In his testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, Cohen suggested Trump lied under oath during a 2013 deposition when he said he didn't know Sater. Cohen also said Sater had an office on 'Mr. Trump's floor' in Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Felix Sater, a Russian-born businessman with a checkered past, has emerged as a central figure in the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference.
Michael Cohen testified before the House Oversight Committee in February 2019, where the president's former lawyer suggested Trump lied under oath during a 2013 deposition when he said he didn't know Sater.Here's a rundown of Sater's background and why his name continues to pop up in relation to Mueller's ongoing probe.Felix Sater, 52, was born in Moscow, but his family moved to Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, New York, when he was 8 years old.
Sater is a felon and spent a year in prison after stabbing a man in the face with a broken margarita glass during a bar fight. He was 27 at the time. The man he stabbed suffered nerve damage and required 110 stitches to close the laceration on his face.
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