Mr. Cohen: ‘He is a racist. He is a con man. He is a cheat.’
Mr. Cohen painted a vivid and damning portrait of Mr. Trump, comparing him to a mobster who inflated his net worth, rigged an art auction, paid off women, frequently used racist language, expected aides to lie on his behalf and committed criminal conduct even after he took office.
Mr. Cohen provided several documents to the committee. He offered what he said were financial statements that Mr. Trump gave to institutions such as Deutsche Bank and said the president inflated or deflated his assets when it served his purposes.
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Michael D. Cohen provided documents to Congress that he said would support his testimony about the 2016 campaign and Mr. Trump’s business practices.
He also gave a copy of an article with Mr. Trump’s handwriting on it reporting about an auction of a portrait of himself that he said the president rigged. Mr. Cohen said Mr. Trump arranged for a bidder to buy the portrait at the auction, then reimbursed the bidder from Mr. Trump’s charitable foundation. The picture hangs in one of Mr. Trump’s country clubs, Mr. Cohen said.
Mr. Cohen also offered copies of letters he said he wrote “at Mr. Trump’s direction” threatening his high school, colleges and the College Board not to release his grades or SAT scores.
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