Hi everyone, June Thomas here. We know that many slate podcast listeners were at work during

Michael Cohen's testimony before the House Oversight Committee today, so we're going to bring it

to you in podcast form. First, we're bringing you Cohen's opening testimony and the wrangling

that preceded it, and when the hearings are over, we'll provide the entire day's proceedings. Enjoy.

The testimony of Michael Cohen, former attorney to President Donald Trump.

Mr. Chairman, I have a point of order. You'll say to your point of order.

Rule 9F of the committee rules say that any testimony from your witness needs to be here 24 hours

in advance. The committee and the chairman knows well that at 1008 we receive the written

testimony and then we received evidence this morning at 754. Now if this was just an oversight

Mr. Chairman, I could look beyond it, but it was an intentional effort by this witness and his

advisors to once again show his disdain for this body. And with that, I move that we post-cone this

here. I want to thank the gentlemen. Let me say this that we got the testimony late last night.

We did and we got it to you all pretty much the same time that we got it. I want to move forward

with this hearing. Mr. Chairman, with all due respect, Mr. Chairman, this is a violation of the rule.

And if it was not intentional, I would not have a problem. I'm not saying it was intentional on

your part. I'm saying it's intentional on his part because Mr. Dean last night on a cable

new network actually made it all very evident. John Dean, and I'll quote Mr. Chairman,

he said as a former committee counsel in the House Judiciary Committee and then a long-term

witness sitting alone at the table is important. Quote, holding your statement as long as you can so

the other side can't chew it up is important as well. Close quote. And so it was advised that our

witness got for this particular body and Mr. Chairman, when you were in the minority, you wouldn't

have stood for it and I can tell you that we should not stand for it as a body. Let me say this.

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