President Donald Trump’s former
President Donald Trump’s former “fixer” Michael Cohen will head to Capitol Hill this week to testify before three congressional committees and is expected to discuss the president’s role in some of the crimes to which Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018.
Cohen, who served as Trump’s personal attorney for more than a decade, will appear in a closed-door hearing with the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, a public hearing with the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday and a closed-door hearing with the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday to answer questions regarding his allegations linking Trump to his crimes.
Cohen was convicted and sentenced on charges of tax fraud, lying to prosecutors and campaign finance violations for making hush money payments to two women just before Election Day to keep them quiet about their alleged affairs with the real estate mogul.
Before his sentencing in December, Cohen told the judge that he “felt it was my duty to cover up [Trump’s] dirty deeds rather than listen to my own voice.” Shortly after his sentencing, Cohen agreed that before his jail term began in May he would testify before lawmakers in Washington, D. C., under penalty of perjury.
This week, Cohen is set to make the three-day marathon of appearances before three congressional committees.
