The Ex-lawyer of Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, has referred to the US President in a hearing before Congress as a fraud, and serious allegations brought against him. “He is a racist. He is a conman. And he is a fraud,“ said Cohen on Wednesday in a public statement in front of the control Committee of the US house of representatives.

Cohen accused Trump also, he had pre-known by the publication of hacked E-Mails from the Democrats by Wikileaks during the election campaign of 2016.

Cohen, who has worked for more than a decade, for Trump, is a Central figure in several Affairs to the President. The 52-Year-old has often been described as Trumps “sweeper”. He turned away from his Ex-Boss, and him more than once in trouble.

In his testimony before the congressional Committee Cohen drew a disastrous picture Trumps and presented this as dishonest egotists, it is never left to the good of the country, but only to his own enrichment. “I repent for all the help and support I have granted to him all the time.” He regrets also that he had withheld from the Public the truth about Trump for so long. And he regret that he had lied to Trump.

Here you can follow the hearing by Michael Cohen in the US Congress live:

In August, had known Cohen in front of court due to violations of laws on campaign financing and other charges to guilty. Cohen says he got paid in the order Trumps hush money to the porn star Stormy Daniels, as well as to the former Playmate Karen McDougal, in the election battle damage from Trump to avert. Daniels says they have had a 2006 Sex with a Trump. McDougal claims she had an affair with him. Trump admitted after several denials, a payment, but denies to have anything to do with the women had.

the hush money payments to Daniels said Cohen, now with views of Trump: “He asked me to pay a porn star, with whom he had an affair, and lying to his wife about what I’ve done.” Trump has instructed the repayment of this expenditure, as he had already been President.

In November, Cohen had also pleaded guilty, to have the Congress being lied to. The case concerned the planned construction of a Trump tower in Moscow, which came in the end. Cohen had initially stated before the Congress, the plans were abandoned in January 2016. He later admitted to have until approximately June 2016, and is trying to get permission from the Russian authorities for the project – still in the middle of trump’s campaign.

Cohen said now, the President does not rely directly on the lie before the Congress, so Trump work. Trumps personal lawyers would have reviewed his statement before the Congress, however, and changed, before he had given it. Cohen also said, during the election campaign, Trump looked him in the eye and said, there is no business in Russia, although the negotiations were carried out. Then Trump went out, and I even lied to the people in this way. “He told me in his own way, that I should lie.”

Cohen had been convicted in December due to his false statements to three years in prison and is to begin his sentence in may.

suspected contacts to Russia

With a view to the election campaign of 2016, said Cohen, Trump knew that the long-‘ve spoken longtime Confidant Roger Stone with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange over the publication of E-Mails from the democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. Cohen said that he himself had been a phone call between Trump and Stone present, in the Stone Trump about it have informed that Wikileaks will make within a few days of E-Mails made public, the Clinton’s would damage.

Cohen said, although he had no direct evidence that Trump or his campaign team in 2016, had secret agreements with Russia. He had suspicions, however, that Trump was aware of a Meeting of the representatives of the campaign teams, with the Russians in June 2016. FBI special investigator Robert Mueller is investigating whether there has been such secret agreements. Cohen is collaborating with Mueller.

With a view to his racism charge Cohen said that Trump told him that Black would vote for him because they were “too stupid”. Trump asked him whether he knew a Land that is ruled by a Black man, and this is not a “shit hole”. To be the time when Barack Obama, US-President.

Cohen has described in detail his work for Trump in the past few years. To have his tasks and is used by, for example, on the instructions of Trumps business people to call to tell you that Trump is not, or is not going to pay you for your services as agreed. Also, he had threatened on the instructions of his Ex-boss Trumps schools with lawsuits, in the event that you should publish his notes.

Cohen said that Trump had made exaggerated information as to his assets, when it had benefited from its goals – for example, in the case of the placement on the “Forbes”rich list. On the other hand, Trump had expected his assets to small in order to save taxes. The Ex-lawyer presented to the Congress, according to information from various documents to support his allegations. This also includes copies of Trumps, therefore, balance sheets from the years 2011 to 2013.

Trump and the White house have been trying for months, Cohen as a liar. Republican members in the congressional Committee tried at the hearing, Cohen as far-fetched and to discredit windy witnesses, his own failings and his statement as completely useless. Even Trump himself attacked Cohen on the Wednesday again: “He’s lying, in order to reduce his prison time,” wrote Trump on Twitter.

The US President is currently used for a summit commander-in-chief Kim Jong-Un meeting with the North Korean power in Hanoi. Cohen spoke of the irony that Trump was now, of all things, in Vietnam. He was at the hearing with the impression that Trump was pressed during the Vietnam war before the military service. Trump should then be due to a calcaneal spur retired, so because of a painful Growth of the foot bones. Cohen said Trump asked him to do in the election campaign of 2016, in order to take care of the bad media coverage because of the withdrawal. Trump have made to him on his request, but no evidence of a heel spur. He told him instead: “do you Think I’m stupid, I hadn’t gone to Vietnam.” (dpa)