Stand. Been there all day. Nearing the end of just his first day of testimony. Michael cohen revealing what it was like to work for donald trump and made sure the boss looked good in the public eye. Work that trump would praise him for when he did that. Cohen testified that it would make him feel, quote, like i was on top of the world. Cohen was a guard dog protecting his boss at all costs. Trumps former pit bull today corroborated all of the interactions this jury has heard about over the past few weeks. That includes the allimportant meeting at trump tower in 2015. Thats the one with david pecker of the National Enquirer and donald trump where the catchandkill scheme was originally hatched. Michael cohen testified to conversations about keeping the story of Donald Trumps affair with playboy model Karen Mcdougal quiet. He testified to how he arranged with pecker the 150,000 Payment Mcdougal to bury the story. The jury then heard the only Conversation Cohen had with trump that he taped
I want to tone things down a little bit here and First Express my gratitude for the thousands of men and women who work every day on the front line with the fbi. I come from a background as a prosecutor and our local Law Enforcement work with the fbi every day in our local office in minnesota, and then in the senate, ive had the privilege to work with many, many people in the fbi. And i think the Inspector General hes job is incredibly important. He keeps everyone honest. But i do think this it is important for those t agents an those in Law Enforcement that are watching today that people understand there are people up here that understand that you are simply doing your jobs. Which i think is basically some recommendations Foric Change Wh the Inspector General found in this report. So before iis start my question
i think that it is important to put this discussion in context in the 2016 election which is why we are here today. It is nowe undisputed by our Intelligence Agencies that rus
meetings with the former president where he tried to convince them to corrupt doj s mission, to advance false claims of fraud. the most telling detail here, andrea it s very interesting is that the notes reflect that the acting attorney general told the former president point-blank that he wouldn t use the justice department to change the outcome of the election. in other words, the election that president biden had won. trump s response wasn t that he had won the election and he needed doj to pursue that. he said, just this word echos throughout trump s practice over the years. as long as there s an investigation ongoing, i can run with that. that s what he asked for. he asked for doj to say there was an investigation into fraud. that s powerful evidence in front of a jury. jurors will be asked to infer trump s state of mind if he is indicted from his conduct.
“Is this somebody that shows empathy towards children who have been abused? Or who actually cares about women’s mental health? And is supportive towards women?"
conclusi conclusion? yes. so let s talk about what we know wasu lu happening in 2016. russian intelligence hacked the democratic national committee and the clinton campaign. does your report disprove that finding? e no, we don t disprove any the findings. and we know russian intelligence was strategically acting to steal e 345mails. we didn t disagree. and the research agency conducted a coordinated influence campaign on social media to try to tear apart american society to sow discord. socorrect. so let me in summary, when the fbi opened this investigation known as cross fire hurricane, russia was at that time engaging in an be unprecedented and broad scale attack on our election and our democracy. and then candidater trump s response wasn t to deep announce russia s actions, it was to say, i quote, as a candidate, russia