Himes: I’m Concerned Construction of Trump Tower in Russia Has Been a Persistent Theme of This Investigation

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BLITZER: "Congressman, how concerned are you that President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen asked the Kremlin for help with a deal to license the construction of a new trump Tower in Moscow?"
HIMES: "Well, I'm concerned about something that has been a persistent theme in this investigation, which we were assured directly by the president that there were no deals, no nothing, nothing at all in Russia. Well, it turns out that, in fact, there was a very clear proposal for the construction of a Trump Tower. And, again, this is a recurrent theme. Out right blanket denials followed by, oops, turns out that denial is not true. If you're part of the investigation in addition to further damaging the credibility of any statement that is made by the president or the president's people, that opens yet another line of inquiry. You know, again, just operating from the news reports here, you know, the timing of the emergence of this project, the development of this project, who was involved, and whether there was an intersection not that potential business project and Moscow is of interest to us and the American people"