[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #601: Trump tripping

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:18 schreef DuizendGezichten het volgende:

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Nog steeds circumstantial, maar het versterkt het verhaal van Cohen aanzienlijk.

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tomvanteinde twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 17:08:56 Direct bewijs dat er samengespannen is met de Russen heeft ook Michael Cohen niet👇🏻 https://t.co/jArrP3jrRN reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:21 schreef martijnde3de het volgende:

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tomvanteinde twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 17:08:56 Direct bewijs dat er samengespannen is met de Russen heeft ook Michael Cohen niet👇🏻 https://t.co/jArrP3jrRN reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:21 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Volgens mij is die betaling ook gewoon in één keer aan haar gedaan, dus dat is ook nog niet direct bewijs dat 70k aan een fixer specifiek daarvoor gediend heeft.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:26 schreef DuizendGezichten het volgende:

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Akkoord.

Tegenvraag is; waarom zou Cohen mrs. Clifford $131.000,- betalen uit zijn tweede hypotheek?

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:29 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Zwijggeld, maar dat zou hij theoretisch gezien ook op eigen houtje hebben kunnen doen zonder dat Trump er van wist, om het later te declareren.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 10:08:03 Michael Cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me (unfortunately). He had other clients also. He was just disbarred by the State Supreme Court for lying & fraud. He did bad things unrelated to Trump. He is lying in order to reduce his prison time. Using Crooked’s lawyer! reageer retweet

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EricTrump twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 17:11:29 Michael was lobbying EVERYONE to be “Chief of Staff.” It was the biggest joke in the campaign and around the office. Did he just perjure himself again? reageer retweet

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DonaldJTrumpJr twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 17:14:23 Nailed it. It really was the biggest joke of the entire transition. The beginning of his bitterness was when he realized that was never going to happen. #Delusional. https://t.co/ddizWugguU reageer retweet

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DonaldJTrumpJr twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 17:09:19 Hahahaha Michael Cohen begged to work at the White House and everyone knows it. reageer retweet

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DonaldJTrumpJr twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 17:21:56 And that’s what all this is about. Cohen just wants to be famous. He always wanted his own TV show and the limelight and when he couldn’t get it one way he had to try another. reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:33 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
"Shame on you, Mr. Jordan."

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:33 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
"Shame on you, Mr. Jordan."

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:38 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Blijft pijnlijk om te zien dat volwassen mensen aldaar zo ver in de kont van Trump gekropen zijn.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:39 schreef Nibb-it het volgende:
Dit gesprek is echt heel hallucinant.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:47 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Vooral met Meadows.

"Geef antwoord op mijn vraag!"
"Mijn antwoord is dat.."
"Volgende vraag:..."
"Mag ik nog antwoord geven?
"Nee. Volgende vraag:.."

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:47 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Vooral met Meadows.

"Geef antwoord op mijn vraag!"
"Mijn antwoord is dat.."
"Volgende vraag:..."
"Mag ik nog antwoord geven?
"Nee. Volgende vraag:.."

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:47 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Vooral met Meadows.

"Geef antwoord op mijn vraag!"
"Mijn antwoord is dat.."
"Volgende vraag:..."
"Mag ik nog antwoord geven?
"Nee. Volgende vraag:.."

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 17:48:30 Cohen says Trump used inaccurate financial information to secure lower premiums from insurance companies. reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 17:50:09 Cohen also alleges that Trump submitted false financial information to Deutsche Bank to try to get money for his attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills. reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 17:53 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Wisten jullie trouwens dat er nog ergens een top is over atoomwapens?


Testimony by Trump's former personal lawyer could eclipse US-North Korea summit

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rgoodlaw twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 18:11:19 Legal hot water for Don Jr. (#perjury)Michael Cohen (to @RepStephenLynch): I gave “approximately 10” briefings, including Don. Jr. and Ivanka, on Moscow Tower deal#CohenTestimonyHere’s what Donald Trump Jr told Congress about that 2015-16 Moscow Tower deal👇 https://t.co/3ABZQow3Q9 reageer retweet

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rgoodlaw twitterde op donderdag 29-11-2018 om 17:02:03 What Donald Trump Jr told Congress about Moscow Tower dealNote Michael Cohen plea: "briefed family members...within the Company about the project"Don Jr to Senate:Sater worked on deal "in 2015""I wasn't involved"Were you aware Cohen reached out to Kremlin? "No, I was not" https://t.co/ITyt6cc7dd reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 18:17:08 Reporting from numerous news outlets has said that Cohen very much wanted a White House job. https://t.co/3g5q7MFYdF reageer retweet

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jameshohmann twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 18:15:10 . @DanaBashCNN says the biggest problem with Michael Cohen’s testimony in Round One is his insistence that he didn’t want to work in the White House. “He very much wanted a job in the White House,” she says. @jaketapper adds: "All of our reporting suggests that's not true." reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 18:15:45 New: Trump made 21 false claims last week, including another wild lie about mass voter fraud in California: https://t.co/NkZfwqOoON reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 18:18:28 Trump is up to 4,445 false claims as president, 5.8 per day. Here's my complete database, sortable by category: https://t.co/tUlVsaIQoY reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 18:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Er bestaat ook zoiets als een subpoena.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 18:31 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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We zullen zien hoeveel jaar Manafort achter de tralies gaat. En dan of mensen het 15 jaar cel waard vinden om Trump te dekken.

Maar tot nu heeft iedereen, behalve Manafort, een deal gekozen.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 18:32 schreef DuizendGezichten het volgende:
Gerry Connolly slaat de spijker op zijn kop.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 18:36 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Clay en Connolly zijn goed bezig. Maar het beroerde is, het blijft allemaal onderdeel van een toneelstuk voor twee volkomen van elkaar vervreemde partijen.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 18:40 schreef DuizendGezichten het volgende:

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Verschil tussen beide partijen; de een is op zoek naar waarheid. De ander is bezig met karaktermoord.

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TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL D. COHEN
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Chairman Cummings, Ranking Member Jordan, and Members of the
Committee, thank you for inviting me here today.
I have asked this Committee to ensure that my family be protected from
Presidential threats, and that the Committee be sensitive to the questions
pertaining to ongoing investigations. Thank you for your help and for your
understanding.
I am here under oath to correct the record, to answer the Committee’s
questions truthfully, and to offer the American people what I know about
President Trump.
I recognize that some of you may doubt and attack me on my credibility. It
is for this reason that I have incorporated into this opening statement
documents that are irrefutable, and demonstrate that the information you
will hear is accurate and truthful.
Never in a million years did I imagine, when I accepted a job in 2007 to
work for Donald Trump, that he would one day run for President, launch a
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campaign on a platform of hate and intolerance, and actually win. I regret
the day I said “yes” to Mr. Trump. I regret all the help and support I gave
him along the way.
I am ashamed of my own failings, and I publicly accepted responsibility for
them by pleading guilty in the Southern District of New York.
I am ashamed of my weakness and misplaced loyalty – of the things I did
for Mr. Trump in an effort to protect and promote him.
I am ashamed that I chose to take part in concealing Mr. Trump’s illicit acts
rather than listening to my own conscience.
I am ashamed because I know what Mr. Trump is.
He is a racist.
He is a conman.
He is a cheat.
He was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking
with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National
Committee emails.
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I will explain each in a few moments.
I am providing the Committee today with several documents. These
include:
• A copy of a check Mr. Trump wrote from his personal bank
account – after he became president - to reimburse me for the
hush money payments I made to cover up his affair with an adult
film star and prevent damage to his campaign;
• Copies of financial statements for 2011 – 2013 that he gave to
such institutions as Deutsche Bank;
• A copy of an article with Mr. Trump’s handwriting on it that
reported on the auction of a portrait of himself – he arranged for
the bidder ahead of time and then reimbursed the bidder from the
account of his non-profit charitable foundation, with the picture
now hanging in one of his country clubs; and
• Copies of letters I wrote at Mr. Trump’s direction that threatened
his high school, colleges, and the College Board not to release his
grades or SAT scores.
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I hope my appearance here today, my guilty plea, and my work with law
enforcement agencies are steps along a path of redemption that will restore
faith in me and help this country understand our president better.
***
Before going further, I want to apologize to each of you and to Congress as
a whole.
The last time I appeared before Congress, I came to protect Mr. Trump.
Today, I’m here to tell the truth about Mr. Trump.
I lied to Congress about when Mr. Trump stopped negotiating the Moscow
Tower project in Russia. I stated that we stopped negotiating in January
2016. That was false – our negotiations continued for months later during
the campaign.
Mr. Trump did not directly tell me to lie to Congress. That’s not how he
operates.
In conversations we had during the campaign, at the same time I was
actively negotiating in Russia for him, he would look me in the eye and tell
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me there’s no business in Russia and then go out and lie to the American
people by saying the same thing. In his way, he was telling me to lie.
There were at least a half-dozen times between the Iowa Caucus in
January 2016 and the end of June when he would ask me “How’s it going
in Russia?” – referring to the Moscow Tower project.
You need to know that Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers reviewed and edited
my statement to Congress about the timing of the Moscow Tower
negotiations before I gave it.
To be clear: Mr. Trump knew of and directed the Trump Moscow
negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it. He lied about it
because he never expected to win the election. He also lied about it
because he stood to make hundreds of millions of dollars on the Moscow
real estate project.
And so I lied about it, too – because Mr. Trump had made clear to me,
through his personal statements to me that we both knew were false and
through his lies to the country, that he wanted me to lie. And he made it
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clear to me because his personal attorneys reviewed my statement before I
gave it to Congress.
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Over the past two years, I have been smeared as “a rat” by the President of
the United States. The truth is much different, and let me take a brief
moment to introduce myself.
My name is Michael Dean Cohen.
I am a blessed husband of 24 years and a father to an incredible daughter
and son. When I married my wife, I promised her that I would love her,
cherish her, and protect her. As my father said countless times throughout
