Trump’s company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators

The following article by Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman and Adam Entous was posted on the Washington Post website October 2, 2017:

Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal attorney leaves Capitol Hill on Sept. 19. Cohen was there to appear privately before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Associates of President Trump and his company have turned over documents to federal investigators that reveal two previously unreported contacts from Russia during the 2016 campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.

In one case, Trump’s personal attorney and a business associate exchanged emails weeks before the Republican National Convention about the lawyer traveling to an economic conference in Russia that would be attended by top Russian financial and government leaders, including President Vladi­mir Putin, according to people familiar with the correspondence.

In the other case, the same Trump attorney, Michael Cohen, received a proposal in late 2015 for a Moscow residential project from a company founded by a billionaire who once served in the Russian Senate, these people said. The previously unreported inquiry marks the second proposal for a Trump-branded Moscow project that was delivered to the company during the presidential campaign and has since come to light. Continue reading “Trump’s company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators”