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Cohen willing to testify before Mueller

President Trump's former lawyer and fixer says he is now willing to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller. Michael Cohen alleges that then-candidate Donald Trump knew in advance about a controversial June 2016 Trump Tower meeting where Russians offered to give damaging information on Hillary Clinton. That claim would contradict repeated denials by the president and what the president's son and son-in-law said under oath. Major Garrett reports.

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Cohen claims Trump knew about Trump Tower meeting

CBS News has confirmed Michael Cohen says President Trump knew about the June 2016 Trump Tower in which Russians offered to provide dirt on Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump Jr. Cohen claims the president knew about the meeting in advance and approved of it. CBS News Washington correspondent Paula Reid joins CBSN to discuss why Cohen may want to tell the special counsel about this and how it could impact the Russia investigation.

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