my childhood, “you my wife, and you my children, are the air that I breathe.”
To my Laura, my Sami, and my Jake, there is nothing I wouldn’t do to
protect you.
I have always tried to live a life of loyalty, friendship, generosity, and
compassion – qualities my parents ingrained in my siblings and me since
childhood. My father survived the Holocaust thanks to the compassion and
selfless acts of others. He was helped by many who put themselves in
harm’s way to do what they knew was right.
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That is why my first instinct has always been to help those in need. Mom
and Dad…I am sorry that I let you down.
As many people that know me best would say, I am the person they would
call at 3AM if they needed help. I proudly remember being the emergency
contact for many of my children’s friends when they were growing up
because their parents knew that I would drop everything and care for them
as if they were my own.
Yet, last fall I pled guilty in federal court to felonies for the benefit of, at the
direction of, and in coordination with Individual #1.
For the record: Individual #1 is President Donald J. Trump.
It is painful to admit that I was motivated by ambition at times. It is even
more painful to admit that many times I ignored my conscience and acted
loyal to a man when I should not have. Sitting here today, it seems
unbelievable that I was so mesmerized by Donald Trump that I was willing
to do things for him that I knew were absolutely wrong.
For that reason, I have come here to apologize to my family, to the
government, and to the American people.
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Accordingly, let me now tell you about Mr. Trump.
I got to know him very well, working very closely with him for more than 10
years, as his Executive Vice President and Special Counsel and then
personal attorney when he became President. When I first met Mr. Trump,
he was a successful entrepreneur, a real estate giant, and an icon. Being
around Mr. Trump was intoxicating. When you were in his presence, you
felt like you were involved in something greater than yourself -- that you
were somehow changing the world.
I wound up touting the Trump narrative for over a decade. That was my job.
Always stay on message. Always defend. It monopolized my life. At first, I
worked mostly on real estate developments and other business
transactions. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Trump brought me into his personal life
and private dealings. Over time, I saw his true character revealed.
Mr. Trump is an enigma. He is complicated, as am I. He has both good and
bad, as do we all. But the bad far outweighs the good, and since taking
office, he has become the worst version of himself. He is capable of
behaving kindly, but he is not kind. He is capable of committing acts of
generosity, but he is not generous. He is capable of being loyal, but he is
fundamentally disloyal.
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Donald Trump is a man who ran for office to make his brand great, not to
make our country great. He had no desire or intention to lead this nation –
only to market himself and to build his wealth and power. Mr. Trump would
often say, this campaign was going to be the “greatest infomercial in
political history.”
He never expected to win the primary. He never expected to win the
general election. The campaign – for him – was always a marketing
opportunity.
I knew early on in my work for Mr. Trump that he would direct me to lie to
further his business interests. I am ashamed to say, that when it was for a
real estate mogul in the private sector, I considered it trivial. As the
President, I consider it significant and dangerous.
But in the mix, lying for Mr. Trump was normalized, and no one around him
questioned it. In fairness, no one around him today questions it, either.
A lot of people have asked me about whether Mr. Trump knew about the
release of the hacked Democratic National Committee emails ahead of
time. The answer is yes.
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As I earlier stated, Mr. Trump knew from Roger Stone in advance about the
WikiLeaks drop of emails.
In July 2016, days before the Democratic convention, I was in Mr. Trump’s
office when his secretary announced that Roger Stone was on the phone.
Mr. Trump put Mr. Stone on the speakerphone. Mr. Stone told Mr. Trump
that he had just gotten off the phone with Julian Assange and that Mr.
Assange told Mr. Stone that, within a couple of days, there would be a
massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Mr. Trump responded by stating to the effect of “wouldn’t that be great.”
Mr. Trump is a racist. The country has seen Mr. Trump court white
supremacists and bigots. You have heard him call poorer countries
“shitholes.”
In private, he is even worse.
He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that
wasn’t a “shithole.” This was when Barack Obama was President of the
United States.
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While we were once driving through a struggling neighborhood in Chicago,
he commented that only black people could live that way.
And, he told me that black people would never vote for him because they
were too stupid.
And yet I continued to work for him.
Mr. Trump is a cheat.
As previously stated, I’m giving the Committee today three years of
President Trump’s financial statements, from 2011-2013, which he gave to
Deutsche Bank to inquire about a loan to buy the Buffalo Bills and to
