Democrats demand investigation after report that Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress

[pnwmom]

Source: WA Post

Democratic leaders reacted with fury and demanded an investigation late Thursday following a new report that President Trump personally directed his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about the president's push for a lucrative condo project in Moscow in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

The Thursday night report from BuzzFeed News cites two unnamed federal law enforcement officials who say Cohen acknowledged in interviews with the office of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III that the president directed him to deceive Congress about key facts linking Trump to the proposed deal in Russia. Cohen pleaded guilty in November to lying under oath about those details.

Democrats said that if the report is accurate, Trump must quickly be held to account for his role in the perjury, with some raising the specter of impeachment.

"The allegation that the President of the United States may have suborned perjury before our committee in an effort to curtail the investigation and cover up his business dealings with Russia is among the most serious to date," wrote Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. "We will do what's necessary to find out if it's true."

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/18/democrats-demand-investigation-after-report-that-trump-ordered-michael-cohen-lie-congress-about-russian-project/?utm_term=.8260b20e0232

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Here's a phone-in between Eric Swalwell and Lawrence O'Donnell:

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/rep-swalwell-reacts-to-report-trump-told-his-lawyer-to-lie-to-congress-1428061251891?utm_sourcedlvr.it&utm_mediumtwitter

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[div class"excerpt"]The allegation that the President of the United States may have suborned perjury before our committee in an effort to curtail the investigation and cover up his business dealings with Russia is among the most serious to date. We will do what's necessary to find out if it's true.
BuzzFeed News
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BREAKING: President Trump personally directed his longtime attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow in order to obscure his involvement. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/trump-russia-cohen-moscow-tower-mueller-investigation?bftwnews&utm_term4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc ...

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[div class"excerpt"]Joaquin Castro
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@JoaquinCastrotx
If the @BuzzFeed story is true, President Trump must resign or be impeached.

[DURHAM D]

1. Which Democrats?

I can't get behind the wall.

[Kali]

3. statements from

Schiff, Castro, Murphy, Lieu

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[DURHAM D]

5. Thank you.

[Kali]

6. you are most welcome

[pnwmom]

4. I see tweets from Schiff, Chris Murphy, Ted Lieu. Can you go on Twitter if I add them? n/t

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[Leghorn21]

7. No rest for the weary!!

—-Rock steady, Dems!—-

[SunSeeker]

8. K & R for exposure.

[Kablooie]

9. And Republicans say, yawn. It's no big deal. Go back to bed.

They will remain silent look the other way and when push comes to shove, will claim Hillary and Obama did worse things and refuse to act.

[Achilleaze]

12. Putin has probably ordered the repubes to stand down

and to let the republican lies, and the russian-republican attacks on American democracy, continue. republicans are so pathetically submissive to anti-American forces, and the ACTS OF WAR that all US Intelligence Agencies agree russia has been conducting. Disgraceful.

[elleng]

10. @JoaquinCastrotx If the @BuzzFeed story is true,

President Trump must resign or be impeached.

[2naSalit]

11. It's turning out to be quite a day and it's only 0230!!

[watoos]

13. Mueller already investigated this.

Why can't Democrats subpoena that part from Mueller? Time is of the essence. Trump is still pushing for plans to bomb Iran.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. "Why can't Democrats subpoena that part from Mueller?"

Probably because of the potential that the investigation is still on-going. What might be considered is a "closed door" session at some point for some info. But I expect that they don't want to taint any future potential criminal actions (which the GOP members could leak in an attempt to scuttle the cases).

[Scruffy1]

15. I think this story was intentionally leaked for a reason.

I don't think for a minute that its not true, but because of the dire nature of the contents it serves as a wake up call to quit waiting and get the ball rolling in the house Judicial Committee. It wiould still take a lot of time and work to get the articles of impeachment ready and brought to the floor. I have no idea when and if the Mueller report will be done, if ever. With less than than 21 months until the 2020 elections speed is important. I'm sure that those on the juciarycommittee are working as I type.