Cohen a liar, says Trump but he鈥檚 impressed with honesty
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US President Donald Trump criticized his former attorney Michael Cohen yesterday for lying in testimony to Congress but found reason to praise him too, for not alleging Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia in 2016.
Trump called the blockbuster hearing in Washington fake and said it should not have been scheduled during his Vietnam trip.
“He lied a lot, but it was very interesting because he didn’t lie about one thing, he said no collusion with the Russian hoax,” Trump said.
“I wonder why he didn’t lie about that too like he did about everything else. I was actually impressed that he didn’t say: ‘Well, I think there was collusion for this reason or that.’ He didn’t say that.”
Cohen testified on Wednesday, calling Trump a “conman” who knew in advance about the release of stolen e-mails aimed at hurting his Democratic rival in the 2016 election campaign.
Trump criticized the timing of the hearing, saying it should not have happened while he was on an important trip.
“Having a fake hearing like that and having it in the middle of this very important summit is really a terrible thing,” he said. “They could have made it two days later or next week. But having it during this very important summit is sort of incredible.”
Trump has called an investigation into possible collusion between Moscow and his presidential campaign a “witch hunt.”
Cohen was a close aide of Trump for years and his testimony could increase the legal and political pressure on the Republican president.
But Cohen did not appear to disclose a “smoking gun” that could sink his former boss. Cohen said he had no direct evidence that Trump or his campaign colluded with Moscow during the election campaign.
Possible collusion is a key theme of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, which has dogged the president during his two years in office. Trump has repeatedly denied the allegation, as has the Kremlin.
Cohen testified in Congress again yesterday. Unlike Wednesday’s riveting nationally televised public testimony, Cohen’s appearance before the House Intelligence Committee was held behind closed doors.
It is the third straight day before a congressional committee for the 52-year-old New Yorker, who addressed a closed session of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday.
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