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AFP
Washington
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and problem fixer, arrived in Congress on Tuesday for a closed door hearing in which he was expected to detail his ex-boss’s alleged law-breaking and questionable business practices.
It will be the first of three much-awaited appearances on Capitol Hill this week -- only one of them public -- for Cohen, who has already been convicted for illegally arranging hush payments to women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump.
An unnamed source close to Cohen told the Wall Street Journal that Cohen was prepared to discuss Trump’s “lies, racism and cheating” as well as “evidence of criminal conduct since Mr Trump became president,” but gave no specifics to the newspaper.
Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis told ABC News last week that his client would detail “personal, front-line experiences” of incidents and conduct by President Trump that even hardened listeners would find “chilling.”
The three hearings this week -- a closed session at the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday; an open, televised hearing at the House Oversight Committee Wednesday; and another closed hearing at the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday -- could stir new troubles for Trump.
The White House is already unsettled in anticipation that Special Counsel Robert Mueller might soon conclude his almost two-year-old investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election.
The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing opened Tuesday just as Trump arrived in Hanoi for his second showcase summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
Cohen’s open testimony on Wednesday could well overshadow the first day of talks over North Korea’s nuclear weapons between Trump and Kim. From Hanoi, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders dismissed Cohen’s credibility.
Washington
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and problem fixer, arrived in Congress on Tuesday for a closed door hearing in which he was expected to detail his ex-boss’s alleged law-breaking and questionable business practices.
It will be the first of three much-awaited appearances on Capitol Hill this week -- only one of them public -- for Cohen, who has already been convicted for illegally arranging hush payments to women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump.
An unnamed source close to Cohen told the Wall Street Journal that Cohen was prepared to discuss Trump’s “lies, racism and cheating” as well as “evidence of criminal conduct since Mr Trump became president,” but gave no specifics to the newspaper.
Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis told ABC News last week that his client would detail “personal, front-line experiences” of incidents and conduct by President Trump that even hardened listeners would find “chilling.”
The three hearings this week -- a closed session at the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday; an open, televised hearing at the House Oversight Committee Wednesday; and another closed hearing at the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday -- could stir new troubles for Trump.
The White House is already unsettled in anticipation that Special Counsel Robert Mueller might soon conclude his almost two-year-old investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election.
The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing opened Tuesday just as Trump arrived in Hanoi for his second showcase summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
Cohen’s open testimony on Wednesday could well overshadow the first day of talks over North Korea’s nuclear weapons between Trump and Kim. From Hanoi, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders dismissed Cohen’s credibility.
