Thread by @Peaceful_411

From Michael Cohen's opening statement to the House Oversight Committee:

"He was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails."

"I am providing the Committee today with several documents. These
include:

Copies of letters I wrote at Mr. Trump’s direction that threatened
his high school, colleges, and the College Board not to release his
grades or SAT scores."

"There were at least a half-dozen times between the Iowa Caucus in
January 2016 and the end of June when he would ask me “How’s it going in Russia?” – referring to the Moscow Tower project."

"You need to know that Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers reviewed and edited my statement to Congress about the timing of the Moscow Tower negotiations before I gave it."

What personal lawyers?! Kasowitz?
Giuliani?

"Mr. Trump knew of & directed the Trump Moscow negotiations throughout the campaign & lied about it. He lied about it because he never expected to win the election. He also lied about it because he stood to make hundreds of millions of dollars on the Moscow real estate project."

"He never expected to win the primary. He never expected to win the general election. The campaign – for him – was always a marketing opportunity."

"He had no desire or intention to lead this nation – only to market himself and to build his wealth and power.

Mr. Trump would often say, this campaign was going to be the 'greatest infomercial in
political history.'"

"A lot of people have asked me about whether Mr. Trump knew about the release of the hacked Democratic National Committee emails ahead of time. The answer is yes."

"In July 2016, days before the Democratic convention, I was in Mr. Trump’s office when his secretary announced that Roger Stone was on the phone. Mr. Trump put Mr. Stone on the speakerphone. Mr. Stone told Mr. Trump that he had just gotten off the phone with Julian Assange..."

"...and that Mr. Assange told Mr. Stone that, within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Mr. Trump responded by stating to the effect of 'wouldn’t that be great.'"

July 2016. That's a lot of notice.

"This $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the year – while he was President."

"So picture this scene – in February 2017, one month into his presidency, I’m visiting President Trump in the Oval Office for the first time. It’s truly awe-inspiring, he’s showing me around and pointing to different paintings, and he says to me something to the effect..."

"...Don’t worry, Michael, your
Jan & Feb reimbursement checks are coming. They were Fed-Exed from New York and it takes a while for that to get through the White House system. As he promised, I received the first check for the reimbursement of $70,000 not long thereafter."

"When telling me in 2008 that he was cutting employees’ salaries in half – including mine – he showed me what he claimed was a $10 million IRS tax refund, and he said that he could not believe how stupid the government was for giving “someone like him” that much money back."

"Sometime in the summer of 2017, I read all over the media that there had been a meeting in Trump Tower in June 2016 involving Don Jr. and others from the campaign with Russians, including a representative of the Russian government, and an email setting up the meeting..."

"...with the subject line, “Dirt
on Hillary Clinton.” Something clicked in my mind. I remember being in the room with Mr. Trump, probably in early June 2016, when something peculiar happened. Don Jr. came into the room and walked behind his father’s desk – "

"...which in itself was unusual. People didn’t just walk behind Trump’s desk to talk to him. I recalled Don Jr. leaning over to his father and speaking in a low voice, which I could clearly hear, & saying: “The meeting is all set.” I remember Trump saying, “Ok good…let me know.”

"I wish to especially thank Speaker Pelosi for her statements in Exhibit 9 to protect this institution and me, and the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Adam Schiff & Chairman Cummings..."

"...for likewise defending this institution and my family against the attacks by Mr. Trump, and also the many Republicans who have admonished the President as well."

Michael Cohen Plans to Call Trump a ‘Conman’ and a ‘Cheat’ in Congressional Testimony

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