come from or with foreign governments. bank he s talking about is owned 81% by the kazakhstan government. reclaiming my time. what i will take, let me be clear, i said to mr. cohen that if he came in here and lied, i would nail him to the cross. didn t i tell you that? yes you did, more than once. if there s any ambiguity, i want that to be cleared up. i have no problem working with you to make sure that s straighten out. we can clear that up. we have number of members waiting. just on that subject mr. chairman, i don t think we should limit to the b.t.a. bank. we should look at korea,
we said we would give you a chance to consult with your attorneys. have you done that? do you have any additional information? my four attorneys continue to believe as they did before, that the language of the truth in testimony form which i was given and signed just right before this hearing, which requires disclosure of any contracts or payments from foreign governments in the last two years did not apply to my work for b.t.a. bank. they advised it had entities been intend intended for disclosure, that word have been in the disclosure definition. however, if the committee s counsel has a different view that i should disclose my contract with b.t.a. bank, we d be willing to do that. now.
he said he never defrauded any bank. he was having the conversation questioning for mr. cromer. office he that s not true because he s going to prison for that very offense. he said he sees the need to represent his client, with legal advice. in his written testimony, he said he never bothered to consider whether payments to women for improper, whether payments to women were improper, much less the right thing to do. he attested in his signed truth and testimonial form that he did not have any reportable contracts with government entities. he said he agreed to having consulting agreements with two foreign entities owned in part by foreign governments. bta bank of keswick stand and korean air
rules, mr. chairman, really look at foreign payments that come from or with warring governments. and the bank he s talking about is owned 81% by the kazakhstan government. reclaiming my time and then we re going to move on. what i will take first of all, let me be clear. i sent to m said to mr. cohen if he came in here and lied, i would nail him to the cross. didn t i tell you that? yes, you did, more than once. so if there s any ambiguity, i want that to be cleared up. i have no problem in working with you to make sure that s straightened out. i don t want it to be a thing he thinks one thing and we think one thing. we can clear that up, all right? we have a number of our members that have been waiting. on that subject, mr. chairman, i don t think we should limit it just to the bta
according to the southern district of new york you failed to disclose tens of thousands of dollars of monthly expenses. that s according to the southern district of new york. now, mr. cohen, you being a lawyer, surely you knew you were breaking the law. why would you have done that? sir, i m not a cpa. i pled guilty. i m going to prison as a result of it. because you re a con? no, sir. because i pled guilty and i am going to be doing the time. i have caused tremendous, tremendous pain to my family. and i take no let s go back to one last question about the bank. when the bank found out about the liabilities that you failed to disclose, you lied again to the bank this is according to the southern district of new york it said it had been