BREAKING NEWS: Michael Cohen is 'prepared to tell Mueller that Trump KNEW and APPROVED 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians offering dirt on Hillary'
Cohen has claimed Donald Trump knew about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting
He is also reportedly prepared to tell special counsel Robert Mueller that Trump approved the meeting between his campaign staffers and the Russians
During meeting, Russians were expected to dish out dirt on Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump Jr, Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort were all present at meeting
Michael Cohen is reportedly prepared to tell special counsel Robert Mueller that then-candidate Donald Trump knew and approved the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Russians and his campaign staffers.
Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, alleged that Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr, was the one who informed him that the meeting would take place.
During the meeting, the Russians were expected to dish out dirt on Trump's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
Don Jr, his brother-in-law Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, who was Trump's campaign chairman at the time, were all at the meeting.
There were four Russians in the room, including Natalia Veselnitskaya who reportedly has Kremlin ties.
According to CNN, sources claim that Cohen is willing to make that assertion to Mueller, but he doesn't have evidence, such as audio recordings, to corroborate his claim.
'He's certainly a source that is not credible,' Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told Chris Cuomo on CNN's Cuomo Prime Time.
'Michael Cohen can't be believed unless it's corroborated five times,' Giuliani said.
'I talked to the president about this at length before as well as other witnesses and it's not true. Why would you expect it would be true from someone like Cohen? A lawyer who would tape their own client is a lawyer without any character,' he added.
Cohen did not immediately respond to a request for comment. His attorney Lanny Davis declined to comment.
The president has previously denied knowing in advance that the meeting was going to take place, and he has denied that there was any collusion between his campaign and Russia.
Moscow has also denied meddling in the election.
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