Cohen’s Explosive Testimony: Trump A Racist, Conman

By Staff

US Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to deliver explosive testimony before a Congressional oversight committee, blasting the US president as a "racist", a "conman" and a "cheat" who committed wrongdoing as a candidate and as president.

In his opening remarks to the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Cohen - who has been sentenced to jail for crimes related in part to his work for Trump - expressed regret for his past loyalty.

"I am ashamed that I chose to take part in concealing Mr. Trump's illicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience," Cohen said. "I am ashamed because I know what Mr. Trump is."

"He is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat,” he stated.

"I regret the day I said “yes” to Mr. Trump. I regret all the help and support I gave him along the way," he said.

"The last time I appeared before Congress, I came to protect Mr. Trump. Today, I’m here to tell the truth about Mr. Trump," Cohen said.

"Mr. Trump is a racist. The country has seen Mr. Trump court white supremacists and bigots. You have heard him call poorer countries 'shitholes.' In private, he is even worse," Trump’s former lawyer said.

“While we were once driving through a struggling neighborhood in Chicago, he commented that only black people could live that way. And, he told me that black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid,” Cohen recalled.