Michael Cohen’s Testimony was Critical

“Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear that if he loses the election in 2020 that there will never be a peaceful transition of power, and this is why I agreed to appear before you today.”

Michael Cohen said this as part of his concluding statement before Congress. If this does not chill your blood, nothing else will. These words point to the authoritarian nature of the President. It’s a good bookend to his opening statement. The president, according to Cohen, did not wish to prevail in the general election. He saw this as a way to promote the Trump brand. But now, President Donald Trump has become drunk with power.

In my mind, there were several important moments. They range from knowledge of Roger Stone’s statements with WikiLeaks, as well as the Trump Tower meeting with Russians. Cohen also states that the president “is racist, a conman and he is a cheat.”

This would be the heart of the matter. It would prove that the president was aware of the e-mail dump before it happened. He was also aware of hush payments to Stormy Daniels and. he added. “Not only did I lie to the American people, I lied to the First Lady.”

This points to campaign finance violations.

In some ways, this hearing is extremely significant. Cohen revealed that the lawyers for the president also reviewed his testimony for the Trump…