Senate intelligence chair says Cohen plea sends message
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The chairman of the Senate committee that President Donald Trump's former lawyer admitted lying to said Friday that Michael Cohen's guilty plea sends a message that "if you lie to us, we're going to catch you."
Republican Sen. Richard Burr issued the warning a day after Cohen confessed that he lied to Congress about a Russian real estate deal he pursued on Trump's behalf during the heat of the 2016 Republican campaign.
Cohen testified in 2017 to the Senate intelligence committee about a plan to build a Trump tower in Moscow. Burr, who heads the committee, wouldn't reveal Friday how many referrals his intelligence panel has made to special counsel Robert Mueller.