One clause of the agreement outlines the licensing for the operation of a "Spa by Ivanka Trump" on the property. The letter of intent published by CNN calls for a $4 million upfront payment to Trump and a share of the profits that could have meant monthly payments in the millions. "Trump doesn’t remember exactly when the discussions stopped," the former New York City mayor said. Giuliani told the Daily News that in his written responses to questions from Mueller, the president said conversations about the project could have taken place "up until November 2016." The court filing in Cohen's guilty plea indicated special counsel Robert Mueller has looked at the Trump Moscow project as part of his investigation into the Kremlin's efforts to swing the 2016 election in Trump's favor. "There would be nothing wrong if I did do it." "This was a project that we didn’t do," Trump said. Trump told reporters Cohen was a "weak person" who was lying to get a reduced sentence. Put up zero money, zero guarantees and didn't do the project." He claimed he "lightly looked at doing a building somewhere in Russia. Trump has downplayed the Trump Moscow project in the wake of Cohen's revelation, saying that during the campaign he continued "to run my business – very legal & very cool." I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press," in reference to Hillary Clinton. The CBS interview aired the same day Trump said at a news conference, "Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you can find the 33,000 emails that are missing. The day before he said Democrats were making up the Russian allegations to "deflect the horror and stupidity of the WikiLeaks disaster." "I have nothing to do with Russia whatsoever," Trump told CBS News in an interview aired July 27, 2016, when asked if Russia was working to help him win the election. More: Here's a look at Michael Cohen's allegations about President Donald Trump Last week, Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison.įrom Trump fixer to federal inmate: Timeline of Michael Cohen's role in Russia probe The revelation that the effort continued to that date made headlines because during the campaign, Trump repeatedly denied having any involvement with Russia. Report: Trump Organization planned to give $50 million penthouse to Putin amid Moscow dealĬohen pleaded guilty last month to lying to Congress about the negotiations over a Trump Moscow project, which continued until June 2016 when Trump was securing the Republican nomination. "It means nothing but an expression of interest that means very little unless it goes to a contract and it never did." "That was the end of it," Giuliani told the Daily News. He dismissed the letter of intent as "bull-t" because it didn't result in an executed contract. "How could you send it but nobody signed it?" he asked. "I don’t think I said nobody signed it," he told the New York Daily News.īut he then reversed course and told the Daily News that "of course" Trump signed it. On Wednesday, Giuliani disputed the quote CNN attributed to him. There was a letter of intent to go forward, but no one signed it," Giuliani told Dana Bash, according to CNN. While being questioned about when Trump stopped talking to his former lawyer Michael Cohen about the Moscow project, Giuliani told CNN on Sunday that a letter of intent existed but had not been signed Trump's distinctive signature is clearly visible on the seventh page of the document, above Rozov, who initialed each page. 28, 2015, more than four months after Trump announced his presidential campaign – outlined the sale of the "non-exclusive right to use one or more derivates of the 'Trump' name" to Russian developer Andrey Rozov in a mixed-use project that would include "250 first class, luxury" condominiums and "one first class, luxury hotel" with commercial, office and parking components that are "consistent with the overall luxury of the Property." WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a letter of intent in the effort to land a deal for a Trump property in Moscow, according to a document published Tuesday by CNN, after Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani denied Sunday that anyone had signed such a document. Watch Video: Michael Cohen: Donald Trump 'doesn't tell the truth'
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