Trump’s Moscow Tower Tangle: A 2016 Hustle with Extra Leniency
Did Trump try to put his name on a Russian skyscraper? Yep, that’s the claim from Giuliani— the former NYC mayor and now Trump’s lawyer—who says the president kept jostling that idea until the very end of 2016.
What the Lawyers Are Saying
- Giuliani’s revelation: Trump likely chatted with his old sidekick Michael Cohen about a Moscow project all the way into October or November 2016.
- Trump’s recollection: He thinks the negotiations fizzled out long before the election.
- Cohen’s admission: He pleaded guilty in November to lying to Congress, saying the talks ended in January when they actually kept going until June.
The Congressional Buzz
Sen. Mark Warner, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s leading Democrat, chimed in on Meet the Press:
- “Two years after the fact and we just discovered this— that’s huge.”
- “Makes us wonder how long Trump was mingling with Putin.”
Because if this Moscow venture dragged on that long, it throws a curveball in the “no collusion” narrative Trump loves to spin.
The Mueller Report & BuzzFeed Debate
- Mueller’s office disputed BuzzFeed’s claim that Trump ordered Cohen to lie.
- Trump denied the story, calling the probe a witch hunt.
- Giuliani defended Trump: “He told Cohen: Tell the truth.”
Cohen’s Court‑Room Drama
Cohen, now strapped to a three‑year sentence for his congressional deception, is slated to testify before Democrats on February 7th. Both House and Senate intelligence committees want the full story.
A Few Take‑Home Points
- Trump possibly kept the Moscow project alive until the election.
- Cohen’s guilty plea confirms the talks continued beyond what was publicly stated.
- The U.S. judiciary and congress are still hunting for answer cocktail‑mixing Trump’s ties to Russia.
We’re no wizards, but if Trump’s Russian adventure extended all that time, maybe it’s time we look deeper into his post‑presidential business talks and make sure nobody gets a “tower” out of their eyeballs.
