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Admitted to receiving secret payoffs 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. he admitted to lying about his action to protect the president. some will ask if mr. cohen was lying then, why should we believe him now. this is a legitimate question. as a trial lawyer for many years i have faced this situation over and over again and i ask the

Mr. cohen's account of a meeting in 2016 in donald trump's office during which roger stone said over a speaker phone he had just spoken with julian assange who said there would be quote, massive dump of e-mails that would damage hillary clinton's campaign, end of quote. according to mr. cohen, mr. trump replied, quote, wouldn't that be great. end of quote. the testimony that michael cohen will provide today, ladies and gentlemen, is deeply disturbing and it should be troubling to all americans. we all have to make our own evaluation of the evidence and mr. cohen's credibility. as he admits, he...

Evident. john dean, and i'll quote, mr. chairman, he said," as a former committee counsel in the house judiciary committee and then long-term witness sitting alone at the table is important, quote, holding your statement as long as you can so the other side can't chew it up is important as well, closed quote. it was advice our witness got for this particular body and mr. chairman, when you were in the minority you wouldn't have stood for it and i can tell you we should not stand for it as a body. >> let me say this -- >> mr. chairman -- yes. >> i move to table. >> mr. chairman. is there a seco...

2018, the president denied anything about it. in april 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 he made a payment to mr. cohen claiming they were part of a monthly retainer, end quote, for legal services. this claim fell apart in august when federal prosecutors concluded in fact there was no such retainer agreement, end of quote. today, we will also hear

Payoffs of hundreds of thousands 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 many years, i have faced this