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Michael Cohen's opening statement: "[TRUMP] was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails."

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Michael Cohen: "In Jul 2016, days before the DNC, I was in Trump’s office...Trump put Roger Stone on speakerphone. Stone told Trump that he'd just gotten off the phone with Julian Assange and in a days, there'd be a massive dump of emails damaging to Clinton’s campaign."
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Mr. Trump responded by stating to the effect of “wouldn’t that be great.”
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1100625653584576514

Michael Cohen's opening statement: "Trump is a racist. He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that wasn’t a “shithole.” This was when Barack Obama was President. And, he told me black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid."
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Exhibit 4: Copy of the $130,000 hush money wire transfer from Michael Cohen to Clifford’s attorney in the last days of the campaign. "Trump DIRECTED me to use my own personal funds...to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign."
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Exhibit 5: "Copy of a $35,000 check that Trump personally signed from his personal bank account on Aug 1, 2017 – when he was President – pursuant to the cover-up, which was the basis of my guilty plea, to reimburse me...for the illegal hush money I paid on his behalf."
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Michael Cohen: "This $35,000 check was one of 11 that was paid throughout 2017 – while TRUMP was President. The POTUS thus wrote a personal check for the payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaign finance laws."
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1100633668597493762

Michael Cohen: "Trump’s personal lawyers reviewed and edited my statement to Congress about the timing of the Moscow Tower negotiations before I gave it...Trump knew of and DIRECTED the Trump Moscow negotiations throughout the campaign & lied about it...so I lied about it, too."

Michael Cohen: "Trump had made clear to me, through his personal statements to me that we both knew were false and his lies to the country, that he wanted me to lie [to Congress] and because his attorneys reviewed my statement before I gave it." !!
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1100639035997986816

!! Michael Cohen says that Trump DIRECTED him to lie to Congress through his personal statements to Cohen they both knew were false, through Trump's lies to the country, and through Trump's attorneys, who edited Cohen's statement before he gave it.
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1100639614350606337

🚨👆THREAD: Michael Cohen's Opening Statement. Enjoy!
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Michael Cohen: "A lot of people have asked me whether Mr. Trump knew about the release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails ahead of time. The answer is YES. Mr. Trump knew from Roger Stone in advance about the WikiLeaks drop of emails."
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1100623626481618944

This is copy of one of the $35K hush money reimbursement checks from Trump to Michael Cohen, dated is Aug 1 2017, which 'Mr. Trump' signed since becoming president.
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