Mr. Cohen produced copies of checks issued by the president or his trust that Mr. Cohen said were reimbursements for $130,000 in hush payments to Ms. Daniels. With his testimony televised across the country, Mr. Cohen went on to accuse the president of other potentially criminal acts. Among them was his assertion that Mr. Trump, without doing so directly, “made clear to me” that “he wanted me to lie” to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project. Mr. Trump, his lawyers and their Republican allies have denounced Mr. Cohen as a liar and have accused him of manufacturing information to reduce his prison sentence. Two House Republicans referred Mr. Cohen to the Justice Department for potential perjury charges stemming from his public testimony.

Source: New York Times April 04, 2019 22:45 UTC