You are one of my best friends. I know that shocks a lot of people. Likewise, mr. Chairman. You are. I could see and feel your pain. I feel it. And i dont think ms. Tlaib intended to cause you that, that kind of pain and that kind of frustration. Did you have a statement, ms. Tlaib. Thank you. To my colleague, mr. Meadows, that was not my intention and i do apologize thats what it sounded like. I said someone in general. As Everybody Knows in his chamber, im pretty direct. If i wanted to say that, i would have, but thats not what i said. Thank you, mr. Chairman, for allowing me to clarify. Again, i said someone, not referring to you at all as a racist. I think the think the gentlewoman for her comments. I appreciate the german intervening. First of all, thank you for allowing us to resolve that. The gentleman that asked earlier i will withdraw my request. You dont want to do the unanimous consent . I think i need to officially withdraw my request that it be stricken. I did it. Sounds good. I will recognize you for your unanimous consent. I think you want to put it in some documents. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent that we put fourth in the record the vanity fair article which indicates that Michael Cohen must be the most gifted consultant in america, outlining his insights into Government Health care and policy and real estate, suggesting that its not a real company but and just like hes not a lawyer. Without objection, so ordered. I ask unanimous consent of the l. A. Times article of jule record, which outlines the 1. 2 million payment and their misgivings thereafter. Without objection, so ordered. Any other unanimous consent requests . Thank you, mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent to make the february 9, 2019 Washington Post profile Michael Cohen, titled Michael Cohen secret agenda, part of the record. Their story shows cohen to be a selfish manipulator who was all about himself. He even has a false anecdote about how he once claimed to deliver his own son, his own baby. Without objection, so ordered. Thank you. I ask unanimous consent to make the main nine, 2018 Washington Post article south korean firm paid Michael Cohen 150,000 as it sought contract from u. S. Government as part of the record. The article reported Korea Aerospace industries parish paid a Shell Company run by cohen. So ordered. Speak on going ask unanimous consent to make Michael Cohen sentencing statement to the Southern District of new york part of the record. The statement establishes that Michael Cohen continues to falsely blame his crimes on Blind Loyalty to the president but only cohen is to blame for his many false statements to Financial Institutions and the irs. Without objection so ordered. I ask unanimous consent to make the august 20, 2018 cnn article feds scrutinizing cohens former and account and bank loans part of the record. His accountant was subpoenaed to go in front of a grand jury. So ordered. I ask unanimous consent to make february 26, 2019 order filed by the Appellate Division of the state of new york regarding Disciplinary Proceedings against Michael Cohen part of the record. This order, which proactively applies starting february 28, establishes cohen committed a serious crime and ceased being an attorney when hes was convicted of lying to congress. Without objection, so ordered. I ask unanimous consent to make the july 26, 2018, Washington Post article Michael Cohen secretly recorded trump. Does that make him a bad lawyer, part of the record. The article describes potential ethical violations of a lawyer, cohen, regarding his client, trump, without the clients knowledge. Without objection, so ordered, mr. Norman. Thank you. I ask unanimous consent to make the january 18, 2019 Huffington Post article 11 tweets from the fake fan account Michael Cohen paid the account is described as a place for women who love and support Michael Cohen. Strong pitbull sex symbol. I would ask unanimous consent to make the april 20, 2018 article in mother jones titled Michael Cohen says hes never been to prague. He told me a different story. Part of the record. Without objection, so ordered. Thank you, sir. Very well. Mr. Cohen, i have some concluding remarks. Before i do that, do you have anything youd like to say . Yes, mr. Chairman, i would. I have some Closing Remarks i would like to say myself. Is this the appropriate time . You can do it now. Thank you. First i want to thank you, chairman, because i appreciate the opportunity to share some final thoughts. I have acknowledged ive made my own mistakes and i have own up to them publicly and under oath. But silence and complicity in the face of the daily destruction of our basic norms and civility to one another will not be one of them. I did things and i acted improperly, at times that mr. Trumps behest. Ive blindly followed his demands. My loyalty to mr. Trump has cost me everything. My familys happiness, friendships, my law license, my company, my livelihood, my honor, my reputation, and to my freedom. And i will not sit back and say nothing and allow him to do the same to the country. Indeed, given my experience working for mr. Trump, i fear that if he loses the election in 2020 that there will never be a peaceful transition of power. This is why i agreed to appear before you today. In closing, i would like to say directly to the president , we honor our veterans even in the rain. You tell the truth even when it doesnt aggrandize you. You respect the law and our incredible Law Enforcement agents. You dont bill and ice them. You dont disparage generals, gold star families, prisoners of war, and other heroes who have the courage to fight for this country. You dont attack the media and those who question what you dont like or what you dont want them to say. You take responsibility for your own dirty deeds. You dont use your power of your bully pulpit to destroy the credibility of those who speak out against you. You dont separate families from one another or demonize those looking to america for a better life. You dont vilify people based on the god they pray to and you dont cuddle up to our adversaries at the expense of our allies. Finally, you dont shut down the government before christmas and new years just to simply appease your base. This behavior is churlish. It denigrates office of the president and decently unamerican. And its not you. So to those who support the president and his rhetoric as i once did, i pray the country doesnt make the same mistakes i have made or pay they have a price my family and i are paying. I thank you very much for this additional time, chairman. Thank you very much. The Ranking Member has a closing statement. Thank you, mr. Chairman. We know mr. Cohen has been dishonest in the past. Thats why hes going to prison and two months. But there are things today that he said during the several hours of questioning that just dont add up either. He said he never defrauded any bank. He was having the conversation questioning for mr. Cromer. Office he thats not true because hes going to prison for that very offense. He said he sees the need to represent his client, with legal advice. In his written testimony, he said he never bothered to consider whether payments to women for improper, whether payments to women were improper, much less the right thing to do. He attested in his signed truth and testimonial form that he did not have any reportable contracts with government entities. He said he agreed to having consulting agreements with two foreign entities owned in part by foreign governments. Bta bank of keswick stand and korean air saying that he told Allen Weisselberg to his office and make the 130,000 payment but he says in his testimony mr. Trump directed me to use my own personal funds from the home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact the campaign. In response to a question about him paying to set up the fake twitter account, that he didnt direct the commission of that twitter account. He says i didnt set that up and it was done by young lady that works for the firm when in fact he did ask the i. T. Firm to set it up according to the owner of red finch. Finally, he said he didnt want a job the Administration Even though the attorneys with the Southern District of new york stated that this was a fact when asked about this, they said i wouldnt call them liars but that statement is not accurate. Mr. Chairman, i think may be more importantly is what we should have been doing today, mr. Meadows and i sent you a letter asking you to have mr. Rosenstein here. I think its important to know that last week when you announced that mr. Cohen was coming this week, it happened to be the very same week that we learned the Deputy Attorney general of the United States was thinking about wearing a wire to record the commander in chief, was actually contemplating talking to cabinet members and invoking the 25th amendment. Thats what we should be focused on coming up this sad display weve had to go through the last several hours. Again, not my words. You can take the words of the former general counsel for the house of representatives under tip oneill. I hope weve learned some things here today. Mr. Chairman, as i said earlier, your first big hearing, the first announced witness of the 116th congress is a gentleman whos going to prison in two months for lying to congress. I dont think thats what we should be focused on. Thank you very much. I listen to all of this. Its very painful. Its very painful. You made a lot of mistakes, mr. Cohen. You have admitted that. One of the saddest parts of this whole thing is that some very innocent people are hurting too. You acknowledged that. Thats your family. Until you come here today and deep in my heart, and when i practice law, i represented a lot of lawyers who got in trouble. And you come saying i have made my mistakes but now i want to change my life. And you know, if we as a nation did not give people an opportunity after they made mistakes to change their lives, a whole lot of people would not do very well. I dont know where you go from here. As i sat here and i listened to both sides, i just felt as if and you know, people are using my words that they took from me and didnt give me any credit. We are better than this. We are so much we really are. As a country, we are so much better than this. And you know, i told you, and for some reason, mr. Cohen, i tell my children, i say when bad things happen to you, do not ask the question why did it happen to me . Asked the question why did it happen for me . I dont know why this is happening for you. But its my hope that a small part of it is for our country to be better. If i hear you correctly, it sounds like you are crying out for a new normal, for us getting back to normal. It sounds to me like you want to make sure that our democracy stays intact. The one meeting i had with President Trump, i sent him the greatest gift that you and i, mr. President , can give to our children is making sure that we give them a democracy that is intact. A democracy better than the one that we came upon. And im hoping that the things you have said today will help us to get back there. You know, i mean, come on now. I mean, when youve got, according to the Washington Post, our president has made at least 8,718 false or misleading statements. That is stunning. Thats not what we teach our children. I dont teach my net. Im for whatever reason, it sound like you got caught up in it. You got caught up in it. You got caught up in it. In some kind of way, i hope i know that its