Included: Trump’s Stormy Daniels reimbursement checks.
Michael Cohen’s testimony to the House Oversight Committee is full of explosive allegations about President Donald Trump — and he’s got some documents to back them up.
Cohen is providing Congress with multiple pieces of evidence to corroborate several of his claims. Some of the documents are critical to investigations involving the president, including a check, signed by the president in August 2017, that’s a partial reimbursement for the illegal hush-money payment Cohen made to porn actress Stormy Daniels on Trump’s behalf.
Cohen also brought paperwork that speaks more to Trump’s character and personal insecurities, including letters Cohen sent to academic institutions on Trump’s behalf warning them not to make public the president’s grades.
Cohen worked for Trump for more than a decade, acting as his personal lawyer and “fixer.” But in April 2018, he came under investigation by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and apparently broke ties with Trump.
Cohen pleaded guilty to tax evasion, bank fraud, and campaign finance violations involving those hush-money payments to two women, including Daniels. Cohen also pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the timeline of the Trump Tower Moscow project.
So Cohen is not exactly the most credible witness, as he readily admits in his testimony. Which is why he’s bringing some receipts this time around to back up his claims.
Cohen has provided 13 pieces of evidence. Here’s a quick look at what he provided to the Oversight Committee.
Cohen said he’s providing Congress with three years of Trump’s financial statements, from 2011 to 2013. According to Cohen, he gave them to Deutsche Bank “to inquire about a loan to buy the Buffalo Bills” and to Forbes, the magazine that puts out its annual ranking of billionaires.
