that the president’s company
pursued a project in Moscow
during
the
Republican
primary, but said that the plan
was abandoned “for a variety
of business reasons.” The
attorney, Michael Cohen,
also said he sent an email to
the spokesman for Russian
President Vladimir Putin as
part of the potential deal.
The confi rmation that the
Trump Organization was
actively considering doing
business in Russia during the
presidential election could
provide special counsel
Robert Mueller with moti-
vation for probing Trump’s
personal
and
business
fi nances, a line Trump has
warned him not to cross.
Cohen disclosed details
of the deal in a statement
to the House intelligence
committee,
which
like
Mueller is investigating
Russian interference in the
2016 presidential election
and possible coordination
between the Trump campaign
and Russia.
In the statement, Cohen
said that he worked on the
real estate proposal with
Felix Sater, a Russia-born
associate who claimed to
have connections in Moscow.
The discussions about
the potential development
occurred in fall 2015, months
after Trump had declared
his candidacy, and ended
early last year when Cohen
determined that the project
was not feasible, according
to Cohen’s statement. Cohen
also disclosed that Trump
was personally aware of the
deal, signing a letter of intent
and discussing it with Cohen
on two other occasions.
In a statement, the Trump
Organization
emphasized
that the licensing deal “was
not signifi cantly advanced,”
noting that no site or
fi nancing materialized during
the negotiations.
The company also said
it was never paid any fees
as part of the deal, and the
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