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Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York. Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia. He told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's &quot;political message.&quot; (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Cohen confesses to lying about Trump Tower Moscow deal

By ERIC TUCKER and LARRY NEUMEISTER and CHAD DAY - Associated Press

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia., Cohen told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's "political message." (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Michael Cohen believed Trump would pardon him: report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 21, 2017, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mueller is back. After a quiet few months in the run-up to the midterm elections, the special counsel’s Russia investigation is heating up again with a string of tantalizing new details emerging this week.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Mueller is back - and so are questions about Trump, Russia

By CHAD DAY - Associated Press

Senate intelligence chair says Cohen plea sends message

By PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The Latest: Senate chairman says Cohen plea sends message

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 1996 file photo, American real estate mogul Donald Trump, left, checks out sites in Moscow, Russia, for luxury residential towers. Trump's decades-long dream of building a luxury tower in the heart of Moscow flared and fizzled several times over the years, most recently when his presidential campaign was gaining momentum. That latest plan led his former lawyer Michael Cohen to plead guilty to a charge of lying to congressional investigators about key details in the negotiations, most notably that those talks stretched far deeper into the 2016 campaign than previously thought. (AP Photo/Igor Tabakov, File)

Attorney’s plea caused by Trump’s dream of a Moscow tower

By STEPHEN BRAUN and BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia. Cohen told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's &quot;political message.&quot; (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Questions surround scuttled Trump Tower Moscow deal

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Michael Cohen, left, walks out of federal court with his attorney Guy Petrillo, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia. Cohen, President Donald Trumps former lawyer, told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's &quot;political message.&quot; (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Road to Cohen’s guilty plea winds through Trump Tower Moscow

By CHAD DAY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn before leaving the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 to attend the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Behind Cohen plea: Trump’s longtime dream of a Moscow tower

By STEPHEN BRAUN and BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

In court, Michael Cohen describes the lies he told Congress

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen leaves Federal court, in New York. Cohen, President Trump's ex-lawyer, is making an court appearance before a federal judge in New York on Thursday, Nov. 29. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

The Latest: Trump’s children involved in Moscow tower talks

Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before traveling to the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump says Cohen ‘a weak person,’ asserts he was allowed to do business as a candidate

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen leaves Federal court, in New York. Cohen, President Trump's ex-lawyer, is making an court appearance before a federal judge in New York on Thursday, Nov. 29. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Trump’s ex-lawyer admits lies about Russian real estate deal

By ERIC TUCKER and LARRY NEUMEISTER and CHAD DAY - Associated Press

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia., Cohen told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's "political message." (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Michael Cohen strikes plea deal with Mueller for lying about Russian contacts

By Jeff Mordock and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 11, 2018 photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the opening of the adult entertainment fair 'Venus' in Berlin, Germany. When President Donald Trump called Daniels “horseface” on Twitter, he added to his long list of creative, some say misogynistic, descriptions for women. A look at how Trump’s words, and his attitude, might play out three weeks before an election that features a record number of women candidates. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Donald Trump knew of hush payments to Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal: Report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Judge asked to unseal FBI warrants in Cohen search

By Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Aug. 21, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves federal court after reaching a plea agreement in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Michael Cohen switches to Democratic Party

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen leaves Federal court, in New York. Cohen, Republican President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, has returned to the Democratic Party. Cohen attorney Lanny Davis said Thursday, Oct. 11 on Twitter that his client has changed his registration from Republican to Democrat. He says Cohen made the change to distance “himself from the values of the current” administration.The switch came on the eve of Friday’s deadline for New Yorkers to register to vote in the November election. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen switches to Democratic Party

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

In this May 23, 2018, file photo Stormy Daniels, speaks during a ceremony for her receiving a City Proclamation and Key to the City in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Trump directed legal action to block Stormy Daniels from speaking about alleged affair: Report

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2018 file photo, Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves federal court after reaching a plea agreement in New York. Investigators in New York state issued a subpoena to Cohen as part of their probe into the Trump Foundation, an official with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday, Aug. 22. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Michael Cohen visits NY courthouse a month after guilty plea

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press