Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) says that in the case of Michael Cohen, circumstantial evidence will have the same weight as direct evidence since the lawyer used to be so close to President Trump.

In a Friday interview with CNN’s Poppy Harlow, Swalwell was asked if he had evidence to show that Cohen’s lies to Congress went beyond the timeline of the proposed construction of Trump Tower Moscow. Swalwell responded that a lot of unanswered questions remain in terms of Cohen’s travels from the last few years, and whether he did any of that on the president’s behalf.

Harlow asked him if he possessed any solid proof on these counts, and Swalwell responded “we have strong evidence that Trump and Cohen talked almost daily about campaign stuff.” Swalwell made this point while pointing to circumstantial factors, however, so when Harlow tried her question again, he said “We have circumstantial evidence which is treated the same in the law as direct evidence.”

Watch above, via CNN.

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