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The project when, in fact, i had more extensive communications. and it was false when i said i'd never agreed to travel to russia in connection with the project and had never asked mr. trump to travel when, in fact, i took steps to and had discussions with mr. trump about travel to russia. he then says, i would like to note i did not in fact travel there nor have i ever been to russia. he says, quote, i made these misstatements to be consistent to mr. trump's political messaging and out of loyalty to mr. trump. at that point it kind of feels like it's over. but it turns out he left something...

Plead guilty instead of going trial, as set forth in the information, mr. cohen submitted in his statement falsely that upon reaching out to the kremlin in january 2016 about the moscow project, he had not received any response. in fact, he had received a response from the kremlin. so in essence, mr. cohen minimized his contacts with the russian government and stated so falsely in his submission. the judge says you want that as part of this allocution? mr. atkinson says yes, please. mr. cohen, did you hear that? i did, your honor. is that correct? it is correct, your honor. there is one contac...

My understanding is that mr. cohen would like to waive indictment and plead guilty to a criminal information pursuant to an agreement with the government. is that correct? cohen's defense lawyer, that's correct, your honor. the judge, okay. the judge then says, please state your full name. the defendant says, michael dean cohen. the judge, how old are you? cohen, 52. the judge, how far did you go in school? cohen, j.d. degree. judge, are you currently or have you recently been under the care of a physician? cohen, no, sir. judge, have you recently seen a psychiatrist or psychologist or had any...

Comment was the efforts by some to turn legitimate oversight activity into unwarranted -- >> we appreciate. >> criticism of the fbi and doing nothing but doing its job. >> there are a lot of us here that don't like congress particularly too and i'm sure that the vast majority of american people would agree with you on that. mr. strzok, you were removed from the mueller investigation, correct in. >> yes. >> but for the most part all the others that were there are still there, correct? >> i can't speak to the current staffing or personnel of. >> greg andrews who gave $1,000 to the democratic run...

What i was stating in that comment was the efforts by some to turn legitimate oversight activity into unwarranted -- >> we appreciate that -- >> there's a criticism of the fbi -- >> there's a lot of us up here that don't like congress particularly too. a lot of the american people, the vast majority would agree with you on that. mr. strzok, you were removed from the mueller investigation, correct? >> yes. >> but for the most part, all the others that were there are still there, correct? >> i can't speak to the current staffing and personnel -- >> let me tell you who they are. greg andras who g...