it is a check for $35,000, and it is dated march 17th, 2017, after the president took office. it s right now on the screen. do you see it, sir? yes, sir. today you testified that the check was signed by donald trump jr. and the trump organization cfo allen weisselberg. is that correct? . that is correct. as federal prosecutors laid out in their criminal charges, payments lucky this check resulted in numerous false statements in the books and records of the trump organization. it s important for the american public to understand this. nothing to do with collusion. this is financial fraud, garden variety financial fraud. it was disguised as a payment for legal services to you, but this was not a payment for legal service, was it, mr. cohen? no, sir. it could give rise to serious state and federal criminal liability if a corporation is cooking its books. based on your testimony today, donald trump jr. and allen
president of being implicated in two felonies are now today revealed to be pursuing additional criminal investigations that also relate to the president, then any potential effort by the president to mess with that u.s. attorney s office, that may quickly become one of the most important stories in the whole country. particularly if the felonies already prosecuted by that office against cohen are about to metastasize into serious trouble for the president and for his business and for his family. i want to focus my questions on the smoking gun document you have provided this committee. this document is compelling evidence of federal and state crimes, including financial fraud. you provided this committee with a check from president donald j. trump s revocable trust account which is marked as exhibit 5-b. it is a check for $35,000, and it is dated march 17th, 2017, after the president took office.
is dated march 17th, 2017 after the president took office. it is right now on the screen. do you see it, sir? yes, sir. to be clear the revocable trust is the trust the president set up to hold his assets after he became president. is that correct? i believe so. do you know why you were paid from the trust as opposed to the president s personal account? i don t know the answer to that. did you think it was odd he paid you once and he is paying you through the scheme of a trust? i was just happy to get the
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is important. much of the information from russian government sources inside of russia. isn t that with the media has been investigating for the better part of a year?he oh, so keep that in mind as we move forward. here s another keyno portion. it appears that either mr. steele lied to the fbi or to the british court that the classified documents reviewed by the committee contained materially false statements. and then the memo goes on to read, and response to the committee s inquiries, the chairman and ranking member received aiv briefing. march 15th, 2017, from man, director james comey, than them model goes on to say that briefing address to the russia investigation, and the fbi s ree on mr. steele s dossier in two applications that are filed for surveillance under the foreign surveillance act. march 17th, 2017, the chairman and drinking member were provided copies of the two