Michael Cohen is set to testify before the House Oversight Committee this morning at 10AM.
His testimony is supposed to largely revolve around things he believes Trump did wrong.
You can watch the hearing below.
OFFICIAL:
PBS NEWSHOUR:
FOX NEWS:
I had a late night and haven’t been able to read Cohen’s testimony, but here’s a Politco link to the PDF for you to read.
Matt Walsh,who’s read the public testimony, has been tweeting about it this morning. He’s not impressed at all:
I read the Cohen testimony. He alleges a whole lot of non-criminal behavior that has no business being discussed at a hearing like this.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 27, 2019
He also says that Trump heard about the Wikileaks DNC dump ahead of time and said "that would be great." What else is he supposed to say? Is it illegal for a politician to revel in the political embarrassment of his opponent?
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 27, 2019
He says that he (Cohen) paid Stormy Daniels with his own money, and then Trump reimbursed him with his personal funds. Again, not illegal. He says Trump never directly told him to lie to congress and he has no knowledge of any Russian collusion conspiracy.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 27, 2019
Oh, Cohen also says that Trump was negotiating to build a tower in Moscow because, says Cohen, Trump didn't think he'd win the presidency. This actually undercuts the accusation that Trump wanted to leverage the presidency for financial gain.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 27, 2019
So, in conclusion, what is the point of this hearing?
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 27, 2019
And a couple other tweets:
If Trump "knew in advance" about the pending publication of hacked DNC emails, so did everyone who followed the WikiLeaks Twitter account. It was public information! That's what's so maddening about this ridiculous narrative pic.twitter.com/mCYQxNUOZK
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 27, 2019
Bottom line is that it sounds like this hearing is a nothingburger.
Trump has already tweeted about Cohen this morning as well:
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 27, 2019