A former lawyer for Donald trump said that next month will speak before American lawmakers.
According to Michael Cohen, he voluntarily agreed to testify and is ready to tell the whole truth about events of interest to the U.S. Congress. It is expected that hearings will be held on 7 February.
«I look forward to the opportunity to speak with providing me the platform in order to give full and truthful information about earlier events», — reads the statement of the lawyer.
Michael Cohen for 10 years was one of the closest allies of Donald trump, and has long represented him as a personal lawyer. At the end of 2018-a lawyer was sentenced to 3 years in prison for perjury to Congress. In particular, we are talking about false information about the plans for the construction of trump tower on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Michael Cohen for 10 years was one of the closest allies of Donald trump, and has long represented him as a personal lawyer. Photo: Depositphotos
In addition, Cohen lied in the case of the transfer of money to women who claimed that they had an intimate relationship with the current President of the United States. Then, the lawyer insisted, though he made payments for personal reasons and Donald trump had nothing to do with it. Later, however, Cohen admitted that the President personally asked him to pay the women.
The American leader for more than 10 years worked with Michael Cohen, now regularly criticizes his former lawyer. The President says: the lawyer cannot be trusted, and the payment is not a violation of the election campaign. At some point the US President even called former ally rat.
The upcoming hearings are the first serious step of the Democratic party on the path to increased pressure on Donald trump. Cohen will testify before the Committee on oversight and government reform U.S. house of representatives.
Experts believe that in the future Democrats will hold a number of such initiatives which will shed light on how the election campaign trump in 2016 and his possible connection with the Russian Federation.
