960 Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 2, 4. 961 Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 4. 962 Cohen 9/18/18 302, at 8; Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 3-4. 963 Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 4. 964 Cohen 9/18/18 302, at 11; Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 2. 965 P-SCO-000003680 and P-SCO-0000003687 (8/16/17 Email and Attachment, Michael Cohen’s Counsel to Cohen). Cohen said it was not his idea to write a letter to Congress about Trump Tower Moscow. Cohen 9/18/18 302, at 7. 966 P-SCO-00009478 (Statement of Michael D. Cohen, Esq. (Aug. 28, 2017)). 967 P-SCO-;00009478 (Statement of Michael D. Cohen, Esq. (Aug. 28, 2017)). 968 P-SCO-00009478 (Statement of Michael D. Cohen, Esq. (Aug. 28, 2017)). 969 P-SCO-00009478 (Statement of Michael D. Cohen, Esq. (Aug. 28, 2017)). 970 P-SCO-00009478 (Statement of Michael D. Cohen, Esq. (Aug. 28, 2017)). 971 Cohen 9/12/18 302, at 8-9. Cohen also testified in Congress that the President’s counsel reviewed and edited the statement. Hearing on Issues Related to Trump Organization Before the House Oversight and th Reform Committee, 116 Cong. (Feb. 27, 2019) (CQ Cong. Transcripts, at 24-25) (testimony by Michael Cohen). Because of concerns about the common interest privilege, we did not obtain or review all drafts of Cohen’s statement. Based on the drafts that were released through this Office’s filter process, it appears that the substance of the four principal false statements described above were contained in an early draft prepared by Cohen and his counsel. P-SCO-0000003680 and P-SCO-0000003687 (8/16/17 Email and Attachment, Cohen’s counsel to Cohen). 972 P-SCO-0000003687 (8/16/17 Draft Statement of Michael Cohen); Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 4. 973 Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 4. A different line stating that Cohen did “not recall any response to my email [to Peskov in January 2016], nor any other contacts by me with Mr. Peskov or other Russian government officials about the proposal” remained in the draft. See P-SCO-0000009478 (Statement of Michael D. Cohen, Esq. (Aug. 28, 2017)). 974 Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 4. 975 Cohen 11/20/18 302, at 5. 976 Cohen 9/18/18 302, at 10-11. 977 Cohen 9/18/18 302, at 11; Cohen 11/12/8 302, at 4. 978 Cohen 9/18/18 302, at 11; Cohen 11/12/18 302, at 5.