During his testimony, Michael Cohen is expected to say President Trump 'is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat.' Follow our live coverage of the hearing.
, which was obtained by news organizations including The Wall Street Journal before the hearing.
-- Regarding the Stormy Daniels payment, Mr. Cohen will say that Mr. Trump told him to pay the ex-porn actress alleging an affair from his home-equity line so it wouldn’t be traceable to him and then to lie to his wife about it. First Lady Melania Trump “did not deserve that,” he’ll say. He will provide a copy of one of the checks he got from Mr. Trump, personally signed by the president while in office, to reimburse him for the $130,000 payment. Mr. Trump has denied an affair with Ms. Daniels.
-- Mr. Cohen will say that in July 2016, Mr. Trump put longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone on speakerphone in his office, and Mr. Stone said Julian Assange of WikiLeaks had just told him about a forthcoming dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Mr. Trump said allegedly something “to the effect of, wouldn’t that be great.’” Mr. Stone facesrelating to an alleged cover-up of his contacts with WikiLeaks. He has denied wrongdoing. Mr.
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