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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow GOP lawmakers plan to attack Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen's congressional testimony this week
How GOP lawmakers plan to attack Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohens congressional testimony this weekPUBLISHED 34 MIN AGO | UPDATED 23 MIN AGO
Kevin Breuninger
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Republicans in Congress are planning to undermine Michael Cohens credibility when he launches accusations of criminal conduct by the president during three days of House and Senate testimony this week, as he is reportedly expected to do.
House Oversight Committee Republicans are mainly poised to attack Cohens credibility during his public hearing Wednesday, a congressional aide familiar with the committees minority tells CNBC.
The aide adds that the minority panel wasnt interested in probing new facts from Cohen. As far as GOP members gleaning new information from Mr. Cohen, hes someone that we dont really trust and we cant really believe anything that he has to say, the aide says.
President Donald Trump is in Vietnam to hold nuclear talks with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, so it will be up to his Republican allies on Capitol Hill to defend him in hearings with his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
With Cohen expected to tell lawmakers this week about alleged criminal conduct committed by Trump while in office, GOP lawmakers plan to push back on his claims by attacking Cohens credibility and trustworthiness.
Cohen, 52, is set to head to prison for a three-year sentence starting in May, after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations and criminal tax evasion brought by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, as well as a charge of lying to Congress lodged by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his ongoing Russia probe.
But before his incarceration, Cohen will appear before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday for a public hearing, where he will reportedly share evidence alleging that Trump committed criminal conduct since becoming president.
Cohen will also discuss Trumps finances, including Trumps alleged involvement in a hush-money deal brokered by Cohen before the 2016 election to silence porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had a brief affair with Trump years earlier, a source with knowledge of Cohens preparations told NBC News. Trump denies the affair.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/26/republicans-ready-to-attack-trumps-ex-lawyer-cohen-during-testimony.html
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How GOP lawmakers plan to attack Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen's congressional testimony this week (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2019
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)1. They are all party over country, every last one of these filthy pricks.
bluestarone
(16,926 posts)2. AGREE to each and everyone of your words!
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)3. I'll bet a rotten orange that Cohen finesses the KGOP hit squad
Cohen is nothing if not a seasoned New York wise guy. There's a damn good reason that KGOP republican Dirty Donny paid him to br his STINKING FIXER (R) for ten stinking years. He's a shifty wanker. And that's what the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief needed to keep his lying, corrupt, treasonous ass out of jail. Cohen is going to shove the massive republican party hypocrisy back in their pasty flabby-jowl overfed faces.