CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, will provide documents to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday [2-27-19] that he says prove Trump committed ‘illicit’ acts, according to prepared congressional testimony obtained by POLITICO. The documents include one of 11 checks that Trump purportedly wrote after he became president to reimburse Cohen for a hush-money payment to the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, who alleges she had an affair with Trump. Cohen says the money came from Trump’s personal bank account. He will also provide the committee with a copy of the $130,000 wire transfer to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, that ensured she would remain silent about the alleged affair during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. In his highly anticipated congressional testimony, Cohen — who pleaded guilty to crimes that included lying to Congress and violating campaign finance laws related to the hush-money payment — will express remorse over his service to Trump. Cohen will tell lawmakers he is no longer interested in protecting the president, who repeatedly claimed he had no knowledge of the payments.”
–Andrew Desiderio, “Cohen testimony on Trump: ‘He is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat.’,” Politico, February 26, 2019 1:45 am