28 Feb 2019

Trump a 'racist, conman, cheat' - Michael Cohen

From Morning Report, 7:11 am on 28 February 2019
Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

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President Donald Trump's long time personal lawyer Michael Cohen is currently testifying before the House oversight committee in Washington, and has called Mr Trump a racist, a conman, and a cheat. Mr Cohen alleged that after the President asked him to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels, a woman who had an affair with, he also told him to lie to the First Lady about it. He also says Mr Trump knew in advance about a release of emails by the WikiLeaks website aimed at hurting his 2016 Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton. Our Washington correspondent Daniel Ryntjes speaks to Susie Ferguson.