painful going to prison. I know its got to be painful being called a rat. Let me explain. A lot of people dont know the significance of that but i live in the inner city of baltimore. All right . And when you call somebody a rat, thats one of the worst things you can call them because when they go to prison, that means a snitch. Im just saying. And so the president called you a rat. We are better than that. We really are. And im hoping that all of us can get back to this democracy that we want and that we should be passing on to our children so that they can do better than what we did. So you wonder whether people believe you. I dont know. I dont know whether they believe you. But the fact is that you come. You have your head down. This is got to be one of the hardest things that you could do. Let me tell you the picture that really, really pained me. You were leaving the prison. You were leaving the courthouse and i guess its your daughter. That hurt me. As a father of two daughters, it hurt me. I can imagine how it must feel for you. I am saying to you, i want to first of all thank you. I know that this has been hard. I know that you face a lot. I know that youre worried about your family. But this is a part of your destiny. And hopefully this portion of your destiny will lead to a better, a better, a better Michael Cohen, a better donald trump, a better United States of america, and a better world. On my mean that from the depths of my heart. When we are dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy intact . Did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing . Im tired of the statements saying people come in here and say oh, oh, this is the first hearing. Its not the first hearing. The first hearing was with regard to prescription drugs. Remember, a lady sat there. Her daughter died because she could not get 333 a month in insulin. That was our first hearing second hearing, h. R. 1, voting rights. Corruption in government. Come on now. We can do more than one thing. And we have got to get back to normal. With that, this meeting is adjourned. [applause] jesse wrapping up Michael Cohens testimony in front of the House Oversight committee. The president s former lawyer. They were talking for hours today. We were going to take it around the table. First we want to apologize, some profanity was inadvertently aired as we took that live testimony. We regret that. Mr. Gutfeld, what did you think . Greg that wasnt me who did the profanity. Jesse not this time. Good. Why did we endure the spectacle . Two reasons. No collusion and north korea. I know people here are acting like this news and we need to believe its news because we are forced to cover this. I dont feel like this is news. I cant find the news. I believe this is a orgy for antitrump first. Its due to the fact that the skunk of the garden party became president of the garden party. We have never recovered to him being president. Cohen just ran through every tweet however done by keith olbermann. At the end of that thing, he knew when he said trump was a racist con man in chief, that he fulfilled the Media Mission as offering the perfect sound bite. The perfect lower third. Every network had that lower third. Racist con man cheat. They knew. Lanny davis knew that if he met the media assumptions, this thing would be a major success, so he met the media assumptions. He went through the litany of everything the media feels about trump without ever laying a hand on collusion, without ever putting any news out. We had to sit here the whole day and not talk about real news. Talk about this crap. Jesse that last statement by Michael Cohen was clearly written by lanny davis. He says he fears of trump doesnt win in 2020, they wont have a peaceful transition of power dana we fought a civil war for good reason and we were at each others throats and 1968. We are a polarized nation but we are not about to go to civil war. There was a transition of power. We have had it over and over again. Theres a couple things in here that were news who people who support trump should like. Number one, Michael Cohen says under oath that he never went to prague. That story has been out there. If you are a trump person, that in the fact that he said donald trump never told me to lie under oath. I dont care about the lower thirds. Greg i do because thats what people at home say. The bullet points. Dana the lower third is not what you take to court. Its not what you used to refute the molar investigation. Greg the court of public opinion. Dana do you want this to be over with or not . I think they would like to get it over with. Jesse is that the first argument between dana and greg on the five . Dana its not and i will keep talking so i can win. Another thing about cohen, republicans trying to tarnish his reputation and he does have a turn at reputation. Hes been a jerk for many years. If hes not been caught, he would still be being a jerk today. Greg i agree with you. Dana thank you. Back in agreement, brother and sister. If not for the molar investigation. The mueller investigation. He would be getting those contracts from foreign governments. He said if you need to talk to trump, i can help you. He also said he never wanted a job in the white house. I would imagine there are reporters already today over at cnn said thats not true. I think if the end, if you are a trump person, theres that. At the end, if you look at Elijah Cummings and that speech at the end and he saved it up, no notes. It was stirring and probably something thats good for everyone to have heard. If you only to dan because he wanted to watch the five and we are glad you stuck with us, if you heard that, i think its good. Jesse that was a powerful moment. You also have to remember that the democrats and lanny davis and