Trump former lawyer Michael Cohen returns for fourth day of congressional testimony
President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for what is expected to be the last of four interviews with congressional panels seeking answers about hush-money payments, the lies he told to shield Trump’s alleged Russia contacts and pardons.
Cohen will speak for a second time with the House Intelligence Committee, which first met privately with him last week, following another closed-door session with the Senate Intelligence Committee and a public hearing with the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
During the course of those interviews, both House and Senate investigators expressed a keen interest in the subject of pardons, which Cohen claims Trump’s representatives dangled before him, according to people familiar with the matter. But others familiar with the matter said it was Cohen’s lawyers who raised the pardon issue in such discussions.
The dispute is the latest controversy surrounding Cohen’s testimony and credibility as he shifts from being one of Trump’s staunchest protectors to the most vocal accuser to emerge from the president’s inner circle. Cohen will soon start a three-year prison term for lies he told to Congress the last time he testified on Capitol Hill in 2017. Cohen has also testified that Trump’s representatives made changes to what he planned to tell lawmakers then — a charge Trump’s representatives have denied.
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