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Peskov, who was Putin's deputy chief of staff and press secretary.[1] On January 20, 2016, Cohen received an email response from Elena Poliakova, Peskov's personal assistant, and phone records confirm that they then spoke for approximately twenty minutes, during which Cohen described the Trump Tower Moscow project and requested assistance in moving the project forward.[2] Cohen recalled briefing candidate Trump about the call soon afterwards.[3] Cohen told Trump he spoke with a woman he identified as "someone from the Kremlin," and Cohen reported that she was very professional and asked detailed questions about the project.[4] Cohen recalled telling Trump he wished the Trump Organization had assistants who were as competent as the woman from the Kremlin.[5]
Cohen thought his phone call renewed interest in the project.[6] The day after Cohen's call with Poliakova, Sater texted Cohen, asking him to "[c]all me when you have a few minutes to chat . . . It's about Putin they called today."[7] Sater told Cohen that the Russian government liked the project and on January 25, 2016, sent an invitation for Cohen to visit Moscow "for a working visit."[8] After the outreach from Sater, Cohen recalled telling Trump that he was waiting to hear back on moving the project forward.[9]
After January 2016, Cohen continued to have conversations with Sater about Trump Tower Moscow and continued to keep candidate Trump updated about those discussions and the status of the project.[10] Cohen recalled that he and Trump wanted Trump Tower Moscow to succeed and that Trump never discouraged him from working on the project because of the campaign.[11] In March or April 2016, Trump asked Cohen if anything was happening in Russia.[12] Cohen also
- ↑ See FS00004 (12/30/15 Text Message, Cohen to Sater); TRUMPORG_MC_000233 (1/11/16 Email, Cohen to pr_peskova
prpress.gof.ru); MDC-H-000690 (1/14/16 Email, Cohen to infoprpress.gov.ru); TRUMPORG_MC_000235 (1/16/16 Email, Cohen to pr_peskovaprpress.gov.ru).
- ↑ 1/20/16 Email, Poliakova to Cohen; Call Records of Michael Cohen. (Showing a 22-minute call on January 20, 2016, between Cohen and the number Poliakova provided in her email); Cohen 9/12/18 302, at 2-3. After the call, Cohen saved Poliakova's contact information in his Trump Organization Outlook contact list. 1/20/16 Cohen Microsoft Outlook Entry (6:22 a.m.).
- ↑ Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 5.
- ↑ Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 5–6; Cohen 11/12/18 302, at 4.
- ↑ Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 5.
- ↑ Cohen 9/12/18 302, at 5.
- ↑ FS00011 (1/21/16 Text Messages, Sater & Cohen).
- ↑ Cohen 9/12/18 302, at 5; 1/25/16 Email, Sater to Cohen (attachment).
- ↑ Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 5.
- ↑ Cohen 9/12/18 302, at 6. In later congressional testimony, Cohen stated that he briefed Trump on the project approximately six times after January 2016. Hearing on Issues Related to Trump Organization Before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, 116th Cong. (Feb. 27, 2019) (CQ Cong. Transcripts, at 24) (testimony of Michael Cohen).
- ↑ Cohen 9/12/18 302, at 6.
- ↑ Cohen 9/18/18 302, at 4.
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