Mueller Focuses On Ivanka And Don Jr’s Roles In Trump Tower Moscow

on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Ivanka Trump (L) and Donald Trump, Jr. arrive on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45... WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Ivanka Trump (L) and Donald Trump, Jr. arrive on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Special counsel Robert Mueller is asking questions about President Trump’s children — Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. — and their roles in efforts to bring a Trump Tower to Moscow, Yahoo reported.

According to sources who spoke to Yahoo, some of Ivanka and Trump Jr.’s efforts were separate from the work Michael Cohen was doing to pursue a deal. Ivanka helped recommend an architect and Trump Jr. was “peripherally” apprised to plans, according to Yahoo.

While both of the Trump children’s’ efforts concluded in 2013, both were also aware of Cohen’s attempts to develop in Moscow until at least January 2016. However, a source familiar with the Trump Organization said their knowledge of Cohen’s efforts was limited to the time period he described to Congress, which — as revealed by his guilty plea on Thursday — was untruthful.

“There’s no question they knew about it, but they had no knowledge of any work on the project after January 2016,” the source told Yahoo.

Cohen pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying Congress about how long he pursued the potential deal in Moscow, which was under consideration as late as 2016.

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  1. Dirty hands, dirty money. More than nothingburgers. Lock them up!

  2. Oh, please, please, please…

  3. Avatar for rodo rodo says:

    oh my, I do so hope these uber-privileged grifters are about to go down…

  4. Avatar for 1gg 1gg says:

    Maybe Eric isn’t a dope after all.

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