![]() “I haven't seen the quote, but I probably meant to say there was never a deal, much less a signed one.” Over the weekend, Giuliani was quoted by the network saying that “no one signed” a letter of intent to go forward with the project. ![]() “I was wrong if I said it,” Giuliani told CNN on Wednesday. The next day, Giuliani walks back his comments, saying they "did not represent the actual timing or circumstances of any discussions." He says his comments were "hypothetical" and "not based on conversations" he had with the president.Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani says he was “wrong” to claim the president had not signed a letter of intent for the Trump Tower project in Moscow before the 2016 election. Giuliani also leaves open the possibility that Trump and Cohen might have discussed Cohen's testimony. That would have extended the timeline for the Russian business deal well beyond what the president has publicly acknowledged. 20-21, 2019: Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani suggests in TV interviews that Trump remembers conversations with Cohen about the project "up to as far as October, November," or right up until the election. BuzzFeed stands by the story and asks for clarity from Mueller's team. "BuzzFeed's description of specific statements to the Special Counsel's Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen's Congressional testimony are not accurate," spokesman Peter Carr says in a statement. 18, 2019: In a rare public statement, a spokesman for special counsel Robert Mueller disputes the BuzzFeed report. The report does not specify what Trump said to Cohen or when he said it. 17, 2019: BuzzFeed News, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials, reports that Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow proposal. 12, 2018: Cohen is sentenced to three years in prison. ![]() Cohen says he lied to minimize the public understanding of Trump's Russia ties, to try to limit the various Russia investigations and to be consistent with Trump's "political messaging." He says he briefed Trump and his family members on the Russia proposal through June 2016. 29, 2018: Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress. September and October 2017: Cohen says in prepared remarks to the Senate intelligence committee that the Moscow deal ended "before the Iowa caucus and months before the first primary." He says the same during testimony before the committee.All of those statements were false, according to court papers. ![]() 28, 2017: Cohen submits to Congress a two-page letter about the Trump Tower Moscow deal, saying the project ended in January 2016, that he only discussed it three times with Trump, that he never considered traveling to Russia or asking Trump to travel there, and that he did not recall having contact with the Russian government about the proposal.
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