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I'm Alana Kagan and this is the LawFair podcast February 27, 2019.

On Wednesday, Michael Cohen, the former executive vice president of the Trump Organization,

former deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, and former personal lawyer

to Donald Trump, paid a visit to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

When accused the president of campaign finance violations after taking office, he alleged

that he was present when Roger Stone gave Trump advance notice of the WikiLeaks dump

of the hacked DNC emails.

And he claimed that the president's statements in a meeting with Jay Sekulo led Cohen to

conclude that the president wanted Cohen to make false statements to Congress.

So we cut out all the bickering, all the procedural obstructions, and all the rest of the

frivolity to leave you with just one hour of LawFair-related testimony that you need

to hear.

It's the LawFair podcast bonus edition, Michael Cohen versus the committee with no bull.

I recognize that some of you may doubt and attack me on my credibility.

It is for this reason that I have incorporated into this opening statement documents that

are irrefutable and demonstrate that the information you will hear is accurate and truthful.

I lied to Congress when Mr. Trump stopped negotiating the Moscow Tower Project in Russia.

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