Sohn: Cohen shares dark Trump concerns

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, as he testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on Wednesday. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, as he testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on Wednesday. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

By Pam Sohn March 1, 2019 5 min read

What did we learn from Michael Cohen’s daylong testimony to Congress? Enough to make us even more disdainful of President Donald Trump and the refuse with which he surrounds himself.

First there was the easy stuff: Cohen said our president is a racist, a con man and a cheat. Really? Who’s surprised?

But then Cohen – Trump’s longtime lawyer and “fixer” got down to business:

» Our president knew more about Russian links during the 2016 presidential race than he has admitted.

In early June of 2016, Cohen testified, he overheard Trump’s son, Donald Jr., whispering in the elder Trump’s ear that “the meeting is all set.” Cohen said he took that remark, and Trump’s reply to it – “OK good let me know” – to refer to the Trump Tower meeting that followed between Donald Jr. and others in the inner Trump circle and a party of Russians peddling dirt on Hillary Clinton.