Back in DC, President Trump sends morning tweetstorm targeting his former lawyer, Michael Cohen.
in advance and had wanted Congress to receive misleading testimony about his ties to Russia.
He also told lawmakers that prosecutors were investigating other possible illegal acts by the president that have not been made public, telling Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., that"those are part of the investigation currently being looked at by the Southern District of New York." Republican members on the House Oversight Committee largely sought to paint Cohen as a liar and a profit-seeking opportunist whose word was not to be trusted, in part because he is on his way to prison, and questioned him repeatedly about any potential book or movie deals in the works.
At one point, Cohen testified that it was true he had shopped around a book about his time with Trump, and that he ultimately turned down a $750,000 book deal. He also testified that he soured on his former employer after the president'sand his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
In his tweets Friday morning, Trump said it was"just revealed" that Cohen penned a flattering book after those events occurred — negating Cohen's stated reason for turning on Trump.— not a full manuscript, which Trump claimed Friday to have seen a"transcript" of.
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