Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chairman Mark Warner said Thursday he wasn't surprised by the news that President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen lied to congressional investigators, as similar patterns have been seen among others connected with the president's 2016 campaign.
"We have seen this pattern out of Cohen, and we have seen is it out of (George) Papadopoulos, and at least speculation of what may be coming forward from (Paul) Manafort," the Virginia Democrat told MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports."
"I am not surprised."
Warner said he would not comment about specific individuals named in the Cohen indictment, but if the claims are accurate, they would show ongoing conversations "with the highest level of the Donald Trump organization with Russia. It appears that Mr. Trump was aware of the conversations back and forth."
The senator added that he also would not be surprised if Cohen has even more stories to tell.
"This is someone who was intimate with then-candidate and business leader Trump, whose name has popped up in a variety of places and again, not knowing what he has shared with the special prosecutor," said Warner.
"He is clearly one of the individuals that our committee has asked to come back, and will want to come back, and testify as well, after he has been appropriately pleaded and sentenced by the Justice Department activities."
He said senators would also like to get more clarity over what Trump's family members were told about the Russian real estate deal, and at the same time, he is glad special counsel Robert Mueller is starting to lay out more of his case, but senators must make sure the investigation is protected.
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