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The proposal came back to public attention in November 2018, when Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to US Congress about the issue, in a prosecution brought by the office of the special counsel.
 
Cohen had told a Senate committee that the project was dropped in January 2016 because they couldn't get the necessary permissions. However, on November 29, 2018, Cohen admitted in a court proceeding that those statements were untrue, and that he had continued to pursue the possibility of a Trump Tower Moscow until June 2016. He said that in the course of those negotiations he spoke directly with a representative of the Kremlin press office. He said he contemplated going to Moscow himself, although in fact he never did, and he raised the possibility of Trump going to Moscow during the general election campaign to seal the deal. He said he personally briefed Trump about the project on several occasions, as well as [[Family of Donald Trump|Trump family]] members.<ref name="explained"/> Cohen also admitted in court that he had lied to the Senate in September 2017 "to be consistent with [Trump's] political messaging."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/nyregion/michael-cohen-trump-russia-mueller.html|title=Cohen Pleads Guilty and Details Trump's Involvement in Moscow Tower Project|website=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 November 2018 |access-date=30 November 2018|archive-date=29 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129153752/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/nyregion/michael-cohen-trump-russia-mueller.html|url-status=live|last1=Mazzetti |first1=Mark |last2=Weiser |first2=Benjamin |last3=Protess |first3=Ben |last4=Haberman |first4=Maggie }}</ref>
 
In trying to make arrangements with Moscow, Cohen worked closely with Sater. According to Sater, they discussed the possibility of giving a $50 million penthouse in the tower to Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], saying that Putin living there would increase the value and saleability of the other units.<ref name="cnn-2018-11-29">{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/politics/trump-tower-moscow-putin-penthouse/index.html|title=Trump Tower Moscow concept included idea of giving penthouse to Putin|last1=Alesci|first1=Cristina|last2=Kelly|first2=Caroline|date=November 30, 2018|work=CNN|access-date=30 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130012039/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/politics/trump-tower-moscow-putin-penthouse/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Sater stated that the proposal was dropped in June 2016 because news reports emerged then about the Russian hacking of the [[Democratic National Committee]], making a Russian business connection a political liability.<ref name = "scuttled"/>
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