In a packed congressional hearing room, Michael Cohen issued a blunt warning to Republican lawmakers: “I did the same thing that you're doing now ... I protected Mr. Trump for 10 years.”
A sign depicts Michael Cohen, former attorney to President Trump, behind North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows. In 2017, President Trump’s former personal attorney was on Capitol Hill to defend his boss, in testimony he now admits contained lies. Since then, in the wake of what Cohen called “the daily destruction of our civility to one another,” the former fixer flipped on the president and pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, tax evasion and other criminal activity.
At times he appeared frustrated with the relentless GOP line of questioning. When Rep. Paul Gosar called him a “pathological liar,” Cohen snapped back, “Are you referring to me or the president?” Later he accused Rep. Jim Jordan of intentionally twisting his words. “Shame on you, Mr. Jordan.” And then he chastised Republicans for not focusing on the actions of Trump.
For Republicans, the hearing served as their first opportunity to show how aggressively they would defend the president from what is likely to be a wave attacks from Democrats in the House. They did not hold back.
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