Michael Cohen, who once vowed to 'take a bullet' for President Trump, will testify Wednesday in a House hearing that could be as consequential as John Dean's appearance before a congressional committee during Watergate.
With Democrats controlling the House, Michael Cohen’s testimony could spark numerous congressional investigations into President Trump's dealings.
“He has the potential to be a very devastating witness,” said Dean, 80, who completed his own transformation from criminal presidential aide to star witness more than four decades ago. Like Dean with Nixon, Cohen, 52, has the painful experience of working directly for Trump to squelch dissent, undermine opponents and, according to prosecutors, violate the law. His willingness to cooperate with law enforcement has infuriated Trump, who called him a “rat” in December.Dean, who blew the whistle on White House misdeeds to the Senate Watergate Committee and served time in prison. wrote a best-selling memoir called “Blind Ambition.
He also was deeply involved in an unsuccessful effort to develop a hotel-condominium complex in Moscow intended to produce hundreds of millions of dollars in profits for Trump. Mueller secured a guilty plea from Cohen for lying to Congress about pursuing the deal. The campaign finance violations are tied to Cohen’s role arranging hush-money payments to two women who said they had affairs with Trump. The payments, which prosecutors said were directed by Trump, broke the law because they were intended to influence the election and weren’t properly disclosed.
Cohen cited those allegations when he delayed his congressional testimony, which was originally scheduled for Feb. 8. His lawyer attributed the postponement to “ongoing threats against [Cohen’s] family from President Trump and Mr. Giuliani.”
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