Why Donald Trump Jr. Should Be Worried by Michael Cohen's Testimony
Michael Cohen’s testimony Wednesday was by turns explosive and chilling, as the president’s former fixer detailed crimes he committed to help put Trump into office, and warned the world, in his closing statement, that Trump might not leave the White House without a fight: “I fear that if he loses the election in 2020,” Cohen said, “that there will never be a peaceful transition of power.”
Cohen’s full-day testimony before the House Oversight Committee was tough on the president, whom Cohen described as a “racist,” a “con man,” and a “cheat.” But Cohen also opened the behavior of Donald Trump Jr. to public scrutiny. Trump Jr., 41, was a key member of his father’s presidential campaign, is a top executive of the Trump Organization and, with his brother Eric, administers the trust that now controls the president’s fortune.
In his opening testimony, Cohen told Congress that he believes he witnessed Trump Jr. walk behind his father’s desk to tell then-candidate Trump about an infamous meeting with Russian operatives who were offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. “Mr. Trump had frequently told me and others that his son Don Jr. had the worst judgment of anyone in the world,” Cohen told the committee. “Don Jr. would never set up any meeting of any significance alone — and certainly not without checking with his father.”
In addition to linking Trump to this matter of possible collusion with the Russians, Cohen also yoked the younger Trump to the hush-money scandal, for which Cohen is now heading to prison. (Cohen is also guilty of lying in previous testimony to Congress and of various financial crimes.)
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