Ocasio-Cortez's questioning seemed to be laying the groundwork for the House Oversight Committee to subpoena Trump’s long-hidden tax returns.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grilled Michael Cohen on Donald Trump’s finances on Wednesday, getting the president’s former “fixer” to admit that Trump often devalued his assets to avoid paying taxes.
“Yes,” Cohen replied, adding that Trump Organization executives like Allen Weisselberg, Ron Lieberman and Matthew Calamari could corroborate this information. When Cohen pleaded guilty last year to charges of tax fraud and campaign finance violations, Ocasio-Cortez said his confession was just another example of the need for stricter oversight rules at all levels of the government.
Cohen was ultimately sentenced to three years in prison for the array of crimes he committed while serving as President Trump’s personal attorney and “fixer.” “Never in a million years did I imagine, when I accepted a job in 2007 to work for Donald Trump, that he would one day run for the presidency, to launch a campaign on a platform of hate and intolerance, and actually win. I regret the day I said ‘yes’ to Mr. Trump. I regret all the help and support I gave him along the way,” Cohen told lawmakers.
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