On Wednesday, the cable news networks were trying to cover both the North Korea summit and Michael Cohen’s explosive testimony. Other major stories — the Venezuela crisis, the negotiations with the Taliban, the House vote to override President Trump’s emergency declaration — were left on the side of the road. Distracted by Cohen’s testimony, Trump was likely to be even less prepared than usual and even more likely to grant concessions to Kim Jong Un simply to draw attention back to himself. Cohen testified that Trump encouraged him to lie to Congress about his attempts in 2016 to build a Trump Tower in Moscow and that his personal lawyers reviewed the mendacious testimony. Cohen testified that Trump told him to pay off a porn star and reimbursed him for doing so.

Source: Washington Post February 27, 2019 19:09 UTC