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Now I want to welcome Mr. Cohen and thank him for participating in today's hearing.

Mr. Cohen, if you would please rise and I will begin to swear you in.

So this is probably the biggest hearing yet from the new House Democratic Committee majorities.

It's been in the works for weeks.

There have even been claims that President Trump was trying to stop Cohen from appearing

at this hearing by making threats against his family on Twitter.

And thank you and you may be seated the microphones are sensitive.

So Andrew Prokop Vox, how did this event that's been in the works for weeks?

And there's been all sorts of drama leading up to it.

How did it get started today?

As all committee hearings do, the opening statements kicked off and set a partisan tone

from the get go.

Democrats did chide Cohen for lying to Congress in the past as he has admitted doing and

pleaded guilty to while Republicans tried to attack his credibility and claim that nothing

that he was saying about President Trump, the Trump business potential Russian interference

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