Michael Cohen, during his explosive testimony before the House oversight committee on Wednesday, accused Republican lawmakers of trying to protect President Donald Trump. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) asked Trump’s former personal attorney when he decided during his life to start telling the truth. Cohen was convicted in November of lying to Congress about his involvement in a Trump Tower Moscow deal during the 2016 presidential campaign. “There are several factors: Helsinki, Charlottesville, watching the daily destruction of our civility to one another, putting up silly things like this,” Cohen responded, referring to anti-Cohen posters that GOP committee members had erected ahead of Wednesday’s heated hearing.

Source: Huffington Post February 27, 2019 17:57 UTC