(people chattering) jamie raskin: the big story in my mind is that we have a president who has turned the government of the united states of america into a money-making operation for himself, for his family, for his business, and for his friends. and so, we wanna try to get the best, most fine-grained portrait we can of what s taking place within the trump operation. and then we ve got to start to ask the question about whether this is a president who is an actual threat to the character of our republic. oh my god, look at all those people! woman: they all want to get a seat. (people chattering) (cameras snapping) (gavel bangs) chairman cummings: mr. cohen, if you would, please rise, and i will begin to swear you in.
of the trump operation. (people chattering) jamie raskin: the big story in my mind is that we have a president who has turned the government of the united states of america into a money-making operation for himself, for his family, for his business, and for his friends. and so, we wanna try to get the best, most fine-grained portrait we can of what s taking place within the trump operation. and then we ve got to start to ask the question about whether this is a president who is an actual threat to the character of our republic. oh my god, look at all those people! woman: they all want to get a seat. (people chattering) (cameras snapping) (gavel bangs) chairman cummings: mr. cohen, if you would, please rise,
reporter: they have the power to investigate, they have the power to subpoena, and most importantly, the end of one party rule in washington. reporter: congressional oversight of the president of the united states finally begins in earnest today. williams: trump s former personal lawyer, michael cohen, will give public testimony before the house oversight committee, and that ll be televised live. jamie raskin: in his opening statement, which we got last night, he said the president was a racist, a con-man and a cheat. and my reaction was, tell us something we don t know. (laughing) so, you know, i m basically looking at him like a renegade refugee from a organized crime family and he s gonna tell us sort of the internal dynamics of the trump operation. (people chattering)
jamie raskin: the big story in my mind is that we have a president who has turned the government of the united states of america into a money-making operation for himself, for his family, for his business, and for his friends. and so, we wanna try to get the best, most fine-grained portrait we can of what s taking place within the trump operation. and then we ve got to start to ask the question about whether this is a president who is an actual threat to the character of our republic. oh my god, look at all those people! woman: they all want to get a seat. (people chattering) (cameras snapping) (gavel bangs) chairman cummings: mr. cohen, if you would, please rise, and i will begin to swear you in.
everyone was terrified. woman: they broke the glass. every body stay down, get down. (distant people shouting) you could hear people shouting, yelling, hang mike pence. you could hear people screaming, where s nancy? and then capitol police officers came running in with their guns drawn. (distant people shouting) i was very frightened to be away from my tabitha and i kept calling my chief of staff, julie, begging them to keep the door locked and barricaded. they ended up hiding under a desk as people pounded on the door. (doors banging) (people chattering) and as we were evacuated out, you could see complete mayhem. (people chattering)