The White House defends President Trump's claim that his former lawyer Michael Cohen asked him for a pardon
Washington White House press secretary Sarah Sanders reasserted during Monday's press briefing that President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, lied before Congress last month when he claimed that he never asked the President for a pardon.
"I'm not going to get into specifics of things that are currently under review by the Oversight Committee and other committees. What I can tell you is that Cohen's own attorney stated and contradicted his client when he said he was aware that those conversations had taken place," Sanders said. "We know Michael Cohen lied to Congress prior to his testimony, most recently. We know he's lied at least twice in that hearing.
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