What You Need To Know About The Latest Big News In The Mueller Russia Investigation

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court Thursday in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia.

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There have been so many big developments this week in the Russia story that it’s tough to keep them all straight.

Here’s what you need to know.

Cohen admits lying to Congress

What happened? Donald Trump’s former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen admitted on Thursday that he and others working for Trump negotiated with important Russians over a possible Trump Tower in Moscow well into the presidential campaign in 2016.