Catherine Herridge

She noted that one, Cohen's plea deal also concerns the lies he told to Congress, and two, Cohen made it clear in a statement that the real estate deal never had anything to do with collusion.

"The Trump Tower Moscow proposal was not related in any way to Mr. Trump's presidential campaign," he said, according to Herridge's. "Moreover, the proposal had nothing to do with any alleged collusion with Russia regarding the U.S. presidential election."