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- The Trump Organization reportedly planned to give Russian President Vladimir Putin the $50 million penthouse in the now defunct Trump Tower Moscow.
- Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer who oversaw the project, reportedly discussed the idea with a spokesperson for Dmitry Peskov, Putin's press secretary.
- Cohen was in touch with Peskov's office in early 2016 to discuss getting Russia's approval for the deal. After Cohen gave Peskov's spokesperson details about the project and asked for help in pushing it forward, she said she would forward his request to others in Russia.
- Felix Sater, the Russian-born businessman who worked with Cohen on the deal, confirmed the Trump Organization's plan to give Putin the penthouse.
- "My idea was to give a $50 million penthouse to Putin and charge $250 million more for the rest of the units," he said. "All the oligarchs would line up to live in the same building as Putin."
When it was pushing to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, the Trump Organization reportedly wanted to give Russian President Vladimir Putin the penthouse in the building.
According to BuzzFeed News, two law-enforcement officials said Michael Cohen, who was President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer at the time, discussed the idea with a spokesperson for Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary.
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