Overview: During public testimony before the House Oversight Committee, Michael Cohen accused Trump of “criminal conduct� while in office, including the fact that Trump knew ahead of time about WikiLeaks’ plan to release DNC emails that were intended to damage Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Cohen testified that Trump “asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair� with $130,000 of his own money weeks before the 2016 election “to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign.� Cohen also described his relationship with Trump: “He is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat.� (New York Times / Washington Post / Reuters / Vox / Wall Street Journal / Politico)

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📚 READ: Cohen’s opening statement to Congress (CNN)

� ANNOTATED: Cohen’s opening statement about Trump (Washington Post)

📄 KEY EXCERPTS: From Cohen’s testimony on the “truth about Trump.� (The Guardian)

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1/ Cohen said Trump knew that Roger Stone was communicating with WikiLeaks during the 2016 election and had advance knowledge that WikiLeaks planned to publish the hacked Democratic National Committee emails intended to damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. In his prepared written testimony, Cohen alleged that, in July 2016, he witnessed Trump taking a phone call from Roger Stone, who was on speakerphone. During the call, Stone told Trump that “he had just gotten off the phone with [WikiLeaks founder] Julian Assange and that …within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign.� Stone pushed back against Cohen’s claim, saying in a text message to BuzzFeed News: “M...