Speaker: Trump's lawyers may have given false information about Cohen's payments

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Cummings said the committee had reviewed documents recently discovered by the Office of Governmental Ethics (OGE) suggesting that Trump's personal lawyer, Sheri Dillon, and the former White House lawyer Stefan Passantino had given false information on monthly payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal.

"It now seems that the other lawyers of President Trump – in the White House and in the private sector – have been able to provide false information on these payments to federal officials," Cummings wrote in a letter to his lawyer. the White House, Pat Cipollone.

Cummings said Dillon "repeatedly told federal officials at OGE that President Trump never owed anything to Mr. Cohen in 2016 and 2017" and Passantino falsely told officials that Trump and his former lawyer , Michael Cohen, had concluded a "mandate".

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Cohen, who arranged the payment of women's claims with Trump in 2006, was sentenced in December to three years in prison on various charges, including several related to payments. A federal judge ruled that payments violated campaign finance laws. Trump denied the alleged cases.

"Former Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen is now going to jail in part for his role in these hidden cash payments," Cummings wrote. "During his guilty plea, Mr. Cohen stated that he did so" in coordination with and on the instructions of the President "with the primary purpose of influencing the election". "

"It now seems that President Trump's other lawyers, in the White House and in private practice, may have provided false information about these payments to federal officials. This raises important questions as to why some of the closest advisers to the President made these false statements and to the extent to which they were also acting under the direction of or in coordination with the President. "

Cummings also sent Alan Futerfas, who represents the Trump organization and Donald Trump Jr.Donald (Don) John TrumpTrump The organization abandons its plan to open new hotels after a thorough examination: the drama reaches the Senate inquiry into the Senate panel of Intel in Russia Schultz will not indicate whether sell all Starbucks shares if he becomes chairman., a second letter stating that the Trump organization had not complied with the committee's request for several documents. Futerfas initially refused to confiscate the documents to the extent that they were currently in possession of the federal authorities investigating the case.

"Congress takes great care not to compromise the outcome of criminal cases while exercising its own constitutional power to conduct effective surveillance," Cummings said.