he lied a lot, but it was very interesting because he didn t lie about one thing. he said no collusion with the russian hoax. and i said, i wonder why he didn t just lie about that too like he did about everything else. with his former boss on the other side of the world, michael cohen of course is going to head into a third and final closed-door congressional hearing that is today. that after his testimony yesterday, the president referring to there. of course it did follow a day of stunning allegations on capitol hill. the u.s. president s former lawyer called donald trump a racist. he called him a con man and a cheat, and cohen also said that mr. trump had directed him to pay hush money to two women. he submitted a $14,000 check signed by mr. trump as proof, and here s what he said about it.
make sure we kept our democracy intact? what did we do, eddie? i mean, that s the question, isn t it? absolutely. and just really quickly. what i was so moved by what representative cummings said, it reminded me of the grandness and greatness of the tradition out of which i come. i m a descendant of folks who were slaves. for us, for that to come out of his mouth, the son of a sharecropper was a defense of democracy, a demand we step up to the plate and defend this democracy. that was an echo from the past alive and well in the present. the grandest of the tradition of what i think congress used to be when those kinds of big important statements were made on the public stage. thanks to both of you, much appreciated. michael cohen did call the president a racist. he called him a con man and a
does he he does it all the time. he knows what took place in helsinki has been a mess. not my words but again, senator rubio and cruz called him a con man when they were doing the campaign. what you do is to shift the view, shift your mind away from something, you bring something else up. that s what they re trying to do. on the topic of russia, let me ask you about reporting that s come out in the last few days. it s reporting about a trip you took to russia with congressman rohrbacher. this was a time of high tension between the united states and russia. this is after russia had annexed crimea, shot down malaysian flight 17. let me ask you about the purpose of your trip there. why did you go? did you meet with any russian officials while you were there? i went with an official i am the ranking democrat on the committee. the chairman of the committee
beforehand have all worried about their reputation and being used by this president. that s why i think that doing the campaign, you saw many republicans, including senator rubio, senator cruz call him a con man. they take individuals, they use them for their benefit and then let them waste away. if i was the deputy attorney general, i would be concerned about my reputation also. but i would stay focused on what my job is. i think that mr. rosenstein will, mr. mueller will. i think we should let those investigations go. don t allow the smokescreen that the president would like to put up or that con men put up. get to the facts. once we see the results, then we know how to move as a country. i want your thoughts on another story we have been following. as you know the president of the united states getting prank called by a comedian pretending to be bob menendez of new
solidly. i think not just because of the strong economy and because people are increasingly seeing rising wages but also true because i think our democrat friends are likely to nominate someone out of the mainstream of american thought. here s how trump responded to that little joy this morning. well, we re doing well. mitt s a straight shooter. whether people love him or don t. you called him a con man. he s a straight shooter. that s very nice things to say. that s good. i m joined by dana milbank. a little shot right there. there he was at the university of utah saying how awful this guy is and here he is lavishing praise upon him. i think the problem is mitt romney is a principled man trapped in the body of a very timid politician. he s got a primary june 26th. he wasn t expectsing to have a primary but he s got an opponent