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Russian offered Trump campaign 'political' cooperation in 2015

Russians reached out to Donald Trump's then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen in November 2015 seeking to establish cooperation with his election campaign, Special Counsel Robert Mueller said [Courtesy]

US prosecutors have revealed that a Russian offered cooperation to Donald Trump's campaign as early as 2015, declaring that the president's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen had provided "relevant" and "substantial" help to the Russia investigation.

In a separate case, federal prosecutors Friday demanded "substantial" jail time of between 51 to 63 months -- four to five years -- for Cohen for bank fraud and campaign finance violations to which he plead guilty in August.

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