Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and våpendrager, Michael Cohen, has accepted to ask in an open hearing of the Congressional steering committee 7. February of this year.
He was in December sentenced to three years in prison for multiple violations of the valgkamplovgivningen, and to have paid hush money to several women during the Trumps presidentvalgkamp. The prosecution believes Trump ordered Cohen to pay the money.
FOR CONSULTATION: Michael Cohen will at the February meeting in an open hearing about Donald Trump. Photo: Rex Shutterstock / NTB Scanpix Show more
the Hearing could prove to be a big scandal for president Trump, and is seen by many as the first major step in the Democratic-month political granskinger. The opposition now has the majority in the house of Representatives, and it is earlier notified that they will add strong pressure on Trump.
Russia-investigation
Cohen should also have a thorough knowledge of the Trump campaign’s contact with Russia, and were among others present during a meeting with several valgkampmedarbeidere and a Russian lawyer in the Trump Tower in 2016.
Stormy Daniels must pay Trump millions Cohen has cooperated with the special investigator Robert Muellers investigation of the alleged Russian interference in the presidential election in 2016, and to have given them useful information about just Russian contact.
According to CNN has Cohen even come with a statement in the evening.
I have chosen to witness to cooperate and to provide the american people answers. I look forward to getting a platform where I can give a complete picture of what has happened, ” he says.
Stormy Daniels-payment
According to the New York Times to Cohen give a full overview of the work he has done for the president, and the hearing can be a TV-sent directly.
It will involve 130 000 dollars in hush-money paid stripperen Stormy Daniels, the president should have had extramarital relationship with. Trump has denies that he gave Cohen the orders to disburse the money.
Cohen pleaded guilty to all nine tiltalepunkter, which includes tax evasion and violation of the law of valgkampfinansiering.
Donald Trump breaks silence about the payout to the Stormy Daniels
– I take full responsibility for each offense I have declared myself guilty of. Both the ones that I personally have done, and those involving U.s. president, explained to Cohen in court, according to CNN.
Cohen has also explained that he lied to the Senate etterretningskomité about Donald Trumps plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
“Mental prison”
Donald Trump has written a number of disparaging Twitter messages about Cohen, and among other things called him “weak”.
the President has recently published a Twitter message where he calls me weak. It is true, but for a totally different reason than what he implies. It was because that I felt that it was my duty to cover up his dirty acts.
Michael Cohen explains that working for president Trump, felt like a “personal and mental prison.”
– This can be difficult to understand. But this is one of my most meaningful days in my entire life. I have lived in a personal and mental prison ever since the day I accepted to work for a eiendomsmogul that I admired.
The message to Trump: prepare A team of lawyers and forget the money for the wall!
