Report: President Trump Directed Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress

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Mina Kim

Jan 18, 2019 at

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the economy on the South Lawn of the White House on July 27, 2018, in Washington, DC. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

President Trump personally directed his lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about a proposed Moscow development project, according to a BuzzFeed report Thursday. Meanwhile, a new report from the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of the Inspector General found the Trump Administration may have separated thousands more migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border than previously thought. We’ll discuss both reports.

President Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project (BuzzFeed)

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Marisa Lagos, reporter, KQED's California Politics & Government Desk

Jessica Taylor, political reporter, NPR

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