MICHAEL COHEN/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VIETNAM: “With President Donald Trump and his senior aides halfway around the world, the White House’s political allies held down the home front against a blistering attack back in Washington. The president’s sons, advisers and friends collectively unloaded on Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen as he delivered explosive testimony before Congress on a day when Trump was in Vietnam for high-stakes nuclear diplomacy with North Korea’s dictator.Filling a void that might normally be filled by a tweeting Trump — who remained silent and was likely sleeping for at least some of the hours-long hearing — they insisted that Cohen is a liar who can’t be trusted, a ladder climber who wanted his moment in the spotlight and a poser who exaggerated his importance.”
–Andrew Restuccia, “Trump allies assault ‘worthless’ Cohen testimony as president stays quiet,” Politico, February 27, 2019 3:07 am