The Trump Organization is turning over information to the House Intelligence Committee as part of the ongoing investigation of Russian interference during the 2016 election. And as more documents come to light, a nonexistent Trump Tower in Moscow is poised to cause headaches for people connected to the president.

In a batch of emails obtained by the New York Times, on Monday we learned that during his presidential campaign, Donald Trump's associates were looking to leverage business deals with Russia into an election victory. Specifically, Felix Sater, a Russian immigrant who, as the Times put it, was "paid to deliver real estate deals" to the Trump Organization, wrote, "Our boy can become president of the USA and we can engineer it. I will get all of Putins team to buy in on this, I will manage this process.”

But people close to the campaign brushed off Sater's comments as over the top: "He has sometimes used colorful language and has been prone to ‘salesmanship,’ ” said Michael Cohen in a statement. Cohen is the vice president of the Trump Organization and an attorney for Trump. “I ultimately determined that the proposal was not feasible and never agreed to make a trip to Russia.”

Note that working with Russia "was not feasible"—not that it was a bad idea, legally questionable, or treasonous. But regardless, not long after the Times story came out, the Washington Post broke its own story about Cohen himself emailing Vladimir Putin's personal spokesman in January 2016, during the election, to try to keep the gears turning on a Moscow Trump Tower.

Cohen's emails, per the Post:

"Over the past few months I have been working with a company based in Russia regarding the development of a Trump Tower - Moscow project in Moscow City. Without getting into lengthy specifics the communication between our two sides has stalled." ... “As this project is too important, I am hereby requesting your assistance. I respectfully request someone, preferably you, contact me so that I might discuss the specifics as well as arranging meetings with the appropriate individuals. I thank you in advance for your assistance and look forward to hearing from you soon.”

These emails were also submitted to Congress, and in an accompanying statement, Cohen said that he wrote the emails at the behest of Sater, he never heard from the Putin aide, and the whole project was dropped two weeks later.

While the White House consistently denies any interaction with Russians during the campaign, more encounters and meetings have been coming to light since Trump took office, including one between a Russian lawyer and the president's dullard son. Trump himself is reportedly furious about the ongoing Russian coverage and has been harassing senators to get it to stop. Of course with Joe Arpaio's pardon, Trump has shown that he's willing to upend law and order for political convenience, so even if Cohen gets implicated in anything nefarious, he may be pardoned the same day.

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