Cohen Said Russian Vowed ‘Political Synergy’ for Trump in 2015

  • Sentencing filing shows undisclosed Cohen-Russia outreach
  • President tweets that filing clears him, says ‘no collusion’
Michael Cohen exits from federal court in New York on Aug. 21, 2018.Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg
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Michael Cohen spoke with a Russian national who repeatedly proposed a meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the early months of Trump’s presidential bid, and offered “political synergy” for the campaign, according to a filing by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office.

Trump tweeted early Saturday that there had been “NO COLLUSION!”