President Trump insisted this week that "everybody" knew his organization spent months during the 2016 election negotiating a "very cool" deal with Russia to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
But Trump has repeatedly downplayed his business relationship with Russia, which explains why his former attorney Michael Cohen said he felt he had to lie to Congress in order to "be consistent" with Trump's "political messaging." Here's an incomplete look at just some of those denials.
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