Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty early Thursday to lying to Congress about work he did on a Trump real estate deal in Russia. 'Michael Cohen is lying and he's trying to get a reduced sentence for things that have nothing to do with me,' says U.S. President Donald Trump. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki on July 16. Cohen's new plea concerning a Russian project for the Trump project comes with the president and Putin both set to attend the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. Another Cohen lawyer, Lanny Davis, said on Twitter that Cohen "told the truth and nothing but the truth."

Source: CBC News November 29, 2018 14:53 UTC