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Issued by this committee. ms. miers also did not appear at her scheduled hearing. judge john bates, who was appointed by president bush, slapped down that argument fairly quickly. quote, the executive cannot identify a single judicial opinion that recognizes absolute immunity for senior presidential advisers in this or any other context. that simple yet critical fact bears repeating. he asserted absolute immunity claim here is entirely unsupported by the case law. close quote, from the judicial ...

A constitutional crisis. in early 2018, after they describe the presidents attempt to force mr. mcgahn to remove the special counsel on his behalf. the president repeated his pattern. quote, this story doesnt look good. you need to correct this. youre the white house counsel, close quote. president trump told mr. mcgahn. what about these notes. why do you take notes, the president said to mr. mcgahn. why he had documented their conversation. the president then told mr. mcgahn to tell the america...

Actually made it all very evident. john dean. and ill quote, mr. chairman. he said, as a former committee council in the house judiciary committee and then a long-term witness sitting alone at the table is important. quote, holding your statement as long as you can so the other side cant chew it up is important as well, close quote. so it was advised that our witness got for this particular body -- and mr. chairman, when you were in the minority, you wouldnt have stood for it and i can tell you ...

Today, we will also hear mr. cohens account of a meeting in 2016 in donald trumps office during which roger stone said over speakerphone that he had just spoken with julian assange, who said there would be a, quote, massive dump of e-mails that would damage hillary clintons campaign, end of quote. according to cohen, mr. trump replied, quote, wouldnt that be great, end of quote. the testimony that michael cohen will provide today, ladies and gentlemen, is deeply disturbing and it should be troub...

2018, the president denied anything about it. in april of 2018, president trump was flying on air force one when a reporter asked him the question, did you know about $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? the answer was, quote, no. a month after that, the president admitted to making payments to mr. cohen, but claimed they were part of a, quote, a monthly retainer, unquote, for legal services. this claim fell apart in august when federal prosecutors concluded, and i quote, in truth and in fact, th...

Of dollars on the eve of the election to silence women alleging affairs with donald trump. mr. cohen admitted to violating campaign finance laws and other laws. he admitted to committing these felonies, quote, in coordination with and at the direction of, unquote, president trump. and he admitted, he admitted to lying about his actions to protect the president. some will certainly ask if mr. cohen was lying then, why should we believe him now? this is a legitimate question. as a trial lawyer for...

>> the gentlemans time has expired, but you may answer that question. >> these documents and others were provided to deutsche bank on one occasion where i was with them in our attempt to obtain money so we can put a bid on the buffalo bills. >> thank you for your answer. >> id like to yield a second to the gentleman from north carolina. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to ask unanimous consent to put into the record an article from stat which indicated that mr. cohens promised acces...

>> and those included legal matters? >> yes, sir. >> sir, as a former attorney, youre familiar with legal documents known as nondisclosure agreements or ndas, is that right? >> yes. >> sir, im sure you know that ndas, properly written in scope, can be reasonable in certain business contexts but they can also be abused to create a chilling effect to silence people, as weve seen in the "me too" movement and other places; isnt that right, mr. cohen? >> yes. >> and mr. cohen, the trump organization ...

Now, in october 2018, "the new york times" revealed that, quote, president trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud that greatly increased the fortunes he received from his parents. it furnl stated from mr. trump, quote, he also helped form late a strategy to under value his parents real estate holdings on hundreds of millions of dollars, when those properties were transferred to him and his siblings. mr. cohen, do you know whether that sp...

At everybody that surrounds him, who hes been associated with, and his tax returns because that is the only way we can get down to the bottom line. thank you, and i yield back. >> mr. chairman, i have a unanimous consent request. >> all right. go ahead. >> i ask unanimous concept that we read into the -- for the record a tweet from dr. darryl scott, which says, michael cohen asked, no, begged me repeatedly, to ask potus to give him a job in the administration. hes still lying under oath. i ask u...