President Donald Trump on Thursday accused his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen of "lying" to federal prosecutors about a proposed real estate project in Russia in order to get leniency when he is sentenced for a new guilty plea and a prior one.
Trump spoke to reporters on the south lawn of the White House about an hour Cohen entered a new guilty plea of lying to Congress about details of that Trump Tower project in Moscow. Cohen admitted in that plea to misleading a committee about the extent of Trump's involving in and knowledge of that project, which never came to fruition.
"He's a weak person," Trump said of Cohen, who had served as his lawyer and fixer for years.
"Michael Cohen is lying."
Cohen as part of his plea signed a cooperation agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, possible collusion by the Trump campaign, and possible obstruction of justice by the president.
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