Ivanka Trump's involvement with Moscow Trump Tower plan 'being investigated by Mueller'

From November, but this shows how uninvolved Ivanka really was.


Ivanka Trump's involvement with Moscow Trump Tower plan 'being investigated by Mueller'
President's daughter suggested architect for project, emails reportedly show

Chris Baynes
Friday 30 November 2018 13:18


Robert Mueller is reportedly investigating Ivanka Trump‘s involvement in her father’s plans to build a skyscraper in Moscow, a project under renewed scrutiny after the president’s former personal lawyer admitted lying to congress over his business dealings in Russia.

The US special counsel is said to have asked questions about the role played by Ms Trump and her brother Donald Trump Jr in the proposed property deal.

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer, admitted in a surprise court plea on Thursday that he intentionally misled congress when he claimed talks over the tower had ended months before the Republican won the party’s presidential candidacy in June 2016.

He said he had lied out of “loyalty” and to “be consistent with” Mr Trump’s “political messaging”.

Court documents filed by Mr Mueller’s team show Mr Cohen had discussed plans for the tower “as late as approximately June 2016” and had done so directly with the president multiple times.

Ms Trump and Mr Trump Jr were also copied into emails about the project in late 2015, a person close to the Trump Organisation told Associated Press. Ms Trump even suggested an architect to work on the tower, they added.

The emails have been handed over to congressional committees by the Trump Organisation, according to the source.

According to Yahoo News, which cited multiple anonymous sources, Mr Trump’s children were working independently of Mr Cohen to make the Moscow skyscraper a reality.

Ms Trump, now a White House adviser, was an executive at the Trump Organisation at the time. Her elder brother remains a senior executive at the company.

A Trump Organisation source told Yahoo News the siblings worked on plans for a Moscow Trump Tower “years earlier” than Mr Cohen and concluded in 2013.

“They were not looking at any other deals after that,” said the source, although they confirmed they had been aware Mr Cohen was working on the project.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ivanka-trump-mueller-russia-tower-moscow-donald-michael-cohen-a8660356.html