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More time to ms. wassermann schultz. i was going to let you do that anyway. but i just want the committee to know that because there's so many, we're be strict on the fi minutes, all right? thank you very much. mr. hice, you have five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. cohen, you've claimed you've lied but you're not a liar. to set the record straight, if you lied, you are a liar by definition. you also said a moment ago that the facts are inaccurate. if they are facts, they are accurate, and that would make you inaccurate. but i would like to take a moment, i would like to know who you ...

It was either we -- somebody wired the funds and purchase the life rights to the story from ms. clifford or it was going to end up being sold to television and that would have embarrassed the president. it would have interfered with the election. >> but the president has never amended his 2017 form to this day and while you're facing the consequences of going to jail, he is not. >> i believe that they amended a financial disclosure form and there's a footnote somewhere buried. i don't recall specifically what it says. but there is a footnote buried somewhere. >> can you describe michael, to th...

Howard and others where they would contact me or mr. trump or someone and state that there's a story that's percolating out there that you may be interested in. and then what you do as you contact that individual and you purchase the rights to that story from them. >> and you practiced this for the president? >> i was involved in several of these catch and kill episodes. these catch and kill scenarios existed between david pecker and mr. trump long before i started working for him in 2007. >> michael, can you suggest who else this committee should talk to for additional information on this or ...

At the trump organization, from whether it was a response as the daily beast story that you refer to, ranking member, that did not go through mr. trump with his approval. and sign off. as in the case of the payments. >> how many times did the president, michael, ask you or direct you to try to reach settlements with women in 2015 and 2016? >> i'm sorry, ma'am, i don't have the answer to that. i'd have to go back and try to recollect. it's certainly the two that we know about. >> and why did you think the president did not provide the accurate information in his 2017 financial disclosure form? ...

Anyone claiming otherwise is lying." they are not leaving a lot of daylight there, rafel. >> >> no, in his first attorneyy sources are telling me that michael monaco essentially felt he couldn't work with him because it smollett wanted to come out with that declarative statement, you might recall, over the weekend, that his lawyers released. my sources are telling me that michael monaco didn't want that, didn't want him to come out that strongly. just felt they had a difference of opinion in philosophy. it appears that jussie smollett at his legal team have every intention of fighting the spir...