Forbes. These are Exhibits 1a, 1b, and 1c to my testimony.
It was my experience that Mr. Trump inflated his total assets when it served
his purposes, such as trying to be listed among the wealthiest people in
Forbes, and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes.
I am sharing with you two newspaper articles, side by side, that are
examples of Mr. Trump inflating and deflating his assets, as I said, to suit
his financial interests. These are Exhibit 2 to my testimony.
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As I noted, I’m giving the Committee today an article he wrote on, and sent
me, that reported on an auction of a portrait of Mr. Trump. This is Exhibit
3A to my testimony.
Mr. Trump directed me to find a straw bidder to purchase a portrait of him
that was being auctioned at an Art Hamptons Event. The objective was to
ensure that his portrait, which was going to be auctioned last, would go for
the highest price of any portrait that afternoon. The portrait was purchased
by the fake bidder for $60,000. Mr. Trump directed the Trump Foundation,
which is supposed to be a charitable organization, to repay the fake bidder,
despite keeping the art for himself. Please see Exhibit 3B to my testimony.
And it should come as no surprise that one of my more common
responsibilities was that Mr. Trump directed me to call business owners,
many of whom were small businesses, that were owed money for their
services and told them no payment or a reduced payment would be
coming. When I advised Mr. Trump of my success, he actually reveled in it.
And yet, I continued to work for him.
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Mr. Trump is a conman.
He asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair, and
to lie to his wife about it, which I did. Lying to the First Lady is one of my
biggest regrets. She is a kind, good person. I respect her greatly – and she
did not deserve that.
I am giving the Committee today a copy of the $130,000 wire transfer from
me to Ms. Clifford’s attorney during the closing days of the presidential
campaign that was demanded by Ms. Clifford to maintain her silence about
her affair with Mr. Trump. This is Exhibit 4 to my testimony.
Mr. Trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a Home Equity
Line of Credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could
negatively impact his campaign. I did that, too – without bothering to
consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right
thing to do or how it would impact me, my family, or the public.
I am going to jail in part because of my decision to help Mr. Trump hide that
payment from the American people before they voted a few days later.
As Exhibit 5 to my testimony shows, I am providing a copy of a $35,000
check that President Trump personally signed from his personal bank
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account on August 1, 2017 – when he was President of the United States –
pursuant to the cover-up, which was the basis of my guilty plea, to
reimburse me – the word used by Mr. Trump’s TV lawyer -- for the illegal
hush money I paid on his behalf. This $35,000 check was one of 11 check
installments that was paid throughout the year – while he was President.
The President of the United States thus wrote a personal check for the
payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaign
finance laws. You can find the details of that scheme, directed by Mr.
Trump, in the pleadings in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
New York.
So picture this scene – in February 2017, one month into his presidency,
I’m visiting President Trump in the Oval Office for the first time. It’s truly
awe-inspiring, he’s showing me around and pointing to different paintings,
and he says to me something to the effect of…Don’t worry, Michael, your
January and February reimbursement checks are coming. They were Fed-
Exed from New York and it takes a while for that to get through the White
House system. As he promised, I received the first check for the
reimbursement of $70,000 not long thereafter.
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When I say conman, I’m talking about a man who declares himself brilliant
but directed me to threaten his high school, his colleges, and the College
Board to never release his grades or SAT scores.
As I mentioned, I’m giving the Committee today copies of a letter I sent at
Mr. Trump’s direction threatening these schools with civil and criminal
actions if Mr. Trump’s grades or SAT scores were ever disclosed without
his permission. These are Exhibit 6.
The irony wasn’t lost on me at the time that Mr. Trump in 2011 had strongly
criticized President Obama for not releasing his grades. As you can see in
Exhibit 7, Mr. Trump declared “Let him show his records” after calling
President Obama “a terrible student.”
The sad fact is that I never heard Mr. Trump say anything in private that led
me to believe he loved our nation or wanted to make it better. In fact, he did
the opposite.
When telling me in 2008 that he was cutting employees’ salaries in half –
including mine – he showed me what he claimed was a $10 million IRS tax
refund, and he said that he could not believe how stupid the government
was for giving “someone like him” that much money back.
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During the campaign, Mr. Trump said he did not consider Vietnam Veteran,
and Prisoner of War, Senator John McCain to be “a hero” because he likes
people who weren’t captured. At the same time, Mr. Trump tasked me to
handle the negative press surrounding his medical deferment from the
Vietnam draft.
Mr. Trump claimed it was because of a bone spur, but when I asked for
medical records, he gave me none and said there was no surgery. He told
me not to answer the specific questions by reporters but rather offer simply
the fact that he received a medical deferment.
He finished the conversation with the following comment. “You think I’m
stupid, I wasn’t going to Vietnam.”
I find it ironic, President Trump, that you are in Vietnam right now.
And yet, I continued to work for him.
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Questions have been raised about whether I know of direct evidence that
Mr. Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia. I do not. I want to be
clear. But, I have my suspicions.
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Sometime in the summer of 2017, I read all over the media that there had
been a meeting in Trump Tower in June 2016 involving Don Jr. and others
from the campaign with Russians, including a representative of the Russian
government, and an email setting up the meeting with the subject line, “Dirt
on Hillary Clinton.” Something clicked in my mind. I remember being in the
room with Mr. Trump, probably in early June 2016, when something
peculiar happened. Don Jr. came into the room and walked behind his
father’s desk – which in itself was unusual. People didn’t just walk behind
Mr. Trump’s desk to talk to him. I recalled Don Jr. leaning over to his father
and speaking in a low voice, which I could clearly hear, and saying: “The
meeting is all set.” I remember Mr. Trump saying, “Ok good…let me
know.”
What struck me as I looked back and thought about that exchange between
Don Jr. and his father was, first, that Mr. Trump had frequently told me and
others that his son Don Jr. had the worst judgment of anyone in the
world. And also, that Don Jr. would never set up any meeting of any
significance alone – and certainly not without checking with his father.
I also knew that nothing went on in Trump world, especially the campaign,
without Mr. Trump’s knowledge and approval. So, I concluded that Don
Jr. was referring to that June 2016 Trump Tower meeting about dirt on
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Hillary with the Russian representative when he walked behind his dad’s
desk that day -- and that Mr. Trump knew that was the meeting Don Jr. was
talking about when he said, “That’s good…let me know.”
***
Over the past year or so, I have done some real soul searching. I see now
that my ambition and the intoxication of Trump power had much to do with
the bad decisions I made.
To you, Chairman Cummings, Ranking Member Jordan, the other
members of this Committee, and the other members of the House and
Senate, I am sorry for my lies and for lying to Congress.
To our nation, I am sorry for actively working to hide from you the truth
about Mr. Trump when you needed it most.
For those who question my motives for being here today, I understand. I
have lied, but I am not a liar. I have done bad things, but I am not a bad
man. I have fixed things, but I am no longer your “fixer,” Mr. Trump.
I am going to prison and have shattered the safety and security that I tried
so hard to provide for my family. My testimony certainly does not diminish
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the pain I caused my family and friends – nothing can do that. And I have
never asked for, nor would I accept, a pardon from President Trump.
And, by coming today, I have caused my family to be the target of personal,
scurrilous attacks by the President and his lawyer – trying to intimidate me
from appearing before this panel. Mr. Trump called me a “rat” for choosing
to tell the truth – much like a mobster would do when one of his men
decides to cooperate with the government.
As Exhibit 8 shows, I have provided the Committee with copies of Tweets
that Mr. Trump posted, attacking me and my family – only someone burying
his head in the sand would not recognize them for what they are:
encouragement to someone to do harm to me and my family.
I never imagined that he would engage in vicious, false attacks on my
family – and unleash his TV-lawyer to do the same. I hope this committee
and all members of Congress on both sides of the aisle will make it clear:
As a nation, we should not tolerate attempts to intimidate witnesses before
congress and attacks on family are out of bounds and not acceptable.
I wish to especially thank Speaker Pelosi for her statements in Exhibit 9 to
protect this institution and me, and the Chairman of the House Permanent
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Select Committee on Intelligence Adam Schiff and Chairman Cummings for
likewise defending this institution and my family against the attacks by Mr.
Trump, and also the many Republicans who have admonished the
President as well.
I am not a perfect man. I have done things I am not proud of, and I will live
with the consequences of my actions for the rest of my life.
But today, I get to decide the example I set for my children and how I
attempt to change how history will remember me. I may not be able to
change the past, but I can do right by the American people here today.
Thank you for your attention. I am happy to answer the Committee’s
questions.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 19:20 schreef Nibb-it het volgende:
Kerel, spoilers.

Cohen zegt net dat Trump hem expliciet opdroeg tegen journalisten te liegen over het zwijggeld van Daniels.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 19:41 schreef Toby56 het volgende:
Dit zijn eindelijk weer onderwerpen die wel van belang zijn, maar vermoedelijk zal Muellers rapport daar ook wel iets over te melden hebben.

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Michael Cohen suggested federal prosecutors in New York are investigating some unspecified crime involving Trump, declining to answer questions about his last conversation the president because of a request that he not discuss an ongoing inquiry.

Oversight Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) pressed Cohen on his final conversations with the Trump. The last time they spoke, Cohen said, occurred about two months after the FBI raided his home and office last April — but he could not disclose what was said, he continued.

“Unfortunately, this topic is actually something that is being investigated right now by the Southern District of New York, and I’ve been asked by them not to discuss, and not to talk about these issues,” Cohen said.

Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) followed up: “Is there any other wrongdoing or illegal act that you are aware of regarding Donald Trump that we haven’t yet discussed today?”

“Yes, and again, those are part of the investigation that is currently being looked at by the Southern District of New York,” Cohen responded.

The testimony is an ominous sign for Trump, signaling potential continued law enforcement interest in him or those around him.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 19:43 schreef Nibb-it het volgende:

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Dat is ook de reden dat de Democraten niet echt doorbijten wat dat betreft, gok ik.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 19:58 schreef Brave_Sir_Robin het volgende:
Mooi die vragen over mogelijke elevator tapes waarop te zien zou zijn dat Trump Melania zou hebben geslagen.

Komt de geloofwaardigheid van Cohen ten goede dat hij verklaart dat die tapes waarschijnlijk niet bestaan, en dat hij niet geloofd dat Trump zoiets zou doen. Als hij er op uit zou zijn om Trump te besmeuren dan zou hij dat er ook nog wel bij kunnen pakken.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:13 schreef Bluesdude het volgende:
Sommige Reps zijn bezig met karaktermoord op Cohen.
Ze doen bozig, ze beschuldigen hem, maar hij kan zich niet verdedigen in deze hearings.
En als hij wel iets zegt dan word hij afgekapt.
En dilt allemaal om een shithole- president te verdedigen.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:13 schreef Bluesdude het volgende:
Sommige Reps zijn bezig met karaktermoord op Cohen.
Ze doen bozig, ze beschuldigen hem, maar hij kan zich niet verdedigen in deze hearings.
En als hij wel iets zegt dan word hij afgekapt.
En dilt allemaal om een shithole- president te verdedigen.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:14 schreef Brave_Sir_Robin het volgende:

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Sommige?

Vermoeiend die monologen. Alles om Cohen maar zo min mogelijk te laten zeggen..

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:15 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Toch lach ik me soms dood. Deze Steube somt weer even alle hufterige eigenschappen op waar Trumps (al dan niet voormalige) beste vrinden aan lijden. Met name liegen liegen liegen en bedriegen. En wij, Republikeinen, moeten deze mensen geloven?
De wereld op z'n kop.

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 20:13:53 It is somewhat surreal to me personally to witness Republicans' sudden concern about serial lying. reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:14 schreef Brave_Sir_Robin het volgende:

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Sommige?

Vermoeiend die monologen. Alles om Cohen maar zo min mogelijk te laten zeggen..

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:20 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 20:13:53 It is somewhat surreal to me personally to witness Republicans' sudden concern about serial lying. reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:24 schreef Brood-op-de-plank het volgende:
Ik vraag me af hoe je als allochtoon in de VS, en dan ook nog eens zwarte wel te verstaan, republikein kan zijn en Cohen streng toespreken terwijl de reps alleen maar de allo's willen onderdrukken en discrimineren? Hiermee bedoel ik Cummings, de voorzitter.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:24 schreef Brood-op-de-plank het volgende:
Ik vraag me af hoe je als allochtoon in de VS, en dan ook nog eens zwarte wel te verstaan, republikein kan zijn en Cohen streng toespreken terwijl de reps alleen maar de allo's willen onderdrukken en discrimineren? Hiermee bedoel ik Cummings, de voorzitter.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:27 schreef Toby56 het volgende:
Waar lult deze gast allemaal over?

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:28 schreef Bluesdude het volgende:
Cohen kan niet reageren op politieke pro-trumpretoriek.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:27 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Cummings is toch geen republikein?

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Voorzitter Cummings spreekt Cohen streng toe. Hij is veroordeeld voor liegen tegen het Congres, snapt hij de ernst daarvan? Cohen antwoordt bevestigend. Cummings drukt hem op het hart dezelfde fout niet nog eens te maken.

https://www.nu.nl/buitenl(...)tijdens-verhoor.html

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:31 schreef Klaphark het volgende:
Het boeit de GOP dus geen fluit dat Trump misdaden pleegt, ze vragen er niet eens naar. Impeachen is dan al helemaal 8 bruggen te ver.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:32 schreef Brood-op-de-plank het volgende:

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Hmm, een democraat die Cohen hierin lastigvalt? Kan het mij niet voorstellen, aangezien de Amerikaanse politiek sterk langs partijlijnen is verdeeld. Ik heb mijn informatie van nu.nl:

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:32 schreef Brood-op-de-plank het volgende:

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Hmm, een democraat die Cohen hierin lastigvalt? Kan het mij niet voorstellen, aangezien de Amerikaanse politiek sterk langs partijlijnen is verdeeld. Ik heb mijn informatie van nu.nl:

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:19 schreef Brood-op-de-plank het volgende:
Stel, ik was Amerikaans congreslid geworden. Mijn loon van pak m beet 200k per jaar is zeker niet schraal te noemen, maar daarvan moet ik het niet hebben. Ik word vrij direct na mijn beëdiging benaderd door een aantal corporate giganten. Die beloven mij grote geldsommen in ruil voor mijn stem op bepaalde wetsontwerpen en resoluties.

Mag ik dit geld aannemen? Is dat toegestaan? Of moet de geldoverdracht stiekem gebeuren anders is het verboden?

Hoe zit dat nou?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Exposes the Problem of Dark Money in Politics | NowThis

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:19 schreef Brood-op-de-plank het volgende:
Stel, ik was Amerikaans congreslid geworden. Mijn loon van pak m beet 200k per jaar is zeker niet schraal te noemen, maar daarvan moet ik het niet hebben. Ik word vrij direct na mijn beëdiging benaderd door een aantal corporate giganten. Die beloven mij grote geldsommen in ruil voor mijn stem op bepaalde wetsontwerpen en resoluties.

Mag ik dit geld aannemen? Is dat toegestaan? Of moet de geldoverdracht stiekem gebeuren anders is het verboden?

Hoe zit dat nou?

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:34 schreef Mryc het volgende:

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Hier heb je het antwoord:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Exposes the Problem of Dark Money in Politics | NowThis

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:32 schreef Brood-op-de-plank het volgende:

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Hmm, een democraat die Cohen hierin lastigvalt? Kan het mij niet voorstellen, aangezien de Amerikaanse politiek sterk langs partijlijnen is verdeeld. Ik heb mijn informatie van nu.nl:

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:37 schreef Brood-op-de-plank het volgende:

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En weet je wat, ik dacht precies aan diezelfde vrouw bij het formuleren van mijn post. Want die zou zo het toonbeeld zijn van de lage inkomens, dat barmeisje dat lange uren draaide met twee baantjes om gewoon de centjes bij elkaar te krijgen. En nu congreslid is geworden.

Dan dacht ik, neemt ze nu ook dat geld aan?

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:42 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Dat neem je niet aan, dat doen anderen voor je. Dat geld gaat naar je volgende campagne en als je klaar bent als Senator of Congreslid dan liggen er leuke commisariaten en andere dikbetaalde sinecures voor je klaar.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:42 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Dat neem je niet aan, dat doen anderen voor je. Dat geld gaat naar je volgende campagne en als je klaar bent als Senator of Congreslid dan liggen er leuke commisariaten en andere dikbetaalde sinecures voor je klaar.

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Op woensdag 27 februari 2019 20:38 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Ik ga er wel van uit. Hooguit zal ze een persoonlijke selectie maken. Dus niet op alles 'ja' zeggen.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 27-02-2019 om 20:40:29 The Daily Beast reports that the Florida Bar has opened an investigation into whether Rep. Matt Gaetz violated professional conduct rules by threatening Michael Cohen. https://t.co/0wJq5U6wie reageer retweet