CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and longtime fixer, will testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee in February, an appearance that is likely to air potentially embarrassing details and set up a very public spectacle about his now-fraught relationship with the president. Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in prison for a series of crimes, including campaign finance violations and tax evasion, is scheduled to testify Feb. 7 about his dealings with Trump that resulted in his conviction. For years, Cohen worked as Trump’s most strident defender in legal, business and political matters yet turned on him as federal prosecutors honed in on his business and legal dealings…It was Cohen who acknowledged arranging hush-money payments before the 2016 election to two women, porn star Stormy Daniel and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who claimed affairs with Trump. Cohen has implicated the president in the payments, saying he made them at the direction of the Trump.”
–Christal Hayes, Kevin Johnson and Eliza Collins, “Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to testify before Congress in February before heading to prison,” USA Today, January 10, 2019 8:31 pm