The House Intelligence Committee intends to call the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer to testify, The Daily Beast has learned.
Allen Weisselberg received ren... moreThe House Intelligence Committee intends to call the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer to testify, The Daily Beast has learned.
Allen Weisselberg received renewed congressional attention after disgraced Trump fixer Michael Cohen on Wednesday repeatedly mentioned the Trump Org CFO as crucial to various aspects of dubiously legal practices by President Donald Trump, from the Stormy Daniels hush-money payments to potential insurance fraud.
“The committee anticipates bringing in Mr. Weisselberg,” a Democratic committee aide told The Daily Beast.
Cohen, in marathon testimony to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, didn’t directly tie Weisselberg to the Trump camp’s interactions with Russia, the central preoccupation of the House intelligence committee.
But Weisselberg is uniquely positioned to address questions about financial transactions or relationships that concern potential foreign leverage over Trump–which new intelligence committee chairman Rep. Adam S... less
Me yes and it was very frustrating..... My mom first threw in the garbage all my magic the gathering cards collection.... I liked my collection but she all threw in the garbage...b... moreMe yes and it was very frustrating..... My mom first threw in the garbage all my magic the gathering cards collection.... I liked my collection but she all threw in the garbage...because she's christian, and for real, she believes that magic cards are a form of sorcery. No matter how much i told her its just a card game to enjoy with other players, she dont care , she believes its a form of sorcery. She also threw most of my xbox 360 games collection, because she thought i wanted to get rid of them when i didnt wanted. It was frustrating , because it was my collection i paid for every of these games. less
Scoop: Check signed by Trump to be displayed at Cohen hearing
... moreScoop: Check signed by Trump to be displayed at Cohen hearing
Lanny Davis and Michael Cohen. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images
A $35,000 check signed by Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2017 (after he became president) will be displayed during Michael Cohen's testimony to the House Oversight Committee today, a source close to Cohen tells Axios.
"It was another installment in the illegal hush money 'reimbursed' to Cohen ... for hush money payoff," the source said.
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Excerpts from Cohen's opening statement, provided to the N.Y. Times and others, and confirmed for Axios:
"I am ashamed that I chose to take part in concealing Mr. Trump’s illicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience. I am ashamed because I know what Mr. Trump is."
"He is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat. He was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails."
"Mr. Trump did ... less
