Rattling off more than a dozen names, he gave the House Oversight and Reform Committee a potential roadmap for future hearings
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen gave Congress a who’s who of President Donald Trump’s allies and business associates during his testimony Wednesday. Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer rattled off more than a dozen names, giving the House Oversight and Reform Committee a potential roadmap for future hearings.For more than a decade, Cohen was a loyal Trump aide.
Cohen spoke to the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday and is scheduled for another closed-door session on March 6. He’s due to start a three-year prison sentence in May.Sater, a Russian-born former Mafia informant and stock fraud scheme convict, was a business adviser to Trump off-and-on for several years. Cohen said Sater once had an office on the same floor as Trump in Trump Tower.
Cohen said Sater also talked with him about having Trump visit Russia during the campaign. Sater was also involved in trying to get the White House to look at a Ukrainian peace proposal that favoured Russia. The House Intelligence Committee plans to have Sater testify at a public hearing March 14 to talk about Trump’s effort to build a Moscow skyscraper.
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