payments to stormy daniels. those checks would sugges otherwise. there is all pages of color we haven t gotten to, there are so many blockbuster headlines. because you know this so well, i do want to get to some of these things i guess are of lesser import legally, still really interesting. here is what he plans to, what michael cohen plans to tell lawmakers about the president s son. mr. trump had frequently told me his son, don jr. had the worst judgment of anyone in the world and also that don jr. would never set up a meeting of significance alone, and certainly not without checking with his father. he says he was in office when don jr. came in behind the desk, which is unusual and whispered audibly the meeting is set up, this was about the trump tower meeting with russians and apparently upgrade to michael cohen, donald trump said, good, good, let me know.
apparently swear to today. i am giving three years of financial statements, from 2011 to 2013. he gave deutsche bank to inquire about a loan to pie the buffalo bills and to forbes. these were exhibits. it was my experience mr. trump inflated his assets when it served his purposes to be listed in forbes and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes. so the financial statements will be interesting. jeffrey tell me about the legal exposure that you see. this paragraph really jumped out at me as a former prosecutor. let s put aside the forbe s issue. forbe s comes out with a list of the richest people in the world. donald trump wanted to be on that list. it s no crime to lie to journalists. so that is legally insignificant. however, if you apply for a loan and submit a knowingly false financial statement, that s bank fraud. that is a classic bank fraud.
about it. remember that explosive buzzfeed account that got so much attention that then robert mueller actually distanced himself from and said it wasn t true. that was saying the president of the united states had directed michael cohen to lie. you seized on it and said that was one of the most serious accusations to date you heard, you tweeted. well, he puts more details on that in his opening statement. mr. trump did not directly tell me to lie to congress. that s not how he operates. in conversations we had during the campaign at the same time i was actively negotiating in russia for him. he would look me in the eye and tell me there is no business in russia and go out and lie to the american people by saying the same thing n. his way, he was telling me to lie. that is obviously less overt and less direct than the way buzzfeed had depicted it. so does that change how you see it now? you know what i said at the time, yes, these were serious allegations. i said at the time these
it is interesting he close to do that. absolutely. the point about him feeling she thrown under the bus. yet again the president isn t being investigated for being an alleged racist. michael cohen goes out of his way to call the president is a racist. he tells varies stories, michael cohen claims he the president once asked me if i can mention a company run by a black person that whan a sh hole. this was when barack obama was president of the united states. i think you see michael cohen prepare to address this, yet i continued to work for him, clearly recognizing in those statements that this is deeply troubling if somebody said something like that. you know, think that, remember the time when barack obama was president of the united states, president trump was also questioning when he was a legitimate question based on birthplace and suggesting he might be african. so i think this is not surprising what you are hearing
as these may increase the risk of serious side effects. with the botox® savings program, most people with commercial insurance pay nothing out of pocket. talk to your doctor and visit botoxchronicmigraine.com to enroll. . breaking news, in less than two hours, president trump s former lawyer and fixer michael cohen will testify before congress in this stunning transcript by cnn, a prepared testimony. mr. cohen is expected to say publicly, mr. trump is a racist, a con man and a cheat and will spell out a half dozen new allegations or provide color into some allegations we have been hearing for some time. joining us is maggie haberman, cnn political analyst. to an extent you are in the middle of what could be one of the biggest bits of news michael cohen claims here. he says he witnessed a conversation where roger stone told president trump there was