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'Racist,' 'con man': Cohen assails Trump before Congress
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, special counsel Robert Mu-
ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL eller's investigation.
R. SISAK Cohen, shaking off inces-
Associated Press sant criticism from Repub-
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a licans anxious to paint him
damning depiction of Don- as a felon and liar, became
ald Trump, the president's the first Trump insider to pull
former lawyer on Wednes- back the curtain on a ver-
day cast him as a racist sion of the inner workings of
and a con man who used Trump's political and busi-
his inner circle to cover up ness operations. He likened
politically damaging alle- the president to a "mob-
gations about sex, and lied ster" who demanded blind
throughout the 2016 elec- loyalty from underlings and
tion campaign about his expected them to lie on
business interests in Russia. his behalf to conceal infor-
Michael Cohen, who pre- mation and protect him —
viously pleaded guilty to even if it meant breaking
lying to Congress, told law- the law.
makers that Trump had “I am not protecting Mr.
advance knowledge and Trump anymore,” Cohen
embraced the news that declared.
emails damaging to Hillary His matter-of-fact testi-
Clinton would be released mony about secret pay- Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, testifies before the House Oversight and
during the campaign. But ments and lies unfolded as Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington.
he also said he had no "di- Trump met with North Ko- Associated Press
rect evidence" that Trump rean leader Kim Jong Un,
or his aides colluded with offering stark TV counter- Vietnam hotel and unable lashed out on Twitter, say- lying in order to reduce his
Russia to get him elected, programming to the presi- to ignore the drama thou- ing Cohen “did bad things prison time.”
the primary question of dent’s official duties. At a sands of miles away, Trump unrelated to Trump” and “is Continued on Page 3
