Michael Cohen drew a uskønt picture of his former boss, president Donald Trump, when he on Wednesday testified at a public hearing in the US Congress.
Cohen said that Trump lies, cheats and is a racist.
He also said that Trump drives his business ‘as a gangster would do it.’ Cohen, however, never so far that he believed that Trump had conspired with Russia to win the presidential election in 2016.
– I have not seen direct evidence. But I may have my suspicions, he says.
Cohen was last year found guilty of tax fraud and for having lied to Congress. Therefore shall he three years in prison. Cohen has chosen to cooperate with the specialanklager Robert Mueller in connection with the Russia-study.
The White House and Trump has repeatedly taken away from Cohen.
Sarah Sanders, a spokeswoman in The White House, said on Tuesday that it was ‘laughable that anyone takes a convicted liar like Cohen seriously.’
Michael Cohen, 52, was several times moved during the hour-long public consultation. Photo: AFP
Cohen will in may begin serving the sentence of three years in prison. Photo: AFP
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Five revelations that emerged during the consultation: Deeply involved in the sean payton-payment
Michael Cohen said that Trump personally asked him to arrange a payment on the 130,000 u.s. dollars for the porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the elections in 2016.
Cohen described during the hearing how he had several meetings with Trump and chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg.
– He knew all about it, says Cohen, who among other things had brought a copy of a check, which showed that Trump paid to get the porn star to keep quiet about an alleged affair.
porn star Stormy Daniels. Photo: AP Donald Trump speaks in code
Michael Cohen said that Trump was very careful to give direct orders, that could bring him self in trouble even.
Trump spoke instead in the code, and Cohen explained that he understood the kodesproget. For example, Trump never Cohen the message that lying to Congress on a construction project. He just looked at Cohen and said: ‘There is no project in Russia’.
– He does not give you orders. He speaks in code, and I understand kodesproget, because I have been close to him in a decade, says Cohen.
Had the knowledge to leak
Donald Trump had, according to Cohen, on the advance knowledge of a large leak of e-mails in 2016. Cohen claims that Trump, through his advisor Roger Stone had been warned that WikiLeaks would publish the material, which could harm Trumps rival Hillary Clinton.
Cohen said that he personally was present when Roger Stone called Trump in the summer of 2016, and told him that Wikileaks was on the road with a ‘massive dump of e-mails.
– it Would not be though, was Donald Trumps answer, according to Cohen.
Trump adviser Roger Stone. Photo: AFP
Endangered people ‘500 times’
Michael Cohen told that threats and intimidation were a normal part of the work, when was Donald Trumps personal lawyer and problem solver.
Cohen was asked how many times Trump has got him to threaten people, journalists or companies.
– quite A few times, the equivalent of Cohen.
’50 times, 100 times, 200 times?’ was the question subsequent. But first, by ‘500 times’ equivalent of Michael Cohen ‘probably’.
Lied himself richer in order to buy the NFL team
Michael Cohen told that Donald Trump had exaggerated its assets strongly in an attempt to buy the football team the Buffalo Bills in 2014.
Trump was among three finalists in a bidding war, after the NFL team had been put up for sale.
In connection with the budkrigen tried Trump to secure a loan from Deutsche Bank. According to Cohen, he tried to get the loan to scale up the value of its mark, with four billion dollars.
Trump lost under all the circumstances of the case round to Terry and Kim Pegula, who bought the Buffalo Bills for 1.4 billion dollars.
