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At Trump Tower, Cohen and Oligarch Discussed Russian Relations

FILE -- Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, in the lobby of Trump Tower, in New York, Jan. 6, 2017. Eleven days before the presidential inauguration in 2017, Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin, visited Trump Tower to meet with Cohen, according to video footage and another person who attended the meeting. The meeting preceded a $1 million contract Cohen received from a firm tied to Vekselberg. (Sam Hodgson/The New York Times)