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Find more information on this? do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns to compare them? >> yes, and you would find it at the trump board. >> thank you very much. the last thing here, the trump golf organization are currently has a golf course in my home borough of the bronx, trump links. drive past it every day going between the bronx and queens. in fact, "the washington post" reported on the trump links bronx course in an article entitled "taxpayers built thi...

Be involved in a criminal conspiracy? and isnt it true, mr. cohen, that this criminal conspiracy that involved four people, that theres only one person so far who suffered the repercussions and thats why youre in jail? >> i will be going to jail, yes. >> three other people, though, who were equally involved in this conspiracy, is that true? >> yes, it is true. >> thank you, mr. cohen. i yield back my time. >> gomez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. cohen, im going to tackle the presidents tax ret...

Close quote. how did the president actually direct the negotiations? what details did he direct? >> after each communication that i had, i would report back to him. and our goal was to get this project. we were interested in building what would have been the largest building in all of europe. sir, just if i can say one last thing. >> please, go ahead. >> with regard to the gentlemans statements, since this is on topic. the lies that i told to congress, in fairness, benefitted mr. trump. it was i...

The "national enquirer." in that you mentioned a, quote, treasure trove of documents in david peckers office related to information assembled from all of these catch-and-kill operations from people who potentially had damaging information on the president. you also mentioned that the president was very concerned about the whereabouts of these documents and who possessed them. does that treasure trove of documents still exist? >> i dont know. i asked david pecker for them. >> you would say the pe...

>> you said you lied to congress about trumps negotiations to build his moscow tower because hed made it clear to you that he wanted you to lie. one of the reasons you knew this is, quote, mr. trumps personal lawyers reviewed and edited my statement to congress about the timing of the moscow tower negotiations before i gave it. so this is a pretty breath taking claim, and i just want to get to the facts here. which specific lawyers reviewed and edited your statement to congress on the moscow tow...

Mr. cohen, i want to ask you about your assertion the president may have improperly devalued his assets to avoid paying taxes. according to an august 21, 2016 report by "the washington post," while the president claimed in fm disclosure forms that trump national golf club in jupiter, florida, was worth more than $50 million, he had reported otherwise to local tax authorities that the course was worth, quote, no more than $5 million. mr. cohen, do you know whether this specific report is accurate...

Information with respect to the personal life, political affairs, and/or business affairs of mr. trump or any family member, close quote. do those terms sound familiar to you? >> ive seen that document. >> in fact theres class action lawsuit filed this month by former trump chain worker jessica denson that this nda language is illegal because it is too broad, too vague, and would be used to retaliate against employees who complain of illegality or wrongdoing. would you agree that in the use of t...

>> they seem to be getting organized. aforementioned jim jordan. let me ask you, do you expect democrats to express for more granularity? michael cohen promised granularity and it seems like hes opened two big buckets, two big lines of questioning around what the presidents lawyers knew, the lies to tell congress and the wikileaks, what the president was told by roger stone on the phone? >> i think they have to because in part you get corroboration from documents but you also get corroborations ...

His personal financial statements to induce a bank lend based on incomplete information, end quote. is that correct? >> thats correct. >> you lied on financial documents. so you lied to financial institutions in order to secure loans. so weve established that you you lied on your taxes. you lie to banks. youve been convicted of lying to congress. it seems to me theres not much that you wont lie about when you stand to gain from it. in fact the prosecutors from the southern district of new york n...

Or not thats the message, thats staying on point, thats the party line that he created, that so many others are now touting, yes, thats the message that he wanted to reinforce. >> the gentlemans time has expired. mr. massie. >> mr. cohen, can you clarify, did you just say you did at times what mr. trump wanted you to do, not specifically what hes told you to do? >> at advertisementimes, yes. >> so you just went on your intuition? >> i dont know if i would call it intuition as much as i would jus...