The questionably criminal actions of President Trump directing Michael Cohen to improperly use campaign funds are not a part of Mueller’s investigation, which is focused…
The questionably criminal actions of President Trump directing Michael Cohen to improperly use campaign funds are not a part of Mueller’s investigation, which is focused on possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian interests, and indeed Mueller’s filing mentions nothing about it, instead focusing its attention on Cohen’s involvement in “the Moscow Project.”
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Mueller’s filing on Cohen states “The defendant’s false statements obscured the fact that the Moscow Project was a lucrative business opportunity that sought, and likely required, the assistance of the Russian government. If the project was completed, the Company could have received hundreds of millions of dollars from Russian sources in licensing fees and other revenues. The fact that Cohen continued to work on the project and discuss it with Individual 1 well into the campaign was material to the ongoing congressional and SCO investigations, particularly because it occurred at a time of sustained efforts by the Russian government to interfere with the U. S. presidential election. Similarly, it was material that Cohen, during the campaign, had a substantive telephone call about the project with an assistant to the press secretary for the President of Russia.”
Regarding Cohen’s cooperation, Mueller says “The information provided by Cohen about the Moscow Project in these proffer sessions is consistent with and corroborated by other information obtained in the course of the SCO’s investigation.
