February 16, 2019
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Two Additional Trump Lawyers Accused of Lying to Federal Investigators About Hush Money Payments (Colin Kalmbacher, February 16th, 2019, Law & Crime)
Two lawyers working for President Donald Trump may have lied to government ethics officials about the Michael Cohen-facilitated hush money payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels, according to records obtained by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.In a Friday letter addressed to White House counsel Pat Cipollone, Oversight Committee Chair Elijiah Cummings (D-Md.) said those documents showed that Trump's personal lawyer Sheri Dillon and former deputy White House ethics counsel Stefan Passantino provided "false information" to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) about whether Trump reimbursed Cohen for the Daniels payment.Cummings notes that Dillon "repeatedly stated to federal officials at OGE that President Trump never owed any money to Mr. Cohen in 2016 and 2017." Cummings then details three separate incidents-in March and April 2018-where Dillon told OGE investigators that Trump did not pay Cohen back any money over the hush money arrangement. Pressed on the issue, Dillon repeatedly confirmed the lack of reimbursement on each occasion.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 16, 2019 2:15